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TIL of George Trepal of Polk County Florida. A recluse & an oddball, he poisoned his neighbors, killing the mother, by tampering bottles of Coke with thallium in 1988. He was irritated by loud music & noises by the teenage sons, the reason for doing the poisoning. He is awaiting the death row.

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