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Colorado Suspects Called Outcasts
By ROBIN McDOWELL
.c The Associated Press
LITTLETON, Colo. (AP) -- They are called the ``Trench Coat Mafia,'' a group
of about 10 students who wear long black coats, keep to themselves and follow
shock rocker Marilyn Manson.
Despite their
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Authorities and school district officials said they had never heard of the
group. ``We were not aware of the Trench Coat Mafia until today,''
Superintendent Jane Hammond said Tuesday.
A reference to the group in last year's Columbine yearbook reveals nothing
more than general
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Despite their dark lifestyle, they had not shown an inclination for
violence
before Tuesday, according to some of their fellow students at Columbine
High
School.
On the news yesterday (CNN), a student who was enrolled in a video production
class with one of the shooters