Of course all of this is hypothetical, on both of our parts. No one yet knows the specifics about this crime, or whether Kara was abducted or left voluntarily.
I do know that David Ludwig was not welcome in the Bordens’ home. It would appear that he and Kara may have had a secret relationship that was forbidden by her parents. As a parent, I, too, believe that a fourteen-year-old girl is not old enough to be dating at all, let alone dating an eighteen-year-old boy.
Thus, the ‘bad decision’ I believe Kara may have made. Were it not for her possible disobeying of her parents’ rules, and her possible relationship with this boy, he would most likely not have become as emotionally involved, unstable and volatile as it appears he did – resulting in the death of Kara’s parents.
The ‘millions of fourteen-year-olds who get wide-eyed over older boys’ to whom you refer don’t all sneak around behind their parents’ backs. Nor are the ‘older boys’ over whom they get wide-eyed all capable of cold-blooded murder.
As for your assertion that ‘whoever actually murdered the parents’ is the one who will suffer for the rest of his life … I was speaking about the suffering that results from the haunting of the human conscience. And I had preceded the statement that Kara’s nightmare has only begun with the assumption that she has one.
That assumption is not necessarily valid when considering a young man who commits a brutal double murder, perhaps within the vision of the victims’ young son.
Even if I haven’t clarified my previous statements sufficiently, this’ll have to do.
(And notice that I conveyed all of the above without even a hint of condescension or sarcasm.)
~ joanie
I say....blame the criminal/pervert/murderer FIRST......
Hi, joanie -- thanks for your posts. And thanks for the ping, tutstar.
What a difficult situation for all concerned, and for the community. Not knowing any more than I do, but considering possibilities, I'm also praying that Kara will see her way to escape from a bad situation.