All through this article I was thinking along your same lines. I mean, this guy's a bit of a moron. Who in their right mind changes their identity but then reunites with their family who are all still going by their real names? Especially when he knows there's a manhunt.

Oh, and he was willing to fake his identity but didn't bother trying to print out some fake school transcripts for his kid (Which themselves are usually printed on a regular consumer printer).

Anyway if this guy can make it over a year I'd imagine a reasonably intelligent person could probably get away with it.