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Proof: Police knew who her rapist was. The law kept them from prosecuting him for the attack.

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

{"first_seen":"2026-10-02T22:10:07Z","headline":"Police knew who her rapist was. The law kept them from prosecuting him for the attack.","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"nbcnews","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ohio-rape-dna-statute-limitations-rcna600394","v":1}

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SHA-256

ca3d1bce1a3f8d1a75a38da9c9292630cff713b0314e91e6b9032cad6ca36601

OpenTimestamps

Confirmed in Bitcoin block 969641, mined 2026-10-02 22:19 UTC.

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Wayback Machine

• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-02 22:13 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-02 22:12 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-ca3d1bce1a3f.json prints ca3d1bce1a3f8d1a75a38da9c9292630cff713b0314e91e6b9032cad6ca36601. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-ca3d1bce1a3f.json and headline-ca3d1bce1a3f.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-ca3d1bce1a3f.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, 2 min after it was first seen.