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Proof: Former 'American Idol' contestant sentenced to life without parole for wife's murder

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

{"first_seen":"2026-10-05T20:20:43Z","headline":"Former 'American Idol' contestant sentenced to life without parole for wife's murder","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"abcnews","url":"https://abcnews.com/US/former-american-idol-contestant-sentenced-wifes-murder/story?id=136953520","v":1}

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SHA-256

8375a0c1e8c29e0cdbfd7dc1a751ef446ca408ac787e6d8b7d8734c11f95ff13

OpenTimestamps

Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970078, mined 2026-10-05 20:51 UTC.

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Wayback Machine

• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-05 20:23 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-05 20:23 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-8375a0c1e8c2.json prints 8375a0c1e8c29e0cdbfd7dc1a751ef446ca408ac787e6d8b7d8734c11f95ff13. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-8375a0c1e8c2.json and headline-8375a0c1e8c2.json.ots onto opentimestamps.org, which checks the receipt against the Bitcoin block chain. Or, with the OpenTimestamps client and a Bitcoin node: ots verify headline-8375a0c1e8c2.json.ots (ots upgrade first while the receipt is pending).
3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

Sealed automatically, 1 min after it was first seen.