Aug 25, 2026 · 43 min · 11 segments
A hidden identity. A family of secrets. A fight to exhume. In this episode of The Fronczak Files, Jack and Tracey detail the journey that led them to an extraordinary decision: petitioning the state…
Tracy HastingsHost
Paul Jack FronczakHost
Well, we have a couple of things that we wanna know and prove [laughs] in your case.
Today's episode is gonna focus on, um, helping you reclaim your legal identity as Jack Thomas Rosenthal, and providing DNA on a national database that would allow for identification of your sister Jill in the event that she were ever to test or any of her children were to test, and to make it legally admissible in court.
And that's the whole mission here, because if we don't do that, she could be in the system and we wouldn't even know.
This is an, a completely sort of tangent that we go off on to try to help you ident- you know, reclaim your true identity, as well as provide law enforcement with the information they need to potentially identify Jill.
Why do you need to prove that you're Jack Thomas Rosenthal? You've tested on the various, uh, consumer DNA testing platforms.
Well, we have a couple of things that we wanna know and prove [laughs] in your case.
Today's episode is gonna focus on, um, helping you reclaim your legal identity as Jack Thomas Rosenthal, and providing DNA on a national database that would allow for identification of your sister Jill in the event that she were ever to test or any of her children were to test, and to make it legally admissible in court.
And that's the whole mission here, because if we don't do that, she could be in the system and we wouldn't even know.
This is an, a completely sort of tangent that we go off on to try to help you ident- you know, reclaim your true identity, as well as provide law enforcement with the information they need to potentially identify Jill.
Why do you need to prove that you're Jack Thomas Rosenthal? You've tested on the various, uh, consumer DNA testing platforms.
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The Missing Remains
Authorities lost evidence that could answer everything
He Grabs the Shovel
Truth may require exhuming his own mother
A Grave Could Identify Jill
One grave may connect two decades-old mysteries
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