Missing Boy Returns Three Years After Abduction—But He's Hiding a Dangerous Secret

Why Did He Do It?

 When a Spanish police officer commented that Bourdin bore a slight resemblance to the missing Barclay boy from America, he embraced the persona with ease. Bourdin was able to masquerade as Nicholas for three-and-a-half months, and no one was the wiser. Bourdin successfully duped the FBI, Spanish law enforcement, and even the Barclays themselves—but Parker knew of an outlier.

Someone in the Barclay family suspected Bourdin had been lying about his identity.