Reminds me of this guy
Infamous Ohio bank robber who vanished 50 years ago ID’ed as dead man
On his deathbed, her father told her a secret: He was a fugitive and had robbed a bank in Ohio
https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/03/us/thomas-randele-ted-conrad-bank-robber-confession-cec/index.html
When I would live on the road as a hitcher and drifter I had a personal rule of carrying nothing in my pockets, I carried no papers and no IDs or billfold, when I would start a journey I would make sure I had no money and would throw it away if there was any in my pockets, picking up money after the initial start I would keep, but not when I first would stick out my thumb on the Interstate to start the adventure.
It was incredible freedom, truly, “wherever you go, there you are”.