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Minnesota Dem Senate nominee Lt Gov Flanagan's grandfather was suspected in serial killings: report

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Flanagan’s maternal grandfather, John Jacob Hartmann, who died in 1983, spent more than 30 years in Minnesota mental hospitals, escaped psychiatric custody and became a suspect in killings that stretched across multiple states.

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    Flanagan’s maternal grandfather, John Jacob Hartmann, who died in 1983, spent more than 30 years in Minnesota mental hospitals, escaped psychiatric custody and became a suspect in killings that stretched across multiple states.

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