My prayers going up for this girl. God's protection for her...God's comfort for for the loss of her family.
Blessings,
trussell
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Posted on 11/13/2005 2:15:56 PM PST by grjr21
Pennsylvania State police are searching for a 14-year-old girl reportedly kidnapped at gunpoint after her parents were murdered.
Authorities have issued an Amber Alert for Kara Beth Borden, who was last seen at 8 a.m. in Warwick Township, Lancaster County.
Police reported that the teen was taken by 18-year-old David G. Ludwig. Authorities say he was last seen driving a red Volkswagen Jetta with Pennsylvania registration E-H-H-0-9-9-4.
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.
Ludwig is a white male with brown hair and brown eyes.
State police are urging people in the following counties or cities to be on the lookout for Ludwig: Lancaster, Lebanon, Dauphin, Perry, Juniata, York, Cumberland, Mifflin, Snyder, Northumberland, Franklin, Berks, Chester, Montgomery, Bucks, Philadelphia, Delaware, Schuykill, Lehigh and Northamption counties.
It was not immediately clear how authorities discovered the killings.
Neighbor John Hohman, 40, said he first noticed an ambulance on the street around 8:15 a.m. About 25 minutes later, he said he got a phone call from Lancaster emergency management officials telling his family to stay inside.
Looking out the window, Hohman said he saw teams of police running through the neighborhood; around 10:15 a.m., authorities told him to go into his basement and wait there until further notice.
"We were really upset; we didn't know what going on," Hohman said.
Hohman said Borden, who played soccer, occasionally babysat for him. "She's a very nice girl," Hohman said.
Neighbor Tod Sherman, 47, has lived in the quiet suburban development for 12 years and said that Borden was one of five children.
The Borden family has lived on the street in a tan, two-story house for several years, he said. Kara's father, Mike Borden, worked for a printing company, said Sherman.
"He was very smart and focused, a nice guy. They were super people," Sherman said. "They were just a fine family."
The Bordens home-schooled their children and knew Ludwig through a home-schooling network, Sherman said.
Sherman's son Tyler, 11, played with Kara's youngest brother, David. Tyler said he sometimes saw Ludwig at the Borden house, frequently dressed in black.
"I didn't find him to be very friendly," said Tyler.
The eldest two Borden children, both male, are in their 20s and no longer live at home, Sherman said. The whereabouts of David Borden and Kara's older sister, both of whom still live at home, were not immediately clear.
The Amber Alert system uses a state's emergency notification system to give broadcasters a description of a missing child and a suspect's vehicle. The information is also displayed on electronic highway signs.
It is named for 9-year-old Amber Hagerman, who was kidnapped and killed in Arlington, Texas. It is used in 47 states.
Amber Alert: http://www.amber.state.pa.us/amber/site/default.asp
BTTT
I really wish that an Amber Alert would remain in Breaking News for at least a few hours.
If it was one of the Admin Mod's kids it would. It should regardless.
I strongly agree...I've posted an Amber Alert shortly after the police issued it for a local child, and it was almost immediately pulled. I seriously don't understand the reasoning behind that. The thread just gets buried otherwise.
God be with Kara, and give her Your protection....
Sending out prayers for the little girl.
I looked at the original site. No pictures. An amber alert is wasted in this age of instant communication when the best they can do is give descriptions that could be anybody.
FOX has a picture of both the girl and the suspect.
Hopefully both will be posted on the PA AA site soon.
BUMP
Shame.
They gave a license plate #, description of the car and much more.
I think it's more important than learning about 1,100 of Saddam's lawyers quitting.
Shame on me?
OF COURSE NOT!!!!
Shame this doesn't rate breaking news.
Or who is going to be on the Sunday morning talk shows.
My prayers going up for this girl. God's protection for her...God's comfort for for the loss of her family.
Blessings,
trussell
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Yep, that was the one I was going to say.
Why doesn't an Amber Alert warrant Breaking News?
Now THAT is breaking news.
Anyhooo, prayers for the girl and the rest of the children in this horrible story.
Waiting for all the compassion now, also.
According to the Washington Post school of journalism it is actually quite unhelpful to indicate the suspect is white with brown hair and eyes.
Picture of the missing girl!
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