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Rachel Leingang in Minneapolis

‘Our beloved Melissa’: grief over Minnesota killings – and relief at suspect’s capture

Picture of woman on desk
A picture of Melissa Hortman on her desk in the Minnesota house chambers. Photograph: Tim Evans/Reuters

A memorial outside the Minnesota house chambers displays a photo of Melissa and Mark Hortman behind a table where people are dropping off flowers, notes, a hard hat, a plaid shirt. Signs in front of it read “in honor of our beloved Melissa”. On her desk, a photo and a bouquet of roses.

On Monday afternoon, the skies darkened, spilling sheets of rain across the Minneapolis suburbs Melissa Hortman represented.

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