Prayer Service Set for Pa. Couple Killed by Daughter's Boyfriend

AP ^ | 11/16/05 | MARTHA RAFFAELE

[spectre]

"Of course, there are all sorts of intermediate possibilities - that she knew he was going to "take her away" but not that he was going to execute her parents as part of the plan."

You might have hit on something there!

I don't think Kara was in on a plan to murder her parents. I do think she contributed to the hysteria. No telling what she and the boy were talking about. She didn't want to break up with him either.

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[AnAmericanMother]

She may have just been talking, with NO idea that he was taking her seriously (you know, stuff like "I could just KILL my parents!")

What a terrible wakeup call for a teenage drama queen, though . . . to find out that all that hysteria has real world and irreversible consequences.

[spectre]

Yes, and cold as it sounds, I hope she realizes her part in all of this. I'm sorry for her.

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[AnAmericanMother]

I don't see how she'll ever get over this, whether she's prosecuted or not. Because regardless of whether she was in on the murder plot, her disobedience, sneaking, and lying to her parents precipitated the whole thing.

She must be in hell.

[CindyDawg]

If she doesn't come to realize that her actions have consequences, she's really in trouble. So many people are hurting. So sad.

[CindyDawg]

I didn't see in anger towards her parents in her posts. JMO, but I think she thought they were just going to run away and live freely and happily, ever after. He was kind of sarcastic towards his parents in his posts though.

[Dr. Scarpetta]

Hmmmm, there's an interesting post there in the comments section of an IM conversation supposedly between Kara and a friend. If authentic, it would shed some interesting light on Kara's frame of mind. Link to conversation

I followed your link and read the conversation between Kara and her friend. What a secretive DRAMA they had going on. If only her parents had read this months ago, they might have taken action and would be alive today. Personally, I would have considered moving this girl away as far as possible, maybe to a relative in a distant state.