Of course I will never know but I am so curious as to how the SSA determined LR was living under an assumed identity. What if the SSA is incorrect? What if LR was really LR?
Here are some reasons I question the SSA and also Law Enforcement:
My husband was issued three different SS cards before the SSA settled on just one.
In the 1980's we found out that another man with the same first, middle and last name of my husband and same birth date of my husband had the same SS# of my husband. Stolen identity, or just a case of the SSA messing up? We found out because the IRS was going to attach my husband's wages for past debts to the IRS that this other man owed. We had to get a California Congressman to intervene. It was a mess dealing with the IRS. We thought that was the end of that!
My husband was stationed in Germany with the US Army. (Still in the 1980's) He got a summons to appear in court for some violation that he never committed, again, somebody with his full name, and my address in the states. I had to go to court on my husband's behalf and explain to the judge that my husband was in Germany and I did not know who this other guy was and I did not know why the summons was coming to my house. I just told the judge that the court had the wrong person and case dismissed. This also happened in the 1980's.
When my husband got out of the Army and we were buying a house we found out that this other guy's bad credit was merged with ours! This was in 1989. We had to get that all straightened out, thank goodness I had kept all the earlier correspondence from our Calif. Congressman.
Fast forward to 2005. We move to Texas. Husband gets pulled over for speeding in Dallas. Cops check their car computer and determine that my husband is a wanted man! Dallas cops cuff him and are ready to take him off to jail. My husband insists that they check their records better and they do and wow, yes they did have the wrong person. My husband is white. The real perp is a black man with tats. Good thing Dallas cops called their home office for more info on who they need to arrest. Looks like Dallas cops arrest on name only basis.
A few months later, my husband applies for a job overseas. The company runs a background check. Gosh darn it, here is that other guy(with his long rap sheet) merged with my husband's record. Anyway, my husband has to go to the local cops and Austin so the authorities can photograph my husband to prove his is white, not black and has no tattoos and get fingerprinted. It all gets straightened out and my husband gets the job overseas. We have to keep this other guy's pic and rap sheet in our possession in case he ever pops up again.
I was trying to keep my story short, but looks like I did not succeed.
But given my experience with the SSA I am not sure I would trust them.