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True Identity

Cracking the Oldest Kidnapping Cold Case and Finding My Missing Twin

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True Identity

By: Paul Joseph Fronczak, Alex Tresniowski
Narrated by: Paul Joseph Fronczak
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A man desperate to know his true identity struggles to solve the infamous kidnapping that nearly destroyed his family - and find his twin sister, who has been missing for more than 50 years.

When he was 10 years old, Paul Fronczak was snooping around for Christmas presents in a crawl space in his family’s Chicago home. There, he found hundreds of old newspaper clippings about the kidnapping of a one-day-old infant in a hospital in 1964. He also learned that, two years later, the boy was found and returned to his family - and that the boy was him.

Nearly 50 years later, Paul, acting on long-held suspicions, took a DNA test that proved he was not the kidnapped boy. In an instant, he found himself at the center of two half-century-old mysteries - who was he, and where was the real Paul?

True Identity is about three separate major investigations - the hunt for the real Paul Fronczak; the search for the author’s missing twin sister, Jill; and finally, the investigation into his true identity, his heart and soul and the demons inside him - inherited and created - that still need to be confronted.

©2021 by Paul Joseph Fronczak and Alex Tresniowski (P)2021 by Blackstone Publishing Disappearance Abduction Heartfelt True Identity Nonfiction True Crime
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I heard about Paul’s story on a podcast, I’m so glad he let me to this book. I hope you find Jill soon

Wow! What a life story! Great listen

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Loved it and sincerely hope he finds Jill, can't believe his own siblings won't help. He was the lucky one in this story.

I was eager to find out more of Paul's story,

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The story is engaging and well told, I listened for 2 days straight. Paul has such a perfect voice for narrating his own story, I connected with his voice, which seemed to be a portent of the genuinely good, well intentioned man that he is. What a complicated story, told so well, and heartfelt for all those caught up in the mystery and whose lives were so affected. Personally, I think Paul was the lucky one. He may not view it that way, but he was raised by a family who loved him and that is more than might have otherwise been. I am staying tuned to this tale as I think there will be more uncovered. I wish Paul and his beautiful daughter all the very best.

Couldn't stop listening

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An amazing true life journey with many twists and turns in hoping to find the truth.

Incredible story

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i like that it was a true story. it kept me interested right to the end.

He never gave up on his search.

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