Is trepal still on death row?
On March 6, 1991 George James Trepal was convicted and sentenced to death for the poisoning death of his Alturus, Florida neighbor Peggy Carr. Today, he awaits his pending execution on death row in the Union Correctional Institution in Raiford, Florida.
What happened to George Trepal?
On March 6, 1991, two years after Peggy Carr died from thallium poisoning, George Trepal was sentenced to death. He now sits in a 6-by-9 cell on death row at the Union Correctional Institution near Raiford, Fla.
How long has George Trepal been on death row?
Twenty years ago Sunday, George James Trepal stood silently and with no expression as Circuit Judge Dennis Maloney sentenced him to die for poisoning his neighbor. For 20 years he’s maintained he had nothing to do with the death of Peggy Carr.
Where did George Trepal live?
George Trepal and his wife moved into their home in Alturas, Florida during the early 1980s. Parealyn and Peggy Carr married in 1988, and Peggy Carr moved into the Parealyn’s home, which was located next to Trepal’s home.
What happened to Graham Backhouse?
“The enormity of the crime that you have committed is very grave.” In June 1994, while playing cricket at Grendon Underwood Prison near Aylesbury, England, Graham Backhouse suffered a fatal heart attack. He was 53 years old.
What ionic compound was found in George Trepal garage?
Finally, multiple experts uniformly testified that (1) the victims were poisoned by thallium, (2) thallium was found in both the empty and unopened Coca–Cola bottles in the victims’ home, and (3) thallium was found in a brown bottle in Trepal’s garage.
Is Graham Backhouse wife still alive?
Shortly after his death it was revealed that he was engaged to marry Rosemary Aberdour, a bunco artist who served two years in prison for stealing nearly £3 million from the National Hospital for Neurology development foundation while posing as a titled aristocrat. Margaret Backhouse died in her sleep in March 1995.
Why did Graham Backhouse call the police?
The explosion of the car bomb came only days after a worker at the Backhouse’s Widden Hall Farm had found a sheep’s head impaled on a fence with a note attached that read, “You Next.” Graham Backhouse had complained to police that he had been receiving threats for some time.