Doing Something Desperate
So in 1997, he ended up doing something so unheard of, and so unbelievable, that for a while, no one even thought to question his true identity. This is when he devised his plan to impersonate the missing American boy Nicholas Barclay. He knew that in Europe, he had already gained a reputation for his deceitful ways. So he thought that he could find a way to get to the United States, and continue to do what he did best, fool people.
