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Tiffany Nichole Rowell. 18; Marcus Ray Precella, 19; Rachel Ann Koloroutis, 18, and Adelbert Nicholas Sanchez, 21, were all found shot multiple times Friday in a small tan wood and brick home on a tree-lined street in a south Houston suburb. Houston police homicide detec tives said besides being shot multiple times, two of the four had been struck in the head with something. Harold C. Jordan, a senior investigator with the medical examiner’s office, said prelimi nary autopsy results would like ly not be available until at least Monday. Meanwhile, Houston police continued to search for clues in the case. Houston Homicide Sgt. Tom Ladd said no suspects had been identified and a motive remained unknown Sunday. A friend of Rowell’s, Kyle Clement, said he had seen Rowell, Precella and Koloroutis two days before they were shot. He said Rowell was a sweet girl. “She never had a bad bone in her body,” Clement said. “She always had a smile for every body.” But Clement said he believed the trio had some shady acquaintances. “I know they were messed up with some bad people,” he said. “1 know especially Marcus was messed up with some bad peo ple.” Precella’s aunt, Yolanda Romero, said Sunday her nephew was a good person who struggled to graduate from an alternative school but ultimately did in 2000. “He was with Tiffany for almost four years,” she said. “They were inseparable.” ii I know they were messed up with some bad people. Kyle Clement fnend Romero said her nephew often stayed at the home owned by Chester Rowell, a music instructor at San Jacinto College, where Precella attended school. Rowell’s neighbors said over the weekend that Tiffany Rowell lost her mother to cancer and Chester Rowell remarried, but allowed his daughter to remain at the home so she could graduate with her friends from Clear Lake High School. They said Rowell checked in on his daughter. Neighbors Angel Amador and Doyle Smith discovered the bodies Friday evening after some of the victims’ friends ran from the home screaming ill those inside had been shot. Charles Rowell, who neigk- hors said was out of town, I not immediately return a message left at the Clear Li home, where neighbors they found his daughter Precella still sitting on lit couch, both with bullet Amador said Koloroutis was found face down in a p blood in front of the TV, was still on. Sanchez was behind the couch, also neighbors said. Romero said her nephew « happy and didn’t express aro concerns to her. “He struggled but he » ceeded,” she said. “No how hard he was trying he w doing the best to do good.” Precella pleaded guilt March 2001 to burglary vehicle and was placed on bat ion for 18 months, to court records. Amador described Tiffam Rowell, who he has known sk: she was 10, as a polite girl wh didn't cause any problems. Koloroutis’ home phos; number was unlisted and lie: parents could not be reachedfe comment Sunday. Sanchez ali) has an unlisted number. The Houston Chronicle reported in Sunday’s editioc that Rowell and Koloroutis U been working at Club Exotic:, an adult entertainment club,as waitresses. When the pairfaild to show up for work Frida) evening, co-workers; told|k newspaper they tried contacts the girls, but got no answer. Palestine outlaws violent groups By Joseph Coleman THE ASSOCIATED PRESS JERUSALEM — The Palestinian Authority on Sunday outlawed groups that espouse violence, moving to meet a key Israeli demand for action against militants and boosting a U.S.-backed peace plan. The decree — which came as Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian premier Mahmoud Abbas met in Jerusalem — is identical to one issued in 1998 but effectively rendered invalid during 33 months of violence that followed the collapse of American peace efforts. In violence late Sunday, a Palestinian was killed while setting off a bomb aimed at an Israeli army vehicle near Jenin in the West Bank, the mil itary said. No one else was hurt. Sharon and Abbas met for two hours at the Israeli leader’s official residence just days before twin summits in Washington between each leader and President Bush. Talks centered on Israel’s demand the Palestinians disarm militants, and Abbas’ demand for the release of thousands of Palestinians in Israeli jails. No bold steps came out of the meeting. Sharon’s office said afterward that he had pledged to consider Palestinian requests for additional pris oner releases, further Israeli withdrawals from Palestinian towns and the dismantling of Israeli roadblocks in the West Bank and Gaza. Palestinian lawmaker Saeb Erekat said the dele gation called the meeting “a disappointment” because action was delayed until after the meetings in Washington. Abbas will hold White House talk with Bush on July 25; Sharon meets him July 29. The violence that has wracked the Mideast since September 2000 has dropped considerably since Palestinian militant groups declared cease fires June 29. Islamic Jihad and Hamas declared! three-month truce; Arafat’s Fatah movemef called a six-month one. But disagreements have stalled progress on tit “road map” peace plan, which calls forendinw- lence and creating a Palestinian state by 200; In an effort to satisfy Israel, the decree i: Sunday by Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat “incitement that encourages the use of that harms the relations with foreign countries' and says violators would be judged according Palestinian law. In language that seems directed at milita groups, it also bans “illegal organizations tf encourage violence and arouse the public to bring about change through force” and “incitement ttat encourages the violation of the agreements signed by the PLO and foreign countries.” The Palestinian news agency Wafa, whichcar- ried a text of the decree, said it was issued Arafat to reaffirm the 1998 ban. The move folk a Palestinian statement Saturday pledging to restore law and order in the Gaza Strip. The Israeli statement after the Sharon-A meeting did not mention the decree, but rept the demand for more action against militants, have killed hundreds of Israelis over the past three years. “The prime minister told his counterpart the Palestinian Authority must act immediate!) 1 and in a clear-cut way to dismantle the teirot organizations,” the statement said, setting i action as a condition for further Israeli moves Palestinian Information Minister Nabil / speaking in Ramallah, appealed to the U.S. gov ernment for help in winning Israeli implementa tion of the plan. “We need all the support from our friends the Americans ” Amr said. 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