The couple separated: Wheeler moved to Houston, Texas, where he assumed a new name. Siem moved to Redding, California."Woman quits SLA over death threat", The Pittsburgh Courier, May 4, 1974, page 3. Reported but mistaken sightings of Wheeler around the time of the Hearst kidnapping led to speculation that he was still involved, and to the notion that he was one of those killed in the Los Angeles shootout and fire.
