Nabbed at Heathrow, 1968

From Hellhound On His Trail: The Electrifying Account of the Largest Manhunt In American History, by Hampton Sides (Knopf Doubleday, 2010), Kindle pp. 365-366: “Passport please,” a young immigration officer named Kenneth Human said when Sneyd approached the window. Sneyd fished his wallet out of a coat pocket. From an inside fold, he retrieved a dark blue Canadian passport, which the officer opened and studied. Officer Human glanced at Sneyd, and then back at the passport photo. Nothing seemed untoward: the same man, the same glasses, everything matched. Then Human saw another passport, peeking from Sneyd’s billfold. “May I see that other one?” he asked. Sneyd handed the officer the second passport, which was clearly stamped “Canceled.” “Why are the names different?” Human asked, noting that one said “Sneyd” and the other said “Sneya.” Sneyd explained that his original passport, issued in Ottawa, had contained the misspelling—simply a clerical error—but that he’d had it corrected as…