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Kidnapping faker

Robert Brandel, 60, had been working for almost 10 years at a plant that makes insulation products.

His workmates described him as a grandfather figure who was quick to shout a round at the pub.

‘One of the nicest guys,’ one worker told SI.

Robert ran an annual Super Bowl pool and, with a minimum buy-in of around $750 for each of the 100 squares on the pool grid, it was for serious punters only.

At the end of the football season in

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