| DATE |
EVENT |
| October 22, 1959 |
James Hogue is born in Kansas City, Kansas, the son of Eugene and Maria Hogue. |
| 1975-1977 |
 Hogue attends Washington High School in Kansas City, Kansas.He competes for the school cross country team and sets a national four-mile record. In 1977 he leads the team to its second consecutive league title and wins the Kansas City individual title |
| 1977 |
Hogue graduates from Washington High School and is recruited to run at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, then one of the nation’s top collegiate running programs. |
| 1977-1979 |
 Hogue enrolls at the University of Wyoming and competes for the Cross Country Team. He trains with a number of world-class Kenyan runners who have also been recruited to the team. Hogue performs poorly on the team. |
| 1979 |
Hogue drops out of the University of Wyoming and returns to Kansas City. |
| 1979, 1983-1984 |
Hogue briefly enrolls in a community college and, later, the University of Texas at Austin. He studies chemical engineering, but fails to graduate. |
| January 21, 1983 |
Hogue is arrested for theft in Austin and is placed on probation for thirty six months. |
| 1984-1985 |
Hogue lives briefly in Colorado. |
| September 10, 1985 |
Hogue assumes the name Jay Mitchell Huntsman and enrolls in the Palo Alto High School senior class.He purports to be sixteen years old, and tells classmates that he is a self-taught orphan from a Nevada commune. He is popularly known as the “Mystery Boy.” |
| October 7, 1985 |
 Hogue/Huntsman wins the prestigious Stanford Invitational Cross Country Meet as a member of the Palo Alto High School Cross Country team. He tells classmates that his goal is to win a track scholarship to Stanford University. |
| October 25, 1985 |
Palo Alto Police reveal that Jay Huntsman is actually twenty-six year old James Hogue, and that the real Jay Huntsman died in infancy in 1969. Hogue is asked to leave Palo Alto High School, and is held briefly in juvenile hall. |
| May 14, 1986 |
Still in Palo Alto, Hogue is arrested for forging checks and later receives a ninety day jail sentence. A bench warrant is issued for his arrest after he violates his probation. |
| May 1986 & May 1987 |
Hogue teaches running at Jim Davis’ Cross Training Clinic in Vail, Colorado. He claims falsely to have a Ph.D. in bio-engineering from Stanford University. |
| August – October1987 |
Hogue lives and works with custom bicycle frame builder Dave Tesch in San Marcos California. |
| October 1987 |
Hogue burglarizes Tesch’s bicycle company and steals $20,000 in tools and bike frames. |
| 1987 |
Hogue moves to St. George, Utah. |
| November 25, 1987 |
Using the name Alexi Indris Santana, Hogue submits a fraudulent application for admission to Princeton University. He claims to be an eighteen year old self-educated Utah ranch hand. |
| March, 1988 |
Hogue/Santana takes a recruiting trip to Princeton University and meets with Track Coach Larry Ellis and admissions officers. |
| March 30, 1988 |
Acting on a search warrant, police detective Matt Jacobson arrests Hogue at a storage facility in St. George, Utah.Hogue is charged with possessing stolen bicycle frames. Det. Jacobson also discovers applications to various Ivy League universities with the name Alexi Indris Santana on them. |
| April, 1988 |
Alexi Santana’s application to Princeton University is accepted. He is awarded a $15,000 academic scholarship. |
| May 19, 1988 |
James Hogue pleads guilty to receiving stolen property. He begins serving a six month sentence at the Utah State Prison. |
| May 26, 1988 |
Hogue writes to Princeton as Alexi Santana and requests a one year deferment because his mother is dying of leukemia in Switzerland. Princeton grants the deferment. |
| December, 1988 |
Hogue is released from prison and begins serving a six month term at a halfway house in Salt Lake City, Utah. |
| June, 1989 |
James Hogue absconds parole in Utah and moves to Princeton. He spends the summer working on a University grounds crew and participates in the Freshman Summer Orientation Program. |
| August 6, 1989 |
The Trenton Times publishes an article about incoming Princeton student and star runner Alexi Santana. The headline reads: ”A Different Path to Glory: Princeton’s Self-Educated Santana Blazing a New Trail.” |
| August 18, 1989 |
The state of Utah issues a fugitive warrant for Hogue’s arrest. |
| September, 1989 |
 Hogue/Santana enters Princeton University’s as a member of the class of 1993. Hogue competes for the University track team and lives in Holder Hall dormitory. |
| January, 1991 |
Hogue/Santana is admitted to the Ivy Club, Princeton’s most selective private eating club. |
| February 16, 1991 |
While competing at the Harvard-Yale-Princeton Track Meet in New Haven, Connecticut, a Yale senior, Renee Pacheco, recognizes Hogue from Palo Alto High School. Pacheco notifies her former track coach, who notifies Peninsula Times Tribute reporter Jason Cole. Princeton University officials receive a tip from Cole that Alexi Santana is actually James Hogue. |
| February 26, 1991 |
Det. John Reading of the Princeton Police Department arrests Hogue in a geology lab in 154 Guyot Hall on the Princeton Campus. Hogue is charged with forgery, wrongful impersonation and falsifying records. |
| February 27, 1991 |
Det. Reading interrogates James Hogue. |
| March 5, 1991 |
Hogue is arraigned at the Mercer County Superior Courthouse. He pleads not guilty. |
| April, 1991 |
Hogue is indicted on fourteen separate counts relating to the Princeton deception. He is incarcerated until he posts $25,000 bail. |
| February 10, 1992 |
Hogue pleads guilty to theft-by-deception in a bargain with prosecutors. |
| August, 1992 |
Hogue enrolls in a Harvard University Extension program, and is hired by the Harvard Mineralogical Museum. |
| October 23, 1992 |
Hogue receives a 270 day sentence and five years probation but appeals his sentence. He is also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $21,124 to Princeton University. |
| December, 1992 |
Hogue receives credit for prison time served, but is ordered to serve the remaining portion of his term. |
| May 10, 1993 |
Hogue is arrested in Sommerville, Massachusetts and charged with possession of stolen property. Police recover gemstones, microscopes and other scientific equipment. |
| December 27, 1993 |
Hogue is convicted of larceny and receiving stolen property in Sommerville, Massachusetts District Court. He is jailed in Massachusetts until his transfer to New Jersey on January 25, 1994. |
| January 1994 – September 1995 |
Hogue is incarcerated in the Mercer County Correctional Facility and charged with violating his probation. |
| February 19, 1996 |
Hogue is arrested on the Princeton University campus and charged with trespassing after claiming to be a graduate student named Jim MacAuthor. He is charged with a parole violation. |
| March 1996 – January 1997 |
Hogue is again incarcerated in the Mercer County Correctional Facility. |
| 1997 |
Hogue moves to Aspen, Colorado. |
| July 15, 1997 |
 Hogue is arrested in Aspen for bicycle theft. He is sentenced to one year in jail. |
| November, 1999 |
Hogue agrees to participate in filmmaker Jesse Moss’ documentary about his life. |
| May 30, 2000 |
Hogue is arrested by the Telluride Police Department and charged with theft. He pleads guilty, and is fined $1500. |
| October, 2001 |
The film is completed. |
