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HoustonChronicle.com -- http://www.HoustonChronicle.com | Section: Local & State July 23, 2003, 3:18PM Teen lay slain while parents combed streets By S.K. BARDWELL Copyright 2003 Houston Chronicle A week before she was found slain in a Clear Lake house, Rachael Koloroutis ran away from her parents' home. George and Ann Koloroutis' daughter was 18 and, police said, legally entitled to do so. But that didn't stop the parents from searching for their daughter in the Brook Forest area -- a search that on the day she was killed led them past the house where her body lay. Later that day, their daughter's body was...

Neighbors who first entered the Clear Lake home initially thought the man and woman on the couch were watching TV. Then they saw the holes in their heads and a profuse amount of blood. The victims were still sitting up, with their heads bowed as if they were asleep. Except for the blare of the TV, the house was eerily silent. On the living room floor in front of the TV was the body of a young woman, face down in a pool of blood; behind the couch was the body of a young man. All four had been shot...

Texas DOT Meeting On I-45 Expansion The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) will conduct a public meeting for the proposed expansion of Interstate Highway 45 from Beltway 8 (Sam Houston Tollway) to FM 518 in Friendswood. The purpose of this meeting is to gather public input on the proposed expansion. The meeting will be structured as an open house, and the public is invited to attend any time between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 11, 2002 at Clear Brook High School, 4607 FM 2351, Friendswood, Texas. Exhibits will be displayed and representatives from TxDOT...