distraught. this is about me, right? what is this. he said you were kidnapped. we found you we love you. we ll never talk about that again. and they didn t. but paul couldn t let it go. and years later he embarked on a mission. what really happened to me? that s what i needed to find out. it all starts in chicago, 1964. that s when paul s mother gave birth to a beautiful baby boy. as i was leaving this woman walked in. she was dressed in white. i just thought, she is a nurse. but she wasn t. and before anyone knew it, that baby was gone. her doctor came in. and he said, mrs. fronzak your baby has been taken. setting off a frantic search for the baby and that mysterious
that s what he had been told. that s what he thought was true. as an adult, paul started doing more research, and he discovered that everything he thought he knew about himself was in fact a lie. and now the new cnn film the lost sons takes an intimate look at paul s story and the unimaginable journey he s taken searching for himself. our kate bolduan has a preview. reporter: as a child, paul franzak thought he knew who he was but he did not. at the age of 10 he discovered a box full of old newspaper clippings in his house. so i started reading it, and it said paul joseph franzak, and i saw a picture of my mom and dad, and they looked sad and heartbroken, and distraught. i said, mom, what is this, this is about me. what is this. you were kidnapped, we found you, we love you, we ll never talk about that again. and they didn t. but paul couldn t let it go. years later he embarked on a
the dna sample was so minute that forensic scientists were unable to build a full genetic sequence. meaning the dna may have come from paul moore, but the scientists couldn t say it was a 100% match. and while the dna didn t match anyone else in the moore family, including peter, the fact that paul couldn t be excluded was nothing that would hold up in court. it was beyond frustrating. to hear that we have an almost match but we can t say for sure. still, it did give them an idea. they d get one shot at it. might work. coming up that got my attention right away. exciting doesn t begin to describe. elated maybe? most amazing thing in the world. this is the smoking gun. a killer, seemingly revealed
diagram that we received in the mail. this is the sheet of paper detective ruiz found. you can see the indentations of the bolt threads in the middle of the page about a third of the way down. and here s that same sheet of paper enhanced by the atf crime lab. and here is the original bomb diagram mailed to investigators back in august. the most amazing thing in the world. this is the smoking gun. unbelievable. couldn t believe it. exciting doesn t begin to describe. elated maybe. then what happens? i went out and arrested paul moore. coming up, pete moore seems to be in the clear, but he s got yet another shock in store. there s no scale for this. this changes you forever. when dateline continues. when dateline continues
immediately i looked at this and i m like, oh my god. what he s holding in his hand is an indented writing copy of the diagram that we received in the mail. reporter: this is the sheet of paper detective ruiz found. you can see the indentations of the bolt threads in the middle of the page about a third of the way down. and here s that same sheet of paper enhanced by the atf crime lab. and here is the original bomb diagram mailed to investigators back in august. the most amazing thing in the world. this is the smoking gun. unbelievable. couldn t believe it. exciting doesn t begin to describe. elated maybe. reporter: then what happens? i went out and arrested paul moore. coming up, peter moore seems to be in the clear, but he s got yet another shock in store. there s no scale for this. this changes you forever. when family business continues.