In the quiet farm country of southwestern Minnesota, a tragedy unfolded that shattered the peace of the community. On the afternoon of October 7, 2015, deputies from the Cottonwood County Sheriff's Office were dispatched to a rural farmhouse northwest of Windom. There, on the porch of the residence where he had been staying, they found the body of Travis Stanley Svalland, a 43-year-old White male. The initial discovery of his death was unsettling, and the circumstances immediately appeared suspi
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