David G. Ludwig Captured and Kara Beth Borden found safe in Indiana
Fox Breaking News: Teen Suspect in Double Murder Captured
Ludwig charged with 2 counts of criminal homicide; victims’ 14-year-old daughter, Kara Beth Borden, unharmed
According to Fox News:
An 18-year-old man charged with killing a couple and fleeing with their 14-year-old daughter was spotted in Lock Haven, Pa., on Monday, police said, after authorities announced they were expanding their search to cover the entire eastern United States.
Earlier in the day the two teens had been seen at a Lock Haven, Pa truck stop.
Update: NBC4; Police Capture Teen Wanted After Girlfriend’s Parents Slain
David Ludwig was captured near the town of Bellville, IN approximately 20 miles west of Indianapolis. I guess we can now add crossing state lines to his many other charges that he will be facing along with murder, kidnapping and resisting arrest. According to reports, David Ludwig’s car crashed in Hendricks County following a pursuit by State Police. Ludwig was arrested and Kara Beth Borden was unharmed.
LITITZ, Pa. — Indiana State Police said they have captured 18-year-old murder suspect David Ludwig.
He is wanted in a Lancaster County, Pa., double homicide and abduction of the homicide victims’ 14-year-old daughter.
He was apprehended about 20 miles west of Indianapolis near the small community of Bellville, along U.S. 40.
Television helicopter images show a red Volkswagen Jetta against a tree. A man in a gray shirt was sitting on the ground near the car.
State Police 1st Sgt. Dave Bursten said David Ludwig, 18, was apprehended about 12:30 p.m. EST after a car he was driving crashed in Hendricks County about 20 miles west of Indianapolis following a pursuit by State Police.
“He’s in custody and we have the girl,” Bursten said. Bursten said Ludwig was found with the missing girl, 14-year-old, Kara Beth Borden, and she was unharmed.
Ludwig is accused of killing his girlfriend’s parents.
MSNBC; Teen arrested after girl’s parents slain. Girl is unharmed after ordeal with apparent boyfriend
BELLVILLE, Ind. – State police is Pennsylvania said that they had captured a man wanted in a Pennsylvania double homicide and apparent abduction of a 14-year-old girl Monday after a car he was driving crashed in Indiana following a police pursuit. The girl was found unharmed.
“He’s in custody and we have the girl,” Bursten said.
Footage from news helicopters in Indiana showed a girl sitting in a police cruiser, and a young man wearing a gray T-shirt was handcuffed sitting next to a red Volkswagen Jetta that had run head-on into a tree on a curve of a rural road. The site is some 600 miles from the scene of the killings.
UPDATE: First Coast News; Missing Girl Found Unharmed; Murder Suspect Arrested
A Pennsylvania teenager suspected of killing his girlfriend’s parents in an argument over her curfew was captured in Indiana on Monday with the girl in his car after a police chase that ended in a crash. The 14-year-old girl was not hurt, authorities said.
“It’s completely insane, completely insane,” Lancaster County, Pa., Coroner G. Gary Kirchner said. “This isn’t a Romeo-and-Juliet deal. This is far worse than that.”
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