There had been much speculation following the murder of Kara Beth Bordon’s parents
, Michael and Cathryn Borden, and the attempted escape by David Ludwig and Kara Beth Borden. What was the two teens involvement and knowldge in the crime.
Was it possible that 14 year old Kara Beth Borden could have been involved as some prematurely stated and speculated. The Prosecutors made their decisions in the double murder and aftermath that transpired as Ludwig and Kara Beth Borden, then fled to Indiana.
Prosecutors today have said that they will seek the death penalty against David Ludwig in the double murder of his girl friend, Kara Beth Borden’s, parents. Prosecutors have also said that they will not seek any charges against Kara Beth Borden in the murders. A fire arms charge and a sexual assault charge was also added. 
A prosecutor said Friday he will seek the death penalty against a man accused of shooting to death his 14-year-old girlfriend’s parents, and announced he does not plan to charge the girl.
Lancaster District Attorney Don Totaro also added a firearms violation and sexual assault charge against 18-year-old David Ludwig on Friday.
Ludwig’s statements appear to have cleared Kara Beth Borden of any involvement or knowledge of the crime against her parents.
Totaro said Ludwig’s statements have exonerated Kara Beth Borden, saying she did not have any role in planning or carrying out the shooting deaths of her parents Michael and Cathryn inside their Lititz home on Nov. 14. “There was no plan or no agreement to harm her parents in any way,” Totaro said.
Man accused of killing girl’s parents to face death penalty 
Totaro said the death penalty is justified because the killing occurred while perpetrating a felony, the firearms charge; that it created a great risk of harm to the couple’s children, who were at home at the time; and that more than one person was killed.
Prosecutors said Ludwig killed the Bordens after an argument over his relationship with their daughter. He was captured the next day following a high-speed chase that ended with him crashing his parents’ car.
Lancaster County District Attorney Don Totaro does not plan to file any charges as Kara Beth Borden was unaware of any plots to murder her parents.
Totaro said Ludwig’s statements have exonerated Kara Beth Borden, and convinced investigators that she did not have any role in planning or carrying out the shooting deaths of her parents Michael and Cathryn inside their Lititz home on Nov. 14. 
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December 16th, 2005 at 12:14pm
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According to court papers filed on Monday by prosecutors, Kara Borden, the 14-year-
old girl whose 18-year-old boyfriend is accused of killing her parents left with him willingly after he shot them. However, there is still no evidence that Kara knew of David Ludwig’s plan.
David Ludwig told detectives Kara Borden ran from her home and into his car after he shot her parents Nov. 13, and Borden said she went with him of her own free will, according to documents filed by Lancaster County prosecutors. They said kidnapping charges against Ludwig would be dropped.
Ludwig confessed to the killings, saying he shot the parents after the father told him to stop seeing his daughter, according to the filing. Ludwig said he shot Michael Borden in the back as he was going down the hallway to the front door and then headed toward Cathryn Borden.
Ludwig confessed to authorities saying the following:
“I shot mom as she was sitting in the chair,” Ludwig was quoted as saying. “It was an intentional murder, I intended to shoot them, and I did.”
(Full story)
CNN: Affidavit: Girl willingly left with parents’ alleged killer
(CNN) — A 14-year-old Pennsylvania girl saw her boyfriend kill her father, then fled the scene with the 18-year-old to “get as far away as possible, get married and start a new life,” prosecutors alleged in court papers filed Monday.
What on earth were these kids thinking?
According to authorities, Ludwig and Michael Borden got into a 30- to 45-minute argument in which the father said Ludwig was no longer allowed to see his 14-year-old daughter, Kara. Ludwig told authorities he went to the home armed with multiple weapons, according to the court papers.
The girl “observed the defendant pull out a gun and shoot her father,” the document says. “As she fled from the house, [she] then saw the defendant turn and point his gun towards her mother.”
Fox News: Prosecutors: Kara Borden Left Willingly
David Ludwig told detectives Kara Borden ran from her home and into his car after he shot her parents Nov. 13, and Borden said she went with him of her own free will, according to documents filed by Lancaster County prosecutors. They said kidnapping charges against Ludwig would be dropped.
CBS: Quote
“(Kara) told the defendant that she wanted to stay with him, and they drove west with the intent to ‘get as far away as possible, get married, and start a new life.’”
November 22nd, 2005 at 01:21am
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According to The New York Post, the relationship of Kara Beth Borden and David Ludwig was a bit more than on line chatting. They are claiming that the two were sending photos of each other on-line to each other. Although this may have taken place it in no way determines that Kara Beth Border was anything more than a victim in a kidnapping after her parents were murdered rather than an accomplice as some claim.
One state trooper described Kara as running from Ludwig’s car crying and frantic — not the likely actions of a co-conspirator. The investigation will consider information from Kara’s siblings and a review of her e-mails, instant messages, and interviews of her friends who might know of her relationship with Ludwig. Ludwig will of course be interviewed and eventually returned to Pennsylvania to face murder charges. What role, if any, Kara Borden played in this horrific crime has yet to be determined.
November 16, 2005 — They were two home-schooled Christian teens desperate to keep secret a steamy love affair that included swapping nude photos of each other over the computer.
Kara Beth Borden, 14, and her illicit 18-year-old lover, David Ludwig, were so desperate, cops say, that Ludwig killed Borden’s parents after they objected to her increasingly serious relationship with him.
Before the grisly slayings, Borden stubbornly ignored warnings from a close pal that her beau could go to jail for statutory rape if anyone found out.
Ludwig’s close friend, Samuel Lohr, 19, said in the affidavit that the pair were having “a secret, intimate relationship of a sexual nature.”
“They exchanged inappropriate images of one another via the electronic media — computers and cellphones,” Lohr told police.
According to report Jeffries made a comment in a conversation on Kara’s Web site on xanga.com, a site popular with teens.
“You’re 14, he’s 18!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” Jeffries wrote.
(Full on-line conversation)
Many have questioned whether Kara Beth Borden was a victim or accomplice in the horrific murder of her parents. However, According to officers at the scene the other day when the couple’s car crashed into a tree and the chase came to an end, “Kara as running from Ludwig’s car crying and frantic.”
One state trooper described Kara as running from Ludwig’s car crying and frantic — not the likely actions of a co-conspirator. The investigation will consider information from Kara’s siblings and a review of her e-mails, instant messages, and interviews of her friends who might know of her relationship with Ludwig. Ludwig will of course be interviewed and eventually returned to Pennsylvania to face murder charges. What role, if any, Kara Borden played in this horrific crime has yet to be determined.
November 17th, 2005 at 02:45am
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