It doesnt get wrapped up in a bow. Paul/Kevin did read Jack/Paul's book and apparently enjoyed it and let his friends and family read it as well. I talk to all these different people and they all have the same vision.". The Lost Sons tells the tale of Paul Fronczak, now 57, who was taken from a Chicago hospital as a newborn in 1964. Immediate Family: Daughter of Frank Raymond Arnold and Blanche E Boyer. I dont know what peace would be like for Paul.. There's a picture in the article, and not surprisingly, Paul/Kevin is a dead ringer for the age progession picture we've seen posted in many articles over the years. He also made it his mission to find out who and where the real Paul Joseph Fronczak really was. Get unprecedented access to some of the most powerful stories that the media refuses to show you. Many genealogists have raised concerns over the potential side-effects of the technology, from reported racial profiling, faux science likened to sometimes be as accurate as a horoscope, to private companies sharing DNA profiles with law enforcement to solve cold cases, to simply the end of family secrets. All Rights Reserved. You are using an out of date browser. Now the final piece of the puzzle is finding out what really happened to Jill. In 2019, The MIT Technology Review estimated that 26 million Americans had taken a consumer DNA test, allowing researchers to technically track the genes of every single citizen, through their relations. The Lost Sons provides helpful graphics guiding us along the way, but still there are times when its difficult to keep track of all the adopted relatives and second cousins and false leads. Is it genes or blood?. Now he's on a desperate quest to find the truth. At age 10, Fronczak happened across a trove of newspaper clippings about his parents, Dora and Chester, who made international headlines when their baby was kidnapped from his hospital bed and found two years later. Paul Fronczak reached out to Kevin Baty but reportedly has had little communication with him. At the time the desperate mum and dad had said that the toddler's ear was the same shape as baby Paul's. Paul Fronczak, according to WGN, only found out in recent months that he was the newborn swiped from Michael Reese Hospital more than five decades ago. Subsequent DNA testing proved that Baty was actually Paul Fronczack. According to The Sun, his twin sister, Jill, also went missing, reportedly after being neglected by their parents. No new air dates so I downloaded the CNN app. Eventually, though, most of the mysteries are solved, though we still dont know for sure who kidnapped Paul Fronczak. 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It makes me wonder how he obtained a birth certificate, drivers license, passport, etc. Paul found that he and his twin had both gone missing after they were allegedly neglected by their parents Gilbert and Marie- who are both deceased now. https://t.co/7yidh6Uq15. So parents or guardians could claim kids until the end of the 1980s without proof the kids existed or that kids weren't being claimed by multiple people. Now imagine that happiness abruptly ending because your baby disappears without a trace. Police searching for UK mom who vanished Jan. 27 find a body. In 2012, a DNA test proved the man the Fronczaks had raised was not in fact their biological child. In 2019, Donna Fronczak first heard the voice of her son who went missing all those years ago in a phone call. He died in April. I cant find a thread or missing listings for Jill. By 2027 the genomics industry will be worth an estimated $31billion. Picture the excitement and joy your family feels when your little one finally arrives. Someone is rummaging through the attic or a closet or a chest of drawers and comes across a box containing newspaper clippings revealing a shocking secret, a secret that changes everything. After initially fearing she was dead, Paul is now convinced his twin sister Jill is alive and he is determined to find her. The Fronczaks raised the toddler as Paul, their missing infant, believing that he was their baby. Posted at 01:41h . JavaScript is disabled. News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. CNN Films presents a documentary directed by Ursula Macfarlane. Keep in mind, when he was found at that New Jersey shopping center, it was 1965, and DNA testing wasn't really a thing. Dora Fronczak did get to speak to him on the phone before he died. According to Newsweek, a nurse walked into Dora Fronczak's room at Michael Reese Hospital and stated that she needed to take baby Paul to be examined by a doctor. He was kidnapped April 26, 1964. Investigators believe Kevin Baty was the kidnapped infant, Paul Fronczak. A devastating loss director Ursula Macfarlane compares to them losing him twice. 85 talking about this. "I will leave no stone unturned. On April 25, 2020, just 18 months after learning his real identity, Kevin Baty passed away. It follows Paul Fronczak, a man who discovers he had been abandoned as a child and mistakenly returned to another family whose young son was missing.Upon finding out he is not biologically related to his parents, Fronczak sets out to discover his true identity, and the whereabouts of the real Paul Joseph . Even in the search for a cold case killer, there are not always happy endings, with the potential for multiple innocent bystanders to be affected. In late 1965 an abandoned toddler was found wandering around a Newark, New Jersey store and was thought to be Paul Fronczak. Then a miracle of all miracles happened a little boy was found in a stroller in front of a department store in New Jersey in 1965. This is probably the craziest story Ive ever read. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Baty died on his real birthday, April 25, 2020, a year after learning that the name he knew all of his life was a lie. But what happens next is incredible, andneither the police, the public, or the Fronczak family could have anticipated or imagined the unbelievable story that would unfold from the bizarre kidnapping of this precious boy (via The Foundling). Tonight, she gives us a heartbreaking update. When Pauls wife gives birth to a daughter, he again begins to question what really happened to him. The real Paul Fronczak was abducted from Michael Reese Hospital in 1964 when a woman dressed as nurse took the baby from his parents for what she claimed was an examination by a doctor. Federal investigators in Chicago became aware of Baty back in 2018. Wrong. Hes still on the quest, but time is closing down on him.. However, this is no ordinary story, and what ended up happening is something straight out of a suspense or mystery novel. And through the help of genetic genealogist, CeCe Moore, Paul managed to find out he was actually Jack. The man who grew up as Paul was able to determine his birth name through DNA genealogy testing. [2], In January 2021, it was announced Ursula Macfarlane would direct the film, with CNN Films and Raw set to produce. Arrests Are Plummeting. Both had grown up under names that were not their own. And if she wasnt murdered by them, then shes still out there.+. For some unknown reason, she quickly left the city and moved to Arkansas for a year, before returning with Baty. So many lives changed forever. In 2019, Donna Fronczak first heard the voice of her son who went missing all those years ago in a phone call. They reached Baty in time for him to meet his biological mother Dora in 2018, but he sadly died of cancer last year. Paul Fronczak, who was found in rural Michigan, was snatched from Michael Reese Hospital more than 55 years ago, news station WGN-TV reported. You could not make it up, says Ursula Macfarlane, the director of The Lost Sons, which debuts at SXSW this week. However, all of his hard work did eventually pay off. With the help of DNA testing and some intrepid sleuthing, Fronczak discovered that he was not Dora and Chesters biological son and that the real Paul Fronczak was living in Manton, Mich. having been rechristened Kevin Baty. Robert is his step-father and unlikely to have any knowledge or involvement with abduction. Very little information has been made public, and his abductor remains unknown. His father, Chester, died several years ago, according to the report. Paul Fronczak's story is true, but it is filled with the kind of wild twists and turns that you might expect from an overstuffed detective novel. Families. At home DNA testing kits have exploded in the US, and to a lesser extent in the UK, in the last few years. Paul is the twin brother of Jill Rosenthal, who was kidnapped along with her. On April 26, 1964, Dora Fronczak gave birth to a son named Paul at the now-shuttered Michael Reese Hospital in Bronzeville on the South Side. Read Next: The Enchanted, Good Manners, Co-Husbands Head Malaga Festivals Spanish Screenings Content, Will Hollywood Hit Cannes? December 20, 2019 / 7:45 AM / CBS News. His search caused a strain in his relationship with his parents who spent years without speaking to him. Its not a Hollywood ending, says Macfarlane. The Lost Sons is a 2021 American-British documentary film, directed by Ursula Macfarlane. Batys grown children, for some unknown reason, suspected that their father was really Paul and were able to get a DNA test conducted. Dora and Chester had seen their newborn baby kidnapped one year earlier by a woman posing as a nurse from the Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago. Upon finding out he is not biologically related to his parents, Fronczak sets out to discover his true identity, and the whereabouts of the real Paul Joseph Fronczak.[1]. He had lived in Manton, Michigan all his life and did not know that he was the real Paul Fronczak until his DNA confimed his real . Prayers up for all of them. #372. Was hoping to see the situation take a more positive direction. Son of infamous con woman says he thinks he played with baby Paul Fronczak. He declined to comment on whether he planned to meet his biological mother, who lives in the Chicago suburbs. Sadly, there arent many happy reunions in The Lost Sons. Baty was able to speak briefly to Dora (Chester died in 2017), but he was sick with cancer and they were never able to meet in person. The Associated Press noted that police, at the time, said blood type and ear shape were about the only leads they had because the boy had no blemishes or birthmarks. Does anyone know? But several months ago, the FBI located the other Paul Fronczak in rural Michigan and informed him of his real identity, WGN-TV reported. He told The Sun Online: I cant give up because eventually, someone who knows something is going to talk. Some 10,000 babies were examined and tested by 1966 to see if they could be the boy., Paul Fronczak, baby kidnapped from hospital in 1964, found living under another identity https://t.co/DkL6yThC1z pic.twitter.com/654ybRlOEt, New York Post (@nypost) December 19, 2019. Just ask Paul Fronczak. The Bizarre Case Of Paul Joseph Fronczak's Kidnapping. I am a proud husband to a wife who works in education and the father to two wonderful children. These include his parents, who were deceased, and some siblings, including a twin. However, he had no contact with Jack/Paul. This man told Knapp that the DNA results said: Theres no remote possibility that you are the Fronczak babyI was like, wow.. I was very interested in ideas of family and is it nature or nurture that shapes us? says Macfarlane. According to The Sun, young Paul came upon a box, and inside he found newspaper clippings about the case. In a Michigan town, there lived a man named Kevin Baty, whose family suspected that he might be the missing baby. Domestic Television Distribution, Warner Bros. International Television Distribution, "The FBI said I was my parents' stolen baby - but I found the truth", "A baby snatched from a Chicago hospital in 1964 was reunited with his parents 15-months later. We've received your submission. Federal investigators in Chicago became aware of Baty back in 2018. It was really the missing Paul, confirmed with DNA. Could he be the same baby? The person who abducted Paul is believed to be Aurora Baty from Manton, MI. It was easier to enroll in school prior to needing a social. And thats because we all have one desire in our life to find who we are, our true identity. WhilePaul Fronczak succeeded in reuniting a mother and son, there are still a few questions about his own identity. Jodie Hope May 13, 2020 / 8:06 pm. And if you dont know that there's nothing that can feel that void. Could he be the same baby?A baby is kidnapped from a hospital, months later, a toddler is abandoned. He is now 49 years old and lives in Nevada. The extraordinary, intertwined cases of two missing baby boys have been solved after nearly 60 years thanks to DNA-testing websites, an explosive new documentary has revealed. He also shares the aftermath of what happens when you open this Pandoras box as well as his research of finding Jill. He died just a day shy of his real birthday. Ballard pushed back against the idea that the only way for the Colts to cement a starting quarterback for the next decade is to trade up with the Bears and draft him No. Why Violence Is Increasing. For 48 years, another man believed himself to be Paul Fronczak but learned the truth 10 years ago. The film follows, and is largely narrated by, a man who was raised as "Paul Fronczak" by a Chicago couple whom he was led to believe were his biological parents. ", "CNN Films to Develop Stranger-Than-Fiction Documentary 'The Lost Sons', "SXSW Film Festival Unveils Full Lineup; Charli XCX Quarantine Feature To Close Fest; Tom Petty Docu Set As Centerpiece", Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare, Whitey: United States of America v. James J. Bulger, Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street, Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Lost_Sons&oldid=1139271776, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 14 February 2023, at 07:36. Like Paul/Jack and many other children, his legal date of birth differs from his biological date of birth. Premieres at 8 p.m. Sunday on CNN and available then on demand. From one evil action. Now recent media reports say a man living in rural Michigan may be the child of Chester and Dora Fronczak who was abducted on April 26, 1964, from a Chicago hospital. It was not until 2012 that Paul finally decided to get some answers about his family history and identity. His mother was not the easiest person to identify. The woman who raised Baty, Lorraine Fountain, died in 2004. His parents explained that he had been abducted as a baby but he was eventually found. The results of the DNA test came back and showed that there was no way he was the real Paul Fronczack. No, Paul Fronczak's twin sister was not found, and she has yet to be found. They married around Dec 1975 according to Ancestry obit collection. From the tribute wall posts on obit, it doesnt appear they ever met. But his story didnt end there. According to Target 8, the FBI has reopened the investigation, however, they are not providing any information which is normal on any ongoing investigation. . The couple identified the baby as theirs based purely on facial similarities and the shape of his ear, per The Sun. Just following the case. So, he died on his actual birthday, but his birthday that he celebrated growing up was a month earlier than when he was actually born. STATEMENT FROM PAUL FRONCZAK December 20 2019 Hi everyone, it's Paul. Dora, upon seeing the young boy, was quoted in papers at the time as saying, Thats my baby.. https://t.co/vQSAdytKx8, George Knapp (@g_knapp) November 6, 2020. As it turns out, there is now another mystery to solve. IMDb's advanced search allows you to run extremely powerful queries over all people and titles in the database. Paul learned that he had a twin sister and other siblings, he also learned that he was probably better off having been abandoned. This awful scenario, unfortunately, became reality for the Fronczak family in 1964. The whole situation is surreal, like some type of movie plot, but it actually happened. The film had its world premiere at South by Southwest on March 16, 2021. Fronczak said in an earlier interview: Everything Ive heard from other members of my family, pretty much made it clear to me that me and my twin sister Jill were abused, neglected and ultimately I was abandoned. The Fronczaks identified the boy as their missing son and took him home, thrilled to have their child returned to them. Theres a lot of parts that are astounding and harrowing, but theres also a kind of epic mythical quality to them as well.. It can also have legal consequences, not just for you, but for descendants you may never meet, in decades to come. I still feel you cant make two children vanish out of a family and not have someone remember something. Wife of Private. After me and my sister vanished my parents became recluses, no one ever saw them again- no one ever talked to them. The name of the deceased is Kevin Baty, who was reportedly born in Michigan in 1964 and died of cancer earlier this year. March 14, 2014 -- A cold lead has come back to life in the half-century-old case of stolen baby Paul Fronczak after a . In 2018, DNA testing was famously used to identify a suspect in the notorious case of the Golden State Killer, leading to the arrest of Joseph James Deangelo, now 75, on suspicion of at least 13 murders, 50 rapes and 120 burglaries across California between 1973 and 1986. Paul Fronczak said he has some solid leads on who kidnapped the Fronczak baby but is still trying to crack that mystery. I wonder if her 1964 husband is still around. This story has been shared 220,330 times. Kevin Ray Baty of Manton passed away on Saturday April 25, 2020 at. Paul and Emma eavesdropped on one of those calls and were elated for the long-suffering Dora. As he grew up he came to suspect he wasn't really Paul Fronczak, since he didn't resemble the rest of his family. Fronczaks biological parents have already died and his siblings arent willing to say why he was abandoned though other relatives say that the couples children were neglected and abused. 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