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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I copy the Amber Alert. Will be on the watch in York County tonight.
I was not aware that a woman's colon was any different than a man's. Little known fact: Most people think the program was named Apollo for the mythological sun god. In reality, it was Latin, "A-Pollo" for "No Chicken" because the astronauts we not given any on-board meals containing chicken. Back to the subject at hand: Prayers for finding her safe...and that she was not complicit.
Greta alert in a few nano-seconds.
"A-pollo!" That's the funniest thing I've heard all day!
Prayers are offered this evening for the safety of Kara.
I'd be very surprised. They were homeschoolers, the vast majority of which are Christians in our county (Lancaster), so I'd bet they were, too. She was wearing a Pillar shirt- a popular Christian rock band.
Prayers to innocent children in this tragidy. Hopefully the murder(s) will be found soon.
Prayers for Kara.
Thank you for voicing what I felt.
It's been a bad week in midstate PA--the next day (Tuesday) a guy in the next County murdered his boss at a construction sight, shot and wounded a State Trooper, then ate his gun.
No copycats to either of those, so far.
I'm keeping an eye out here in Hershey.
Very sad BUMP ttt
Thanks, this is really appreciated.
"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."
Saw this on Yahoo news...
I saw that too...I am praying she didn't participate in her parents murder!
Thanks, this is really appreciated.
You are very welcome. Thank you for checking out the thread.
BTW, Trixie is very cute.
Thanks for the ping; I live and work in a county neighboring one on the watch list. I'll write the license number of the Jetta down, and keep my eyes open.
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