4 Bodies Found in Maryland Hotel
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The bodies of a New York lawyer, his wife and two daughters were found in a hotel room in this Maryland suburb, the authorities announced Tuesday, apparently the victims of a murder-suicide. Employees of the Sheraton Baltimore North hotel found the bodies of William Parente, 59, his wife, Betty Parente, 58, and the children, Stephanie, 19, a sophomore at nearby Loyola College, and her sister, Catherine, 11, on Monday afternoon inside their locked room on the 10th floor, said Cpl. Michael Hill of the Baltimore County police. The employees went to the room after the Parentes did not check out on time Monday, he said. The couple and their younger daughter had traveled to Towson from their home in Garden City, L.I., to visit Stephanie at Loyola. The college is about five miles from the hotel. Mr. Hill would not say how the victims died or whether a suicide note was left. He said he thought that one of the parents was responsible but that authorities were still searching for a motive. "Was it economic reasons?" Mr. Hill said. "Was it family reasons? We just don't know." Mr. Parente, a 1974 graduate of Brooklyn Law School, specialized in estate planning and had his own practice in Manhattan. No one returned calls to his office Tuesday. The killings stunned people on Long Island who knew the family. Betty Parente was on the board of the Tri Town Auxiliary of United Cerebral Palsy of Nassau and volunteered with the Girl Scouts and the American Cancer Society, the auxiliary president, Lucille Messina, told the Associated Press. The Parentes were "the most wonderful, beautiful, adorable people," Ms. Messina said, crying. . This is impossible, impossible." A neighbor, Mary Opulente Krener, told the Associated Press she was "astounded" by news of the deaths. "I can't tell you how heartsick I am," Ms. Krener said. "This is the most wonderful family, the most kind and loving family. '' Mr. Hill said that the Parentes had breakfast together Sunday morning, and that a hotel employee saw the family together Sunday afternoon, the last time, he said, they were seen alive.
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