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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
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CASE 304 | Middle Aged Couple | September ?, 2022 | Canada
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DATABASE RECORD
id 304
date September ?, 2022
original_date September, 2022
year 2022
month 9
quarter 2022-Q3
victim Middle Aged Couple
location Richmond, B.C., Canada
country Canada
scenario Home Invasion
description Multiple suspects posing as police invade home, tie up residents, steal $10M in crypto.
kidnappings 1
violence_torture 1
drugs_alcohol 0
weapons 1
theft 1
life_taken 0
money_wanted $10 million in crypto "and several luxury items"
coin_type Crypto
reports Richmond News
notes Charges: break and enter, robbery with a weapon, unlawful confinement, use of an imitation firearm during a robbery, three counts of assault, extortion, possession of stolen property and impersonating a police officer.
has_processed_date 0
created_at 2025-11-14 09:05:23
(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 [revised on review, verified against the sources in this file. Live DB still holds the shorter bulk-import summary — apply this to it.]
**Victims:** A middle-aged couple in north Richmond, British Columbia, Canada.
**Attackers:** Multiple armed suspects, some impersonating police officers; one man, 34-year-old Jin Da Xing of Richmond, was charged with 11 offences.
**Attack Method:** On 13 September 2022, according to Richmond RCMP, multiple armed suspects — some of them impersonating police — allegedly entered the couple's home.
**Violence Used:** Detention — the couple were allegedly assaulted, bound and held for several hours; RCMP said they suffered non-life-threatening injuries but were left badly shaken.
**Crypto Demanded/Stolen:** The suspects fled with $10 million in cryptocurrency and several luxury items; a large portion of the crypto was later recovered.
**Status:** A year-long Richmond RCMP investigation (Serious Crime and Economic Crime units, with the National Crypto Support Unit) led to 11 charges against Jin Da Xing — including break and enter, robbery with a weapon, unlawful confinement, use of an imitation firearm, three counts of assault, extortion, possession of stolen property and impersonating a police officer. He is remanded awaiting trial.
LINKED SOURCES
[url] https://www.richmond-news.com/local-news/richmond-man-arrested-for-home-invasion-10m-crypto-theft-7873869
NOTES ON THIS FILE
* matched to sheet row 136: exact match on victim + year, unique on both sides
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ARTICLE 1
Source Richmond News
URL https://www.richmond-news.com/local-news/richmond-man-arrested-for-home-invasion-10m-crypto-theft-7873869
Origin reported_K&R sheet, row 136, column "Articles"
Length 2,590 chars
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Richmond man arrested for home invasion, $10M crypto theft
A middle-aged couple's home in north Richmond was allegedly the target of a home invasion and robbery in September 2022.
Maria Rantanen Maria Rantanen
Nov 23, 2023 2:03 PM
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A Richmond man faces 11 charges following an alleged home invasion and theft of $10 million in cryptocurrency and luxury items in 2022. Richmond News file photo
Listen to this article
00:02:38
One man has been charged with 11 criminal offences and is in custody following an alleged home invasion and theft of $10 million in cryptocurrency and luxury items a year ago.
On Sept. 13, 2022, multiple suspects with weapons allegedly entered the home of a middle-aged couple in north Richmond.
According to Richmond RCMP, some of the suspects impersonated police officers.
The couple were allegedly assaulted, bound and held for several hours.
Police say the suspects then fled with the $10 million in cryptocurrency and several luxury items.
The Richmond News reported on the incident last week when Richmond RCMP Chief Supt. Dave Chauhan provided an update at the community safety meeting.
RCMP have now released more details on the case.
The investigation was “lengthy and complex” and Richmond RCMP’s Serious Crime Unit took the lead with expertise from the Economic Crime Unit. They were also supported by the National Crypto Support Unit.
RCMP say a large portion of the cryptocurrency has been recovered.
“There have been many technological breakthroughs through the last five to 10 years in the digital forensics field. It has taken time and resources to mobilize and establish this type of expertise," said Richmond RCMP Chief Supt. Dave Chauhan.
"I am proud to say that we saw the need for this type of expertise in the past and hedged towards the future."
He praised the serious crimes and economic crime units for doing an "exceptional job" with the investigation, which took more than a year.
"As well, investigators have provided consistent support to the victims of this heinous act,” said Chauhan.
RCMP said victims suffered non-life-threatening injuries but were badly shaken up.
The Prosecution Service of BC has approved 11 charges against 34-year-old Jin Da Xing from Richmond.
The charges he's facing include break and enter, robbery with a weapon, unlawful confinement, use of an imitation firearm during a robbery, three counts of assault, extortion, possession of stolen property and impersonating a police officer.
Xing is currently remanded in custody and awaiting trial.
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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 richmond-news.com
URL https://www.richmond-news.com/local-news/richmond-man-arrested-for-home-invasion-10m-crypto-theft-7873869
Field url
Retrieved 2026-09-05T12:44:19+00:00 via raw HTTP retrieval, deterministic extraction (HTTP 200)
Language unknown
Kept paragraphs headline [0] + 23-40 of 44
Length 2,324 chars
Integrity sha256 de8c62bec3f0f39b3855d28f5bce2fb7c550755e34f29cab86ee7480c51506ce
Trimmed AUTO-TRIMMED, unreviewed: kept paragraphs 23-40 plus headline [0]; dropped 22 leading and 3 trailing paragraphs. Case-term hits on page: 21.
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)
Man charged for Richmond home invasion, $10M crypto theft - Richmond News
A middle-aged couple's home in north Richmond was allegedly the target of a home invasion and robbery in September 2022.
One man has been charged with 11 criminal offences and is in custody following an alleged home invasion and theft of $10 million in cryptocurrency and luxury items a year ago.
On Sept. 13, 2022, multiple suspects with weapons allegedly entered the home of a middle-aged couple in north Richmond.
According to Richmond RCMP, some of the suspects impersonated police officers.
The couple were allegedly assaulted, bound and held for several hours.
Police say the suspects then fled with the $10 million in cryptocurrency and several luxury items.
The Richmond News reported on the incident last week when Richmond RCMP Chief Supt. Dave Chauhan provided an update at the community safety meeting.
RCMP have now released more details on the case.
The investigation was “lengthy and complex” and Richmond RCMP’s Serious Crime Unit took the lead with expertise from the Economic Crime Unit. They were also supported by the National Crypto Support Unit.
RCMP say a large portion of the cryptocurrency has been recovered.
“There have been many technological breakthroughs through the last five to 10 years in the digital forensics field. It has taken time and resources to mobilize and establish this type of expertise," said Richmond RCMP Chief Supt. Dave Chauhan.
"I am proud to say that we saw the need for this type of expertise in the past and hedged towards the future."
He praised the serious crimes and economic crime units for doing an "exceptional job" with the investigation, which took more than a year.
"As well, investigators have provided consistent support to the victims of this heinous act,” said Chauhan.
RCMP said victims suffered non-life-threatening injuries but were badly shaken up.
The Prosecution Service of BC has approved 11 charges against 34-year-old Jin Da Xing from Richmond.
The charges he's facing include break and enter, robbery with a weapon, unlawful confinement, use of an imitation firearm during a robbery, three counts of assault, extortion, possession of stolen property and impersonating a police officer.
Xing is currently remanded in custody and awaiting trial.
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