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Proof: Young Christchurch father's body found concealed at associate's flat

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-09T00:41:11Z","headline":"Young Christchurch father's body found concealed at associate's flat","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"nzherald","url":"https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/braydon-hepworth-death-body-concealed-at-christchurch-flat-post-mortem-inconclusive/STGC3YPYZ5GCDNA4SRYXD37K2M/","v":1}

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ff4fbc276a0aabf41a36dc1afcc99d84a88979e4c65e8f6758bec6e6b8e12903

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970559, mined 2026-10-09 00:57 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-09 00:42 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-09 00:42 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-ff4fbc276a0a.json prints ff4fbc276a0aabf41a36dc1afcc99d84a88979e4c65e8f6758bec6e6b8e12903. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-ff4fbc276a0a.json and headline-ff4fbc276a0a.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-ff4fbc276a0a.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.