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So in the other post, you said you inadverdently realized you had a second photo of the target (which presumably contained key identifying info)...so, are you saying here that that second photo didn't come from investigating the event that she was at (i.e., if it had a meetup/lanyrd page, looking at all the attendee photos and seeing what looked like her?)

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The second photo that we later realized we had was one a teammate had taken himself and didn't have anyone else in it. I think it was doable with just 1 photo, and I'm not ready to share with Justin how the 2nd photo helped. :)

So you had a second photo of the girl, taken by a team mate, but it has only her in it?

OK then, there is something identifying about this girl, which the second photo gave you

* Tattoo

* Glasses

* Hair

* Amputee

* Scar/burn, etc.

* particular purse/hat/watch/accessory

* etc.

Or maybe she was wearing a t-shirt brandishing the company she works for.

But it had _something else_ in it...

A credit card slip with her name on it perhaps?

In a single picture where she was a random bystander? Unlikely that you'd be able to read anything that had her name on it, unless it was an actual name tag. Even then, people don't generally stand very still for photos that are taken of other people.

An article of clothing or accessory of some kind from a conference she attended that helped you look up attendees and identify her, or some other identifying club/service that contains profile pictures?

Name tag

Sorority/college sweater?

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