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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 253 | Undisclosed Youth | September 5, 2025 | Canada
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DATABASE RECORD
id 253
date September 5, 2025
original_date September 5, 2025
year 2025
month 9
quarter 2025-Q3
victim Undisclosed Youth
location Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
country Canada
scenario Kidnapping
description Victim forced into a van by 5 men, physically assaulted, threatened with a gun. Released after being forced to transfer cryptocurrency.
kidnappings 0
violence_torture 0
drugs_alcohol 0
weapons 0
theft 0
life_taken 0
money_wanted (null)
coin_type (null)
reports CambridgeT
notes (null)
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 [revised on review, verified against the sources in this file. Live DB still holds the shorter bulk-import summary — apply this to it.]
**Victims:** An injured youth in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada (near Saginaw Parkway and Townline Road).
**Attackers:** Five unknown suspects, described as Black men in their twenties wearing dark clothing and face coverings; no arrests are recorded.
**Attack Method:** Around 9:48 p.m. on 5 September 2025 the victim was forced into a dark-coloured van by the five and driven off.
**Violence Used:** Detention — forced into a van and driven off; inside the van he was physically assaulted and threatened with a firearm, and he was later taken to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
**Crypto Demanded/Stolen:** He was forced to transfer money into a cryptocurrency wallet; the amount was not disclosed.
**Status:** The suspects released him and fled along Townline Road. Waterloo Regional Police's General Investigations Unit has an active investigation and has appealed for witnesses and dashcam or surveillance footage.
LINKED SOURCES
[url] https://www.cambridgetoday.ca/police-beat/police-investigate-robbery-and-abduction-in-cambridge-11176114
NOTES ON THIS FILE
* matched to sheet row 254: exact match on victim + year, unique on both sides
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ARTICLE 1
Source CambridgeT
URL https://www.cambridgetoday.ca/police-beat/police-investigate-robbery-and-abduction-in-cambridge-11176114
Origin reported_K&R sheet, row 254, column "Articles"
Length 1,151 chars
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Waterloo Regional Police are investigating a robbery involving an abduction that occurred in Cambridge.
On Sept. 5, at approximately 9:48 p.m., police responded to the area of Saginaw Parkway and Townline Road for a report of a robbery.
Upon arrival, officers located an injured youth who was transported to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
Through investigation, police learned that the victim was forced into a dark-coloured van by five unknown suspects. While inside the van, the victim was physically assaulted, threatened with a fire arm, and forced to transfer money into a cryptocurrency wallet.
The suspects later released the victim and fled the area, last seen travelling on Townline Road.
The five suspects are described as Black males, in their twenties, wearing dark clothing and face coverings.
This remains an active investigation by members of Waterloo Regional Police Services General Investigations Unit. Anyone who may have witnessed the incident or who has dash camera or surveillance footage from the area around the time of the occurrence is encouraged to contact police at 519-570-9777, extension 6370.
OTHER LINKED SOURCES
[BLOCKED] url None — raw request refused; try the WebFetch path, which is a model transcription and must be labelled as such
https://www.cambridgetoday.ca/police-beat/police-investigate-robbery-and-abduction-in-cambridge-11176114
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generated from attacks-export-Gart-website.json + reported_K&R | case 253
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