Posted on 11/13/2005 3:41:58 PM PST by anti-infidel
Pa. Teen Reported Seized; Parents Killed By MARTHA RAFFAELE, Associated Press Writer 50 minutes ago
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.
The couple's 9-year-old son David, the youngest of five children, had fled to a neighbor's house and called 911, Seace said. An older daughter still living at home and two adult sons were also safe, he said.
But Kara Beth Borden, 14, was missing. Police said she was last seen that morning at the family's home in Warwick Township, about 60 miles west of Philadelphia, and was reportedly abducted at gunpoint.
The Borden family had lived in the home for several years, said neighbor Tod Sherman, 47. Mike Borden worked for a printing company, and the children were home-school, he said.
Sherman said the family knew the 18-year-old suspect, identified by police as David G. Ludwig, through a home-schooling network. He said he had occasionally seen the teen at the Bordens' home.
Stephanie Mannon, 16, said Ludwig and Kara Borden had been seeing each other secretly.
"Their parents didn't approve of them being together" because of the age difference, she said. "It wasn't because he was a shady character, because he wasn't."
Neighbor John Hohman, 40, said his family got a phone call from Lancaster County emergency management officials Sunday morning warning them to stay inside. He said he looked out a window and saw police running through the neighborhood. About an hour and half later, authorities told residents to go to their basements.
"We were really upset. We didn't know what going on," Hohman said.
Hohman described Kara, who occasionally baby-sat for his family, as "a very nice girl."
Sherman described her father as "very smart and focused, a nice guy."
"They were super people," he said.
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It's only a matter of time before the MSM blames Home Schooling for this crime.
Reminds me of the Starkweather story.
APf
It's only a matter of time before the MSM blames Home Schooling for this crime.
Anti-Infidel,
How much did Bush know, and when did he know it. It's his fault, you know.
Yea, its all Bush's fault/Sarc
The homeschoolers are always quick to blame the public schools when they can. Turnabout seems to be fair play.
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