Man discovers he wasn't kidnapped baby; FBI reopens 49-year-old mystery

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A 49-year-old Nevada man grew up believing he was kidnapped from the hospital as a day-old baby and was returned at age 2 to his parents in Chicago, months after being found abandoned in a stroller in New Jersey.

The FBI closed the case: The toddler looked like the missing newborn.

The audacious kidnapping -- by a woman dressing as nurse who told the mother to hand over her infant because the doctor needed to examine him -- was a sensational crime nearly a half-century ago.

But now the life of Paul Joseph Fronczak has taken another extraordinary turn, he told CNN affiliate KLAS.

After taking a home DNA test, Fronczak said, he discovered he wasn't the missing baby.

The FBI has reopened the case to tackle the questions of what happened to the real kidnapped baby and who Fronczak is, exactly, he told KLAS.

"I don't know how old I am, or who I am, or what nationality, all those things you just take for granted," he said. "The FBI decided that because my ears matched the Fronczak baby that I was probably the Fronczak baby."

On Thursday, Fronczak told CNN he's optimistic about a resolution.

full: http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/08/us/illinois-baby-kidnapping-mystery/index.html

[Beaverhausen]

1. Whoa. That's crazy

[madaboutharry]

2. He seems like a good man.

I hope he finds the information he is seeking.

[kiva]

3. Such a strange and sad story,

and I wish him (and his parents) luck at finding out the truth.

[Jenoch]

4. Wow, what a story.

The focus is on this man who is questioning his identity. What about his parents who must wonder what happened to their biological son?