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TIL: The Tallahassee Police Department ( the tow where Florida State University is located) pressured a student, Rachel Hoffman, into being an informant for a drug sting in 2008. Rachel’s TPD handlers lost track of her during the sting. Rachel’s body was found two days later in Perry, FL.

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