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Four people found dead in a room at a suburban Baltimore, Maryland, hotel were members of the same family and apparent victims of a murder-suicide, police said Tuesday. The body's found on monday at a sheraton Hotel in Towson, Maryland, were William Parente, Betty Parente, Stephanie Parente, and Cathrine Parente. The family was from Garden City, New York, Police said. There deaths are being claimed as a murder suicied, the police said.The bodies were taken to the medical examiner's office in Baltimore, where autopsies were to be conducted Tuesday, authorities said. The cause or manner of the deaths would not be released pending the completion of autopsies, police said. The statement did not offer information regarding a motive. There bodies were found on monday morning by one of the house keepers and 3 PM.