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StellarCrowandClaude Fable 5.1 439e83a4cb feat(sources): Wayback pass, automatic trimming, detention rule, ten cases re-sourced 
Second and third rounds on the dossier pipeline, reviewed locally before commit.

Retrieval
- wayback_pass.py: retries every BLOCKED/DEAD/THIN/ERROR linked source through
  the Wayback Machine; blocks carry the snapshot date, archive URL and the live
  verdict. 143 slots retried: 93 fetched, 37 no snapshot, 12 script shells, 1 PDF.
- fetch_sources.py: fetch_wayback() helper.
- add_extra_sources.py: files staged extra_* finds (web search, not on the DB
  record) into the store with a provenance note.
- Cases re-sourced by web search: 248 (Oslo: Document.no, Avisa Oslo, NRK; the
  linked Le Parisien piece is case 242 and is marked OFF-CASE), 258 Kharkiv,
  260 Singapore, 358 Bangkok, 365 Las Vegas, 388 Verneuil-sur-Seine, 390 Zoersel,
  430 Homestead. 341 of 364 cases now hold a fetched article; 11, 66 and 399
  have no public text source (podcast, police video, direct victim report).

Trimming
- auto_trim.py: case-anchored furniture cut for UNTRIMMED blocks. Finds the body
  run that mentions the case, merges across subheadings and short furniture
  gaps, drops teasers, share bars, date/URL/caption lines and subscription
  pitches; refuses pages with no record term or almost no body. 302 blocks
  trimmed; 16 left on auto-trim-review.md (7 OFF-CASE suspects). Every cut is
  labelled AUTO-TRIMMED, UNREVIEWED in the dossier; the full extract stays in
  staging/. Decisions with anchors in trim-decisions-auto.json.
- build_cases.py / verify_all.py: banners for auto-trimmed and archived blocks,
  staged-file check extended to Wayback blocks, flag legend under the record.

Detention rule
- README "Definitions": the DB field `kidnappings` is the DETENTION violence
  type (victim, guard, staff or relative held to force submission or execute
  the theft), distinct from the Kidnapping scenario (taken away and held).
- detention-flag-review.md / detention-flag-corrections.json: 40 records
  reviewed with evidence; 30 set-to-1 proposals accepted by the owner on
  2026-09-06 (listed in corrections-approved.md), 10 still open.
- apply_detention_wording.py: "Violence Used" in the 70 reviewed summaries now
  names detention explicitly (62 of 70 labelled), supported by the summary's
  own text; idempotent; supersedes the batch scripts' wording.

Worklist and docs
- sofia-worklist.md: 248 decisions, detention rule item replacing the old
  "no abduction" item, fresh-search section for the textless cases.
- README-START-HERE.md: progress notes, run commands, next steps.
- Bug fixed in passing: Wayback blocks stored in-memory text with carriage
  returns; now stored as read back from disk.

verify_all.py PASSES (2321 checks).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01GZZENdTLzNGsbNy4DyF1yt
2026-09-06 19:36:45 +02:00

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CASE 201 | Stéphane Winkel's Wife | December 24, 2024 | Belgium
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DATABASE RECORD
id 201
date December 24, 2024
original_date December 24, 2024
year 2024
month 12
quarter 2024-Q4
victim Stéphane Winkel's Wife
location Brussels, Belgium
country Belgium
scenario Costly Fame
description Wife of crypto influencer who bragged about wealth was kidnapped by 3 men, police chase led to car crash.
kidnappings 1
violence_torture 0
drugs_alcohol 0
weapons 0
theft 0
life_taken 0
money_wanted (null)
coin_type (null)
reports VRT
notes kidnapped wife, chased by police, car crashed, wife ok
has_processed_date 1
created_at 2025-11-13 05:44:45
(flag legend: 'kidnappings' is the DETENTION flag — 1 when the victim was held against
their will at any point, tied, locked in, held at gunpoint or taken away; it is NOT the
same as the 'Kidnapping' scenario, which means taken away and held. See README, Definitions.)
AI SUMMARY [generated at bulk import, NOT verified against sources]
**Victim:** Stéphane Winkel's Wife
**Attackers:** Unknown number of perpetrators
**Attack Method:** Costly Fame - victim kidnapped
**Violence Used:** Threats/intimidation
**Crypto Stolen:** No theft completed
**Status:** Investigation ongoing
LINKED SOURCES
[url] https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2024/12/24/failed-kidnap-attempt-victim-was-bitcoin-millionaires-wife/
NOTES ON THIS FILE
* matched to sheet row 202: reviewed and approved individually
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ARTICLE 1
Source VRT
URL https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2024/12/24/failed-kidnap-attempt-victim-was-bitcoin-millionaires-wife/
Origin reported_K&R sheet, row 202, column "Articles"
Length 1,854 chars
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Failed kidnap attempt victim was Bitcoin millionaire’s wife (VIDEO)
The identity has been revealed of the person, who was the subject of an attempted kidnap in Brussels last Friday.  The abduction led to a police chase that ended in a crash in Bruges and the arrest of suspects. The victim, who was injured in the crash, has been identified as the wife of a ‘crypto-influencer’. Her husband had been keen to post on social media that he had become a millionaire by investing in crypto currencies. It’s thought his wife was possibly kidnapped to obtain ransom money.
Colin ClapsonPublished:Tue 24 Dec. 2024 09:32
The Brussels public prosecutor's office has now revealed that a minor was among the would-be kidnappers.
A youth magistrate now holds jurisdiction over the boy, who has been placed in a closed juvenile institution. The 3 other suspects in the case are aged 18 or more and have been detained by the investigating judge.
The victim of the failed abduction is the wife of a well-known ‘crypto-influencer’. That is someone who regularly posts on social media about his investments in crypto currencies like bitcoin.
A few weeks ago the influencer posted that his crypto wallet was now worth €1.6 million. He claimed he bought bitcoins back in 2011, when they were worth less than 2 euros each.
‘In 2011 bitcoins were only circulating in a small circle of people. I don't know if his story is true,’ says Thomas Spaas, a lawyer who assists crypto investors. To collect a fortune, you just had to keep the bitcoins,’ the lawyer says. In 2011 you could buy a bitcoin for less than 2 euros. Today the price for one bitcoin hovers around 100,000 euros.
The value of bitcoin skyrocketed last week, breaking record after record. Spaas says he believes in the technology but seems to imply that it is not wise to publicise your crypto currency's profits.
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FETCHED ARTICLE 1 [AUTO-TRIMMED — UNREVIEWED]
!! Furniture was cut by a script keyed on this case's record, not by a person.
!! It may still carry passages about OTHER cases from a round-up article.
!! The full page extract is kept in staging/ if a cut needs revisiting.
Source vrt.be
URL https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2024/12/24/failed-kidnap-attempt-victim-was-bitcoin-millionaires-wife/
Field url
Retrieved 2026-09-05T12:49:31+00:00 via raw HTTP retrieval, deterministic extraction (HTTP 200)
Language unknown
Kept paragraphs headline [0] + 1-8 of 9
Length 1,899 chars
Integrity sha256 f6b70e6e2cad506ec7a735ffd5c7357c497c582651221ff8eedcb19d901f3ab4
Trimmed AUTO-TRIMMED, unreviewed: kept paragraphs 1-8 plus headline [0]; dropped 0 leading and 0 trailing paragraphs. Case-term hits on page: 6.
Caveat retrieved from a live page on the date above. Unlike text copied
from the spreadsheet, there is no second copy to hash it against.
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ORIGINAL (unknown, verbatim as retrieved)
Failed kidnap attempt victim was Bitcoin millionaire’s wife (VIDEO) | VRT NWS: news
Failed kidnap attempt victim was Bitcoin millionaire’s wife (VIDEO)
The identity has been revealed of the person, who was the subject of an attempted kidnap in Brussels last Friday. The abduction led to a police chase that ended in a crash in Bruges and the arrest of suspects. The victim, who was injured in the crash, has been identified as the wife of a ‘crypto-influencer’. Her husband had been keen to post on social media that he had become a millionaire by investing in crypto currencies. It’s thought his wife was possibly kidnapped to obtain ransom money.
The Brussels public prosecutor's office has now revealed that a minor was among the would-be kidnappers.
A youth magistrate now holds jurisdiction over the boy, who has been placed in a closed juvenile institution. The 3 other suspects in the case are aged 18 or more and have been detained by the investigating judge.
The victim of the failed abduction is the wife of a well-known ‘crypto-influencer’. That is someone who regularly posts on social media about his investments in crypto currencies like bitcoin.
A few weeks ago the influencer posted that his crypto wallet was now worth €1.6 million. He claimed he bought bitcoins back in 2011, when they were worth less than 2 euros each.
‘In 2011 bitcoins were only circulating in a small circle of people. I don't know if his story is true,’ says Thomas Spaas, a lawyer who assists crypto investors. To collect a fortune, you just had to keep the bitcoins,’ the lawyer says. In 2011 you could buy a bitcoin for less than 2 euros. Today the price for one bitcoin hovers around 100,000 euros.
The value of bitcoin skyrocketed last week, breaking record after record. Spaas says he believes in the technology but seems to imply that it is not wise to publicise your crypto currency's profits.
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generated from attacks-export-Gart-website.json + reported_K&R | case 201
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