I couldn't agree with you more. It seems that anyone else would've been charged as an accomplice.
I, too, am wondering how the girl turned out to be so... evil... when her family was so upstanding. What went wrong? I think the parents did their best, but where did their daughter go astray? Maybe there was too much focus on materialism...? The daughter seemed to have everything, like her every wish was granted.
Tired, some families look great on the outside. I know of a family where the parents were highly respected, deeply involved in their church and very strict with their children. Two of the girls had out of wedlock pregnancies and one was known for having affairs.
How this happened in such a righteous home is a mystery. None of us knows what really goes on in other people's houses.
As for Kara, she may think she's gotten off but she hasn't. Lancaster is a quiet place and Litiz is about as big as a stamp. Everyone knows who she is and everyone will be talking about her and her chances of living a normal life there are between slim and none. This girl is headed for a good old fahsioned shunning.
Let's realize this. While we are astounded and sickened that such an awful thing occurred for what we see as the stupidest of reasons, we don't know these people...none of them.
I must explain that I call it the "stupidest of reasons" because some murders occur due to great provocation. Apparently this kid (sorry, I don't look upon the average 18-year-old as an adult even if the law says they are) was deluded lnto thinking that a demanded breakup of his relationship amounted to something he couldn't accept. Obviously there's more behind his personality than this.
The girl had very little sense, also. Neither were mature enough to see past the moment to the consequences of their actions.
Her siblings and other family members are in a far better position to see the big picture. The same with his family. They may now remember things they ignored before, tell-tale signs of trouble. We sit on the sidelines and wonder why.