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.”
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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.
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“(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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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.
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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.
(Full story)
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.”
November 14th, 2005 at 02:15pm
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According to the AP David G. Ludwig, who allegedly killed Michael F. and Cathryn Lee Borden, and Kara Beth Borden spotted at Pennsylvania truck stop Monday morning, but were not caught.
LITITZ, Pa. – A missing 14-year-old girl and an 18-year-old man who allegedly murdered her parents were spotted at a central Pennsylvania truck stop Monday morning, but were not caught, police said.
A worker at the truck stop told The Associated Press the girl appeared to have been crying.
From the reports by witnesses who positively identified Kara Beth Borden at the truck stop; it appeared that Kara Beth Borden had been crying which could show the danger that she may be in. She may have taken against her will rather than as some have speculated that she may be a willing participant in running off with David G. Ludwig.
Lititz Police Chief William Seace said Monday afternoon that Ludwig and Kara Beth, who is believed to be Ludwig’s girlfriend, had been “positively identified” at a truck stop in Lamar, about 90 miles from the Borden home.
Amanda Workman, the shift manager at the Subway sandwich shop at the truck stop, said she sold the couple an Italian sub at about 9 a.m. Monday, and thought they matched a radio description she had heard earlier.
“Her face was all puffy, her eyes were puffy,” Workman told The Associated Press. “You could tell she was crying.”
She said they paid cash and had apparently made another purchase from a different part of the truck stop.
“They were really shady. They didn’t want to talk a lot. They just ordered their sandwich and left,” Workman said.
Borden had her hair in a ponytail and appeared to be crying, Seace said. Ludwig has cut his hair to a length of about one inch, he said.
November 14th, 2005 at 02:01pm
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An Amber Alert has been issued for teenager, Kara Beth Borden, who was allegedly 
kidnapped at gunpoint by David G. Ludwig. her parents, Michael and Cathryn Borden, both 50, were found shot to death earlier today.Kara Beth Borden has been missing since.
A 14-year-old girl was missing after her parents were shot to death in their home Sunday morning, and authorities were searching for her 18-year-old boyfriend, who reportedly abducted her at gunpoint.
Michael and Cathryn Borden, both 50, were found shot to death shortly after 8 a.m., Lititz Police Chief William Seace said.
“We think they’re boyfriend and girlfriend,” said Lititz Police Chief William Seace. “The young girl was out during the night, came home, and her parents confronted her. From what we understand, he came to the house.”
Everyone should be on the lookout for the following: 
Ludwig, a white male with brown hair and brown eyes, was last seen driving his parents’ red Volkswagen Jetta with Pennsylvania license plates EHH-0994. Borden is described as white, 5-feet-1 and 100 pounds, with brown hair with blond highlights. She was last seen wearing a black sweat shirt with “Pillar” across the front, blue jeans and black sneakers.
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The Warwick Township Police Department is searching for Kara Beth Borden, white female age 14, 5’1″, 100lbs., brown hair with blonde highlights. She was last seen wearing a black sweat shirt with “Pillar” across the front , blue jeans and black sneakers. Last seen operating a red Volkswagen Jetta bearing Pennsylvania registration EHH0994. Anyone with information about this abduction should immediately contact the police by calling 911.
Phillyburbs.com (AP): Police looking for two teens after parents found slain 
LITITZ, Pa. – A 14-year-old girl was missing after her parents were shot to death in their home Sunday morning, and authorities were searching for her 18-year-old boyfriend, who reportedly abducted her at gunpoint.
“We don’t know whether she has been abducted or is willingly a part of this,” Seace said, but added that until they can determine otherwise, police are operating on the assumption that she has been kidnapped.
(Full story)
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November 13th, 2005 at 11:31pm
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