DB-cleanup/merge-output/sofia-worklist.md

# Sofia — manual source worklist

Every source the automated pipeline could not retrieve. Open each in your browser,
copy the article text, and paste it back to me **with the case number**. I file it verbatim.

Ordered by urgency: the cases at the top have NO other working source — losing them means
the case has zero evidence. Cases lower down already have other articles on file, so their
missing source is a nice-to-have, not a gap.

Verdict meaning: DEAD = link 404/gone (try the Wayback Machine). THIN = the page needs a
browser to render (JavaScript). BLOCKED = the site refused an automated request but will
open normally for you.


## NO OTHER SOURCE — priority

- **case 390** `DEAD` · January 10, 2026 · 60 y/o female physician · Belgium
  <https://www.gva.be/regio/antwerpen/regio-antwerpen/zoersel/gangsters-zoeken-naar-cryptomunten-en-binden-bewoonster-60-vast-in-zoersel-virtuele-munten-steeds-vaker-beoogde-buit/122929883.html>
- **case 390** `DEAD` · January 10, 2026 · 60 y/o female physician · Belgium
  <https://www.gva.be/regio/vrouw-60-slachtoffer-van-home-invasion-in-zoersel-antwerps-parket-start-gerechtelijk-onderzoek-naar-onbekende-daders/122895454.html>
- **case 382** `DEAD` · December 13, 2025 · Yu (46, male proprietor) and Lee (37, his wife)  · Hong Kong
  <https://www.mexc.co/es/news/269096>
- **case 426** `THIN` · March 28, 2026 · Man in 50s · France
  <https://www.surfcoastnews.com.au/finance/76504/>
- **case 395** `ERROR` · December 12, 2025 · 17- year old · France
  <https://www.nicematin.com/faits-divers/cryptomonnaie-un-lyceen-toulonnais-sequestre-sa-famille-menacee-10665698>
- **case 382** `THIN` · December 13, 2025 · Yu (46, male proprietor) and Lee (37, his wife)  · Hong Kong
  <https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/12-14-2025-attempted-robbery-at-hong-kong-cryptocurrency-exchange-investigated-33680910939473>
- **case 369** `THIN` · May 5, 2024 · Quentin Cepeljac · UK
  <https://www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/article/gang-kidnapped-barber-they-mistook-for-crypto-billionaire-n0hgdshvm>
- **case 365** `THIN` · November ?, 2024 · Unidentified man · USA
  <https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/florida-teens-kidnap-las-vegas-man-drive-him-to-arizona-desert-steal-4m-in-cryptocurrency-police/ar-AA1EvkGd>
- **case 45** `THIN` · July 6, 2018 · Austin Nedved · USA
  <https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/northborough-man-pleads-guilty-aiding-romance-and-lottery-schemes-targeting-elderly>
- **case 430** `BLOCKED` · September 15, 2022 · Unidentified man · USA
  <https://fox5sandiego.com/news/border-report/group-linked-to-9-kidnappings-in-three-states/>
- **case 426** `BLOCKED` · March 28, 2026 · Man in 50s · France
  <https://www.leparisien.fr/faits-divers/boulogne-les-agresseurs-ciblent-jeune-investisseur-en-crypto-se-trompent-dadresse-et-finissent-en-garde-a-vue-07-04-2026-WESX3VDQLNALFLW4UUQRVMVXHU.php>
- **case 388** `BLOCKED` · January 10, 2026 · Father (director of cryptocurrency investment group), wife, and two children · France
  <https://www.leparisien.fr/yvelines-78/un-investisseur-en-cryptomonnaies-et-sa-famille-ligotes-et-tabasses-chez-eux-dans-les-yvelines-11-01-2026-ZMJMDGSKBRBAJC5DODWC2AHHJU.php>
- **case 382** `BLOCKED` · December 13, 2025 · Yu (46, male proprietor) and Lee (37, his wife)  · Hong Kong
  <https://www.dimsumdaily.hk/attempted-armed-robbery-at-mong-kok-crypto-exchange-owner-injured-but-no-losses/>
- **case 382** `BLOCKED` · December 13, 2025 · Yu (46, male proprietor) and Lee (37, his wife)  · Hong Kong
  <https://en.coinotag.com/breakingnews/hong-kong-mong-kok-cryptocurrency-exchange-robbery-attempt-leaves-owner-injured-police-seek-three-suspects>
- **case 381** `BLOCKED` · December 18, 2025 · Cryptocurrency holder and family · France
  <https://www.leparisien.fr/faits-divers/un-investisseur-en-cryptomonnaie-et-sa-compagne-sequestres-a-leur-domicile-de-la-rochelle-des-virements-effectues-par-les-ravisseurs-18-12-2025-KN6YFKOQ2NCCPEGXLZP2ZTYX4A.php>
- **case 372** `BLOCKED` · November 1, 2022 · Female "A.T." · Canada
  <https://www.yorkregion.com/news/crime/stripped-naked-kidnapper-sentenced-after-woman-tortured-in-search-of-1m-in-bitcoin/article_31b62635-2f9d-508e-8c97-04a1c2aa5b7a.html>
- **case 367** `BLOCKED` · October 7, 2024 · 35 y/o man · Bulgaria
  <https://btvnovinite.bg/bulgaria/otvlichane-ot-mnimi-policai-za-14-bitkojna-razkaz-na-sluzhitel-na-sdvr-samo-pred-btv.html>
- **case 361** `BLOCKED` · November 22, 2025 · Crypto Exchange · Russia
  <https://www.rbc.ru/spb_sz/23/11/2025/69232f6c9a7947d86f1e90a2>
- **case 258** `BLOCKED` · October 10, 2025 · unknown · Ukraine
  <https://archive.is/El9EI>

## has 1 other source(s)

- **case 448** `THIN` · August 24, 2023 · Father of influencer Killian Desnos (alias "TeufeurS") · France
  <https://france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/pays-de-la-loire/sarthe/le-mans/un-proces-aux-assises-requis-apres-l-enlevement-dans-la-sarthe-du-pere-de-l-influenceur-teufeurs-3286131.html>
- **case 444** `THIN` · March 31, 2026 · 25-year-old wife of a crypto investor · France
  <https://france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/grand-est/bas-rhin/strasbourg-0/cryptomonnaie-deux-hommes-interpelles-pour-enlevement-et-sequestration-d-une-jeune-femme-a-strasbourg-3349945.html>
- **case 442** `THIN` · March 8, 2026 · Undisclosed individual · USA
  <https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/rapper-known-lil-zay-osama-sentenced-14-months-prison-possessing-illegal-machinegun>
- **case 427** `THIN` · April 10, 2026 · Family  · France
  <https://france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/nouvelle-aquitaine/pyrenees-atlantiques/bayonne/cinq-hommes-cagoules-sequestrent-les-occupants-d-une-villa-du-pays-basque-pour-retrouver-un-chef-d-entreprise-lie-aux-cryptomonnaies-3334103.html>
- **case 370** `THIN` · April 27, 2024 · Family · Canada
  <https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/b-c-family-tortured-for-13-hours-by-thieves-impersonating-mailmen-in-2m-crypto-heist/ar-AA1QU0ko>
- **case 424** `BLOCKED` · December 31, 2025 · Unnamed Brentwood resident · USA
  <https://ktla.com/news/california/violent-crypto-robberies-los-angeles-bay-area/>
- **case 423** `BLOCKED` · December 22, 2025 · Unnamed Sunnyvale crypto holder · USA
  <https://ktla.com/news/california/violent-crypto-robberies-los-angeles-bay-area/>
- **case 422** `BLOCKED` · December 17, 2025 · Unnamed San Jose crypto holder  · USA
  <https://ktla.com/news/california/violent-crypto-robberies-los-angeles-bay-area/>
- **case 417** `BLOCKED` · March 15, 2026 · Crypto Company CEO · France
  <https://www.ouest-france.fr/economie/cryptomonnaie/enlevements-dans-le-milieu-de-la-cryptomonnaie-un-patron-cible-par-des-hommes-armes-la-nuit-derniere-pres-de-nantes-8cab17f0-2142-11f1-a6e8-58f5162ee52a>
- **case 414** `BLOCKED` · March 9, 2026 · Couple in their early 60s · France
  <https://www.leparisien.fr/yvelines-78/le-chesnay-rocquencourt-900-000-euros-en-bitcoin-derobes-lors-dun-violent-home-jacking-09-03-2026-L2ZCB6SJSRB5VJJQEYSMI2ASTM.php>
- **case 393** `BLOCKED` · January 8, 2026 · A couple and 3 children · France
  <https://www.ouest-france.fr/societe/faits-divers/un-couple-sequestre-avec-ses-enfants-chez-lui-en-sarthe-la-piste-des-cryptomonnaies-privilegiee-96d1b968-f2d1-11f0-bfca-235f15251990>
- **case 387** `BLOCKED` · January 5, 2026 · Young woman · France
  <https://www.leparisien.fr/faits-divers/victime-dun-vol-de-cryptomonnaie-une-jeune-femme-sequestree-par-plusieurs-individus-cagoules-a-manosque-06-01-2026-WS2ED2I3UFHB7JRDMUE2XXRVYI.php>
- **case 384** `BLOCKED` · December 18, 2025 · Unidentified businessmen · Hong Kong
  <https://archive.is/SOB70#selection-1145.40-1145.80>
- **case 360** `BLOCKED` · November 22, 2025 · Undisclosed · USA
  <https://www.kron4.com/news/technology-ai/tech-expert-reveals-how-to-protect-your-cryptocurrency-after-11-million-theft/>

## has 2 other source(s)

- **case 411** `DEAD` · February 15, 2026 · Igor Komarov · Indonesia
  <https://www.boredpanda.com/horrifying-discovery-in-bali-after-igor-komarov-ransom-video/>
- **case 431** `THIN` · April 20, 2026 · Family · France
  <https://france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/bretagne/finistere/brest/5-membres-d-une-famille-de-ploudalmezeau-sequestres-pour-un-portefeuille-de-cryptomonnaie-3339032.html>
- **case 416** `THIN` · March 10, 2026 · Undisclosed person · France
  <https://france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/paris-ile-de-france/seine-et-marne/sequestration-d-une-famille-en-lien-avec-les-cryptomonnaies-trois-hommes-mis-en-examen-3315843.html>
- **case 412** `THIN` · March 7, 2026 · Mainland Chinese businessman, 25 · Hong Kong
  <https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/299288396127458>
- **case 412** `THIN` · March 7, 2026 · Mainland Chinese businessman, 25 · Hong Kong
  <https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/299292754464081>
- **case 408** `THIN` · January 24, 2026 · Yong Wang, Chinese businessman  · Turkey
  <https://en.haberler.com/pure-chinese-torture-what-they-did-to-the-19596022/>
- **case 383** `THIN` · July 8, 2024 · Undisclosed · USA
  <https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/24316542322970>
- **case 441** `BLOCKED` · March ?, 2026 · Crypto entrepreneur and his family · Canada
  <https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2026/05/07/violations-de-domicile-une-famille-montrealaise-prise-pour-cible-pour-de-la-cryptomonnaie>
- **case 440** `BLOCKED` · March ?, 2026 · Crypto entrepreneur and his family · Canada
  <https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2026/05/07/violations-de-domicile-une-famille-montrealaise-prise-pour-cible-pour-de-la-cryptomonnaie>
- **case 439** `BLOCKED` · March ?, 2026 · Crypto entrepreneur and his family · Canada
  <https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2026/05/07/violations-de-domicile-une-famille-montrealaise-prise-pour-cible-pour-de-la-cryptomonnaie>
- **case 438** `BLOCKED` · January 28, 2026 · Crypto entrepreneur and his family · Canada
  <https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2026/05/07/violations-de-domicile-une-famille-montrealaise-prise-pour-cible-pour-de-la-cryptomonnaie>
- **case 437** `BLOCKED` · May 7, 2026 · Couple · France
  <https://www.leparisien.fr/faits-divers/bondy-frappees-et-ligotees-au-petit-matin-les-victimes-du-home-jacking-navaient-pas-de-cryptomonnaie-09-05-2026-IOMODLNJEZGJHOUEN37Z3NS2VM.php>
- **case 436** `BLOCKED` · March 23, 2026 · 57 y/o woman · France
  <https://www.gendarmerie.interieur.gouv.fr/gendinfo/criminalite-organisee-et-enquetes/2026/crypto-rapt-en-haute-garonne-trois-nouvelles-interpellations-par-les-enqueteurs-de-la-section-de-recherches-de-toulouse>
- **case 431** `BLOCKED` · April 20, 2026 · Family · France
  <https://www.letelegramme.fr/finistere/ploudalmezeau-29830/a-ploudalmezeau-une-famille-sequestree-puis-delestee-de-700-000-eur-en-cryptomonnaies-exclusif-7030440.php>
- **case 412** `BLOCKED` · March 7, 2026 · Mainland Chinese businessman, 25 · Hong Kong
  <https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/hong-kong-hotel-crypto-kidnapping-680k-and-42kg-of-silver-reportedly-stolen/>
- **case 389** `BLOCKED` · January 9, 2026 · 43 y/o Software architect/engineer · France
  <https://www.ouest-france.fr/societe/faits-divers/jai-entendu-des-cris-dans-la-rue-enleve-au-petit-matin-pour-ses-cryptomonnaies-pres-de-cholet-f97a7740-ed71-11f0-ae78-1a0629cc1f87>

## has 3 other source(s)

- **case 451** `THIN` · July 20, 2023 · 56-year-old woman · France
  <https://france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/pays-de-la-loire/sarthe/le-mans/un-proces-aux-assises-requis-apres-l-enlevement-dans-la-sarthe-du-pere-de-l-influenceur-teufeurs-3286131.html>
- **case 449** `THIN` · February ?, 2024 · Unidentified · USA
  <https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/gothferrari-sentenced-78-months-prison-role-massive-cryptocurrency-heist>
- **case 410** `THIN` · February 5, 2026 · 8 Chinese nationals (ages 25-45)  · Malaysia
  <https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2026/02/1380692/12-cops-arrested-over-crypto-robbery-watch>
- **case 407** `THIN` · September 24, 2018 · William Sean "Tony" Creighton, CEO of 5Dimes · Costa Rica
  <https://www.espn.com/chalk/story/_/id/27633251/american-bookmaker-found-dead-costa-rica>
- **case 407** `THIN` · September 24, 2018 · William Sean "Tony" Creighton, CEO of 5Dimes · Costa Rica
  <https://www.gambling911.com/9-Individuals-Convicted-Murder-5Dimes-Owner.html>
- **case 402** `BLOCKED` · January 31, 2026 · Two adults · USA
  <https://bitcoinethereumnews.com/tech/california-teens-arrested-in-scottsdale-home-invasion-over-66m-cryptocurrency-holdings/>

## has 4 other source(s)

- **case 446** `THIN` · May 11, 2026 · Undisclosed  · France
  <https://france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/grand-est/bas-rhin/strasbourg-0/un-homme-vise-par-deux-tentatives-d-enlevement-apres-des-transactions-en-cryptomonnaies-3349861.html>
- **case 445** `THIN` · May 10, 2026 · Undisclosed  · France
  <https://france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/grand-est/bas-rhin/strasbourg-0/un-homme-vise-par-deux-tentatives-d-enlevement-apres-des-transactions-en-cryptomonnaies-3349861.html>
- **case 460** `BLOCKED` · July 2, 2026 · 41 y/o Russian "Artem I." · Indonesia
  <https://balidiscovery.com/russian-in-bali-kidnapped-for-30-hours-forced-to-hand-over-crypto-account/>
- **case 405** `BLOCKED` · February 12, 2026 · David Princay, CEO of Binance France · France
  <https://bitcoinethereumnews.com/tech/binance-france-ceo-targeted-in-chaotic-double-home-attack-report/>
- **case 363** `BLOCKED` · December 28, 2024 · Daniel, (17 y/o) and his girlfriend · USA
  <https://bitcoinethereumnews.com/bitcoin/former-lapd-officer-convicted-in-violent-350k-bitcoin-heist/>

## Special: La Provence, paywalled (serves cases 457 AND 458)

We hold only the opening 25%. The rest is behind the paywall and unreachable by any tool.
If you can read the full article, paste it and I'll file it into both case files. The missing
portion likely contains the Gignac-la-Nerthe detail (458) and any answer on the plate question.
  <https://www.laprovence.com/article/faits-divers-justice/2193885092828214/quatre-hommes-arretes-en-plein-braquage-sur-fond-de-cryptomonnaies-pres-de-marseille>
- **Case 391** (Chinese national rescue, 2 arrested) — its only linked source (abs-cbn.com) is JS-rendered and returned no article body. Needs a manual/browser fetch or a replacement source. No usable article on file otherwise.

## Round-up articles needing per-case passage isolation (Claude to do, your review)
One article covers several different cases; each case file must keep only its own passage.
- Known set: 68, 315, 422, 445, 450.
- **375** (Trincity, Trinidad) — its cryptonews article bundles several separate Trinidad incidents (a St. Joseph car theft at para 17 is a different victim) then goes global. Left UNTRIMMED pending isolation.
- **Newly found: 423 and 424** — both link the SAME San Francisco Chronicle article (byte-identical), a multi-victim wrench-attack round-up. Left UNTRIMMED pending isolation so the two files don't cross-contaminate.

## Wrong-source / mismatched cases (the linked article does not describe this record)
- **Case 248** — the linked leparisien.fr article is a DIFFERENT incident (a woman assaulted at home in
  Suresnes, France), NOT the Oslo Norwegian-family home invasion this record describes. That Suresnes
  event is **case 242**, which already has the correct source — so the misfiled article belongs to 242's
  story. Find a correct Oslo source for 248. (248's summary was written from its record fields only.)
- **Case 441** — its fetched sources (url_2, url_3) actually describe case 438 (same Montreal
  home-invasion cluster, wrong incident). Decide: drop them, or move to 438.
- **Case 295** — the Forbes source (url_3) predates the event it is filed under, so it cannot be
  reporting on it. Decide: drop or replace.
- **Case 358** — the DB url points to an unrelated thethaiger dog-in-floods story, not the Bangkok
  kidnapping. Correct the URL and find the real source (also in the source-gap list — it is sourceless).

## Probable duplicate record
- **Case 323 ≡ Case 365** — almost certainly the same incident: three teenagers, a crypto-event host
  kidnapped at gunpoint on the way home, driven to a remote desert (~1 hr out, White Hills AZ), ~$4M in
  crypto + NFTs, released in the desert, victim walked ~5 miles to a gas station, a 4th person on
  speakerphone. 323 (8News, court records) names the charged teens (Belal Ashraf, Austin Fletcher, both
  16, Pasco County FL) and puts the event in **Downtown Las Vegas** — so 365's `notes` "Downtown LA" is a
  typo. Decide whether to merge 365 into 323. (365's summary drops the city to avoid asserting the error.)

## DB record / flag corrections (surfaced while writing summaries — apply on the website)
Authoritative correction lists already exist: `corrections-register.json` (35 fixes, with status) and
`corrections-for-database.json` (per-record: id 321 victim, id 307 description, id 258 archive link,
id 460 name/ownership/amount/scene-list/weapons, id 462 weapons note, sheet row 18 scenario, sheet
row 252 wrong URL / Phuket case). Additional items found during the summary pass:
- **Case 334** — bulk summary said "Victim deceased"; WRONG. The victim (unnamed São Paulo businessman)
  survived (thrown from the car, 3 fractured ribs, rescued by a truck driver); `life_taken = 2` is two
  SUSPECTS killed by police. Also clarify whether `life_taken` counts perpetrator deaths (your earlier
  rule was "counts victims", under which 2 would be wrong here).
- **Case 353** — `money_wanted` "100 million rubles" is misattributed (that figure is an unrelated
  Irkutsk case in the same article's tail); this robbery took 100 GPUs / 4 containers, damage only
  "could significantly exceed 1 million" (currency unspecified).
- **Case 301** — bulk summary "180 BTC" was wrong: it was 180 bitcoin mining MACHINES (ASICs).
- **Case 299** — `money_wanted` lists the four amounts as "Euros"; the Guardian source says POUNDS (£).
- **Case 290** — `description` says "$100,000" but the sums taken were Dhs300,000 + Dhs63,000.
- **Case 298** — `description` says "$1,000,000" while `money_wanted`/source say Dh4.12m.
- **Case 219** — `description` "beaten with a stick" contradicts the article (bag simply snatched from
  behind, no violence); the flags (violence/weapons = 0) already match the article.
- **Case 218** — (a) `notes` say the husband fired, but the Daily Star article quotes Amouranth herself
  ("I believe I shot one of them"); (b) `theft = 0` but a MacBook WAS taken (she tracked it via Find My).
- **Case 221** — `date` = March 23 but the article says March 24 (twice); reconcile the day.
- **Case 252** — `description` "tortured for 4 days" and "possible mistaken identity" are not in the
  linked Bitcoin.com article (it says only: held several days, found tied up). Confirm or soften.
- **Case 253** — flags all = 0 but the source shows an abduction, assault (hospitalised), firearm threat
  and a forced crypto transfer → should be kidnappings 1, violence 1, weapons 1, theft 1.
- **`weapons` = 0 but a weapon was involved:** 321, 323 (gunpoint); 290 (knifepoint/blunt objects); 242
  (knives + cleaver seized); 243 (tased); 245 (weapon recovered).
- **`theft` = 0 but property was taken:** 303 (Dh183k + phones/cheques); 297 (Dh1.7m cash); 273 (dog,
  MacBook, jewellery); and see 218 above.
- **`kidnappings` = 1 but no abduction (attacked/robbed in place):** 293, 271, 273, 298.
- **Case 237** — `violence_torture` = 0 but the source says he was beaten; `theft` = 1 though nothing was
  taken (released once found "broke").
- **Case 228** (NYC SoHo torture) — the linked ABC source withholds the victim's name; the DB `victim`
  field carries "Michael V.T. Carturan". Confirm the name against a primary document before relying on it.

## Sheet-article furniture trim — deferred / accepted items (from the 2026-08-26 pass)
Most furniture was removed cleanly. A few items were left, deliberately:
- **Salford cluster (162, 169, 307, 354, 355)** — these share one Manchester Evening News
  article (sheet row 164) embedded via the special shared-source path, so the furniture
  trimmer did not touch it. It carries a few photo captions ("(Image: GMP)", "(From top left
  to right) - Scott Armstrong…"). Low severity; trim row 164 once, and all five inherit it.
- **Other-case CONTENT (not furniture) left in, to revisit with the round-up bucket:**
  235 Article 2 (France24 arrest piece names the Balland/Noizat incidents — see case 209),
  254 Article 2 (references the Las Vegas case 323 and a France case as context). These are
  coherent articles about a suspect/trend, so cutting is a judgment call, not furniture.
- **Accepted intra-line furniture (cannot remove without editing inside a line, which would
  break the verbatim-line guarantee):** case 204 (a Thai "read the original" link is appended
  to the last body sentence), case 218 ("Article continues below"/"View 4 Images" prefixes are
  fused onto body sentences).
- **Residual furniture the automated scan missed (add to sheet-trim-decisions.json next pass):**
  362 (sheet row 259: "Share / Article / Suggestions" nav lines); 353 (sheet row 133: a trailing
  "Подробнее на Bits.media: <url>" line); 244 (sheet row 245, Article 2: a truncated "Read more at
  <url>" stub).

## Source gaps found by the reconciliation sweep (add to manual queue)
- **Case 66** (Exxon Gas Station, East Lansdowne PA, 2020) — DB url is a Facebook video (facebook.com/watch), not an article. Find a text source.
- **Case 260** (Nate Geier, Singapore, Oct 2025) — DB url is the victim's own X post (x.com/nategeier). Not an extractable article; find reporting or treat the post as a primary quote.
- **Case 358** (35-y-o Chinese man, Bangkok kidnap, Nov 2025) — DB url is WRONG: it points to an unrelated thethaiger dog-in-floods story. Correct the URL AND find the real source.
- **Case 399** (Young trader, Dominican Republic, Oct 2025) — no url in the DB at all and no spreadsheet article. Sourceless; find one from scratch.