only to find the exterminator had been in and placed poison packages in the space. Nobody told me about this, and I requested non-lethal traps

They are required by law to kill or trap and then take to kill in VA, no catch and release permitted. My exterminator agreed that it was possible for the raccoon to escape accidentally</>, but he had a major crush on me. Motive. It helps to be a cute a girl somtimes.