Ray ya sake yin gyaran fuska (rhinoplasty), wanda Dr. Russell Hadley ya yi. A ranar 18 ga Maris, 1968, Ray ya bar Los Angeles kuma ya fara tafiya zuwa Atlanta, Georgia. Da ya isa Atlanta a ranar 24 ga Maris, 1968, Ray ya shiga cikin ɗakin gida. Ya sayi taswirar birnin. Daga bisani jami'an FBI sun sami wannan taswirar lokacin da suka bincika ɗakin da yake zama a Atlanta. A kan taswirar, an kewaye wurare na coci da kuma mazaunin Martin Luther King Jr. Ray ya sake komawa kan hanya kuma ya kori Mustang zuwa Birmingham, Alabama. A can, a ranar 30 ga Maris, 1968, ya sayi wata bindiga mai suna 760 Gamemaster Model.30-06-caliber da akwati na 20 daga kamfanin Aeromarine Supply Company.
Memphis, Jihar Tennessee