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
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There is no way that when I was 18 I would have anything to do with a 14 yo.
But then again I don't remember 14 yo's loking like that back then
"It wasn't because he was a shady character, because he wasn't."
Well, he is now! He's wanted for a double murder!
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Michael and Cathryn Borden, both 50, were found slain shortly after 8 a.m. in their home at 15 Royal Drive in Warwick Township, about 60 miles west of Philadelphia. That was the last time anyone saw their daughter Kara Beth Borden, 14.
Authorities issued an Amber Alert for Borden, who police say was taken by David G. Ludwig.
"We think they're boyfriend and girlfriend," said Lititz Police Chief William Seace.
Police say the couple's nine-year-old son David, the youngest of five children, had fled to a neighbor's house and called 9-1-1. An older daughter still living at home and two adult sons are also safe.
APOLOGYZE AT ONCE.
Thanks.
For what?
You don't think this should be in breaking news?
First off, I have no earthly idea what apologyze means. It seems to be some strange version of a gynecological visit during the Apollo trip. That having been said, no.
Gynecological visit during the Appollo trip*
Snorrrrrrrrrrt.
Talkng about it NOW on Channel 6 (WPVI)
Keep us posted if you can.
Frankly, that was my first thought. There was nothing in the story that mentions how anyone knew she was kidnapped. What about the other kids living at home? Where were they when all of this happened?
It sounds like she just mad that she couldn't be with her boyfriend and they cooked up this plan together. I would be glad to be proved wrong, but it doesn't seem likely.
Police say the couple's nine-year-old son David, the youngest of five children, had fled to a neighbor's house and called 9-1-1. An older daughter still living at home and two adult sons are also safe.
I don't think bringing the moderator's family into the complaint was proper.
You don't think that if a Freeper's family member was the subject of an Amber alert that it wouldn't make breaking news???
Neighbor said the suspect was smart, slightly withdrawn, into playing chess. Another neighbor said she knew him and would have never expected this sort of thing from him. Looks like a really nice, upper-middle-class neighborhood.
"She's 14?" Yes, I noticed this also. She looks more like a very shophisticated 25-year old. Very strange.
It is not strange at all these days.
girls her age are now allowed to wear much make up and clothes that we would normally think are for older young women.
I pray for her safety and for the other children left without their parents.
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