>> in this fbi interview, the seller said ray paid him in cash, mostly 20s. >> he paid that guy $2,000 in 20s, that would be a lot of money. >> there's another dot connected to the bank of alton. >> reporter: detective john light thinks that money came from the robbery. if so, enough to keep ray on the run for another year. >> $30,000 back in 1967 was a lot of money. >> but james earl ray claims the money came from the mysterious raoul. never a last name. >> he just called that name raoul. that's the only name they called him. >> ray got an alabama driver's license under his alias, eric starvo galt. he registered the mustang under the same name. with this new license plate and his new identity, ray left for mexico. this is james earl ray that fall in puerto vallarta where he spent much of his time with a prostitute. by mid-november, ray on the right moved on to los angeles and settled into a low-rent hotel on hollywood boulevard. he took dancing lessons and bar tending lessons, but perhaps more significantly, he did this. >> i had plastic surgery on my nose.