Claims extracted
35
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
23%
8 of 35 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
69/100
Daily Mail's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
2
Crime & Law
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
A New York mom is still searching for answers after her 29-year-old son was found dead in the chimney of a public school in June.
asserted
son → search → June
Sophia Wood was supposed to meet her son, Matthew Collado, on May 10 to celebrate Mother's Day, but he never showed up.
uncertain
he → suppose → Day
'I sent him a text, like: "Hello?"
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I → send → text
Which meant I was annoyed because why am I texting you on Mother's Day?
asserted
I → mean → Day
You're supposed to be calling me first, right?'
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You → suppose → me
she recalled to CBS.
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she → recall → CBS
'I didn't make a big deal about it.
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I → make → it
I figured just I'm gonna go home and I'm gonna trust that he's fine.'
asserted
he → figure → ?
Wood said a search at her son's Queens apartment turned up his wallet and phone but Collado himself was not there.
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Collado → say → wallet
The family filed a missing person's report on May 13.
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family → file → May
Surveillance footage obtained by CBS showed Collado leaving his apartment building just after 3am on May 9, the last time he was seen.
uncertain
he → obtain → May
His mother keeps wondering: 'Why are you leaving the house at that time?
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you → wonder → time
What are you doing?
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you → do → What
What's going on?
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What → go → ?
Matthew Collado, 29, was found dead in the chimney of a public school in Queens, New York, earlier this year
Collado's mother, Sophia Wood, said she is still processing the shock and trying to make sense of the tragedy
A breakthrough in the case came in late June when police were called to PS 113 in Queens.
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police → find → Queens
A pest control worker, hired to investigate a foul smell inside the public school, made a shocking discovery and found human remains inside the building's chimney.
asserted
worker → hire → chimney
The New York Post reported that the exterminator opened the ash dump and found a shoe, which he then felt a foot inside.
asserted
he → report → which
It was unclear how long the body was inside the chimney before it was found – but students said a putrid smell had been in the air for weeks.
uncertain
smell → find → weeks
Tests then found three weeks later that the body in the chimney was in fact Wood's missing son.
asserted
body → find → fact
'They said the dental records along with the pictures and the way I described him confirmed that it was Matthew that they found in the chimney,' Wood told CBS, adding that she is still processing his death.
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she → say → death
Like, how, you know?
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you → know → ?
How could this be him?' she said.
uncertain
she → say → ?
'This is not the life I knew that my son lived.'
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son → know → that
According to his mother, Collado was scared of heights and did not like smoke or fire
uncertain
Collado → accord → smoke
Collado's family is now trying to make sense of the horror story.
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family → try → story
'It just all seems so uncharacteristic.
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It → seem → ?
It just all seems so strange,' she said.
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she → seem → ?
Police said the investigation is 'ongoing,' and the medical examiner's office told CBS the cause and manner of Collado's death are pending further study.
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cause → say → study
Collado's mother is hoping someone who knows something comes forward.
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who → hop → something
'I feel like I'm being bamboozled.
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I → feel → ?
I feel like it's a freaking nightmare,' she said.
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she → feel → ?
According to the mother, her son was an aspiring rapper whose stage name was AK Nash.
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name → accord → mother
She also said Collado was scared of heights and hated fire and smoke.
asserted
Collado → say → fire
Collado, raised in East Elmhurst, had planned to begin a new job as a residential aide at a nonprofit organization, according to his mom.
uncertain
Collado → raise → mom
The Daily Mail contacted the New York Police Department for further info.
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Mail → contact → info
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