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TIL 23yo Rachel Hoffman was caught with marijuana during a traffic stop. Police pressured her into becoming an informant for lesser charges. Wearing a wire she was told to buy drugs and a gun. The police lost track of her and she was robbed and executed. Her body wasn’t found until two days later

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