Posted on 11/20/2005 8:30:31 AM PST by ncountylee
LITITZ, Pa. (AP) -- Kara Borden sat with her four siblings in the chapel of Lancaster Bible College for her parents' funeral on Saturday. On the Bordens' street, white ribbons were affixed to mailboxes to honor their memory.
The relationship between 18-year-old David Ludwig and 14-year-old Borden was a closely guarded secret. There was good reason to keep things quiet: Their four-year age difference displeased their parents.
The tensions in the Borden house apparently spilled over last Sunday, when police say Ludwig fatally shot Kara's parents, Michael and Cathryn Borden, after an argument about their relationship, then fled with the girl. The two were found the following day after a chase and crash in Indiana. Ludwig is being held without bail on murder and kidnapping charges; Kara in the care of relatives and church members.
"They weren't officially boyfriend and girlfriend because their parents didn't approve of them being together," said 16-year-old Stephanie Mannon, one of Kara's neighbors. "Sometimes they would secretly get together."
Neighbors say the two teens met at a support group for home-schooled students. Kara's sister, Katelyn, told police she met Ludwig in May and saw him regularly at the group.
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Exactly, the kid should be in jail.
Reminds me of Lizzie Borden.
Two dead parents.
Daughter involved.
They will probably take care of her. I'm glad she's under age though so she can't even think about "helping" the boyfriend.
I was a stay at home mom and knew where they were most of the time. I say most of the time because I have heard, since they have become adults, a few events that happened that I knew nothing about.
Now the government ties their hands as far a discipline goes and neither parent is around after school to monitor their actions. Many are left unsupervised to the likes of MTV programs that push an anything goes type of attitude.
I truly pity parents today and Thank God my children are grown up.
And same surname.
how ridiculous! our choices and actions are what make us...
What I see is, they just made some bad choices," said Vera Zimmerman,
----What I see Vera Zimmerman, is that you are a complete idiot and if it had been your family killed, would you say the same stupid things you are now? Bad choices? We calll it "murder" where I live. A bad choice is smoking a cigarette behing mom and dads back.Jesus, Lord, where do they find these people to interview?
Reporters probably interviewed a few other people, and they thought their answers were too boring.
She's probably still trying to figure this out too. She loved them. A lot of people hurting here
I doubt if she's dangerous to anyone else but I hope they have her on 24 hour watch, so she doesn't try to kill herself.
She's probably still trying to figure this out too. She loved them. A lot of people hurting here
---She is still an idiot. Murdering people is more than just a bad choice. That was my point.
My first impression of her comments was that she was not referring to the murders... but the choices they made before the murders. The sneaking around, rebellion, etc. It was those bad choices that led up to the senseless and evil act of murder.
I see where you get that impression. I reread it again.I was just posting to my first impression and I think she is an idiot for calling the murder of two innocent people bad choices sheer ignorance. Have a nice day.
Yeah, I'd say anything that can result in the death penalty or life in prison isn't simply a bad choice!
Did you see the interview (it was televised), or are you just going by this one quote?
If someone had murdered you, would you still be saying, "... some bad choices."?
I don't believe she was talking about the murdering. I think the reference there was to the relationship they had and kept secret. I didn't get the impression she was saying what she thought was expected, but was pretty forthright about the problems Kara was causing her mother. But that was just my impression, and I wasn't able to give the interview my full attention.
Just going from what was in the article. We don't have TV.
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