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March 15, 2007 - Completed Case #428.

January 18, 2007 - Opened Wanted Poster #79.

November 1, 2006 - Completed Case #427.

August 16, 2006 - Completed Case #426 and closed Wanted Poster #78.

August 9, 2006 - Opened Wanted Poster #78.

April 9, 2006 - Completed Cases #425 & #425a along with a supplemental page.

March 18, 2006 - Completed Case #424 which closes Wanted Poster #77.

March 16, 2006 - Completed Cases #421, #422, #423 and opened Wanted Poster #77.

January 13, 2006 - Withdrew Wanted Posters #57 and #58 because they are no longer of any interest to anyone.

December 18, 2005 - Completed Cases #416, #417, #418, #419 and #420.  Plus deleted several "Who Are These Women?" images which are no longer of interest to anyone.

October 27, 2005 - Completed Case #415.

October 26, 2005 - Completed Cases #412, #413 and $414.  Also added the head shot to Case #260.

October 21, 2005 - Withdrew Wanted Poster #61.  We know the woman is an unkown nudist and the picture came from a nudist site, but there doesn't seem to be any way to attach a name or some other picture to make a good case file.  So, we simply withdrew the Wanted Poster.

September 3, 2005, Completed Case #411 which closes Wanted Poster #29.

August 15, 2005 - Completed Case #410 and started Eyetest #27.

August 8, 2005 - Wanted Poster #76 was closed and Eyetest #11 was modified to properly identify the look-alike as Mayfair Girl Elizabeth Thorpe.

July 28, 2005 - Created Wanted Poster #76.

July 14, 2005 - Completed Eyetest #26.

July 6, 2005 - Created Case #409 and Wanted Posters #74 and #75.  Closed Wanted Poster #74 when the woman was immediately identified as Carmella Decesare.  See Eyetest #26.

June 25, 2005 - Created Case #408 and Closed Wanted Poster #73.

June 21, 2005 - Created Wanted Poster #73.

June 20, 2005 - Completed Case #407 which closes Wanted Poster #72.  Added the body shot to Case #403.

June 18, 2005 - Completed Case #406 and created Wanted Poster #72.

June 15, 2005 - Started "Book 5" with Cases #401, #402, #403, #404 and #405.

June 14, 2005 - The Fake Detective's investigation of the anthrax attacks of 2001 is now in book form and on sale at Barnes & Noble for $17.95 ($16.15 for members) and at Amazon.com.

February 6, 2005 - Completed Case #400.

December 27, 2004 - Completed Case #399.

September 13, 2004 - Completed Case #398.

August 22, 2004 - Completed Cases #395, #396 and #397.

July 30, 2004 - Completed Cases #392, #393 and #394.

May 10, 2004 - Completed Case #391.

May 9, 2004 - Completed Case #390.

May 7, 2004 - Completed Case #389.

May 3, 2004 - Completed Case #388.

Apr. 22, 2004 - The Fake Detective is mentioned in an article about a possible fake picture from Iraq in Salon.com.

Mar. 20, 2004 - Completed Cases #386 and #387.

Mar. 19, 2004 - Added Wanted Poster #71 and closed it a few hours later when it was learned that the pictures were real.  See the Wanted Poster History.

Jan. 11, 2004 - Completed Cases #381, #382, #383, #384 and #385.

Oct. 17, 2003 - Wired Magazine prints an article about The Fake Detective.  It's HERE.

Sept. 14, 2003 - Completed Cases #376, #377, #378, #379 and #380.  Deleted Wanted Poster #55 because it didn't look like we'd ever get what we wanted from it.

July 6, 2003 - Completed Eye Test #25.

June 8, 2003 - Completed Cases #371, #372, #373, #374 and #375.

Apr. 19, 2003 - Completed Cases #368, #369 and #370.

Mar. 26, 2003 - Completed Case #367.

Mar. 21, 2003 - Completed Cases #365 and #366.

Feb. 13, 2003 - Completed Case #364 and closed Wanted Poster #70.

Feb. 10, 2003 - Added Wanted Poster #70.

Jan. 22, 2003 - Completed Cases #361, #362, #363 and Eyetest #24.

Dec. 18, 2002 - Completed Case #360 and began Eye Test Chart #24.

Nov. 30, 2002 - Completed Case #359.

Nov. 18, 2002 - Completed Case #358.

Nov. 17, 2002 - Corrected an error on Eye Test #11.

Nov. 10, 2002 - Completed Case #357.

Oct. 23, 2002 - Completed Case #356, which closes Wanted Poster #44.

Oct. 21, 2002 - Time Magazine prints an article about the anthrax work being done by The Fake Detective.  The article is HERE.

Oct. 7, 2002 - Added a new section to the site with information about what happened to all the old Wanted Posters.  It can be found HERE.

September 27, 2002 - Completed Cases #353, #354 and #355.

September 22, 2002 - Completed Eye Test #23 and closed Wanted Poster #36.

August 30, 2002 - Completed Cases #350, #351 and #352.

July 28, 2002 - Completed Case #349.

July 21, 2002 - Completed Case #348.

July 14, 2002 - Completed Cases #345, #346 and #347.

June 19, 2002 - Completed Case #344.

May 31, 2002 - Complete Case #33a and added Wanted Poster #69.

May 26, 2002 - Completed Cases #342 and #343.

May 7, 2002 - Completed Cases #340 and #341.  Withdrew Wanted Poster #68 because the Anna Kournikova look-alike been identified.  Check my LEGAL PAGE for details.

May 2, 2002 - Completed Case #339, withdrew Wanted Poster #66 and added Wanted Poster #68.

April 28, 2002 - Completed Cases #335, #336, #337 and #338.

April 21, 2002 - Completed Cases #331, #332, #333 and #334.

February 10, 2002 - Completed Cases #329 and #330.

January 7, 2002 - Completed Cases #327 and #328.

January 6, 2002 - Baltimore Sun prints an article about The Fake Detective's work in a very different area.  The article uses his real name: "Ed Lake".  It's HERE.  The web site they refer to is HERE.