parked his white mustang in a low-income housing project in atlanta and headed for the bus station. within 48 hours of king's death, ray had reached toronto, canada. he rented a room in an immigrant area near downtown. james earl ray wrote -- >> the woman couldn't speak hardly any english. the man not much better. i never gave a name as they never asked me for one. >> ray read through old newspapers for birth announcements and chose this one from 1932, ramon sneyd. ray, posing as a government official, phoned the real sneyd. >> he told me he never had a passport, so i decided to get a passport in his name as his picture would not be on file at the passport office. >> the fbi thought at first king's murder was a conspiracy. harvey lowmyer bought the rifle, john willard rented the room. eric galt drove the mustang. when the fingerprints and the strands of hair showed they were the same man, the fbi issued