BELLEVILLE, Ind., Nov. 15, 2005

Teens Sought In Pa. Murders Found

Cops Say 18-Year-Old Killed Parents Of 14-Year-Old Girlfriend

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    • David Ludwig sits in a police vehicle after leading police on a high-speed pursuit, ending in a crash in Belleville, Ind.,, Nov. 14, 2005.

      David Ludwig sits in a police vehicle after leading police on a high-speed pursuit, ending in a crash in Belleville, Ind.,, Nov. 14, 2005.  (AP)

    • Police apprehend David Ludwig, 18, in Belleville, Ind., Nov. 14, 2005.

      Police apprehend David Ludwig, 18, in Belleville, Ind., Nov. 14, 2005.  (CBS)

    • The scene of the crash where David G. Ludwig was apprehended with Kara Borden (video still).

      The scene of the crash where David G. Ludwig was apprehended with Kara Borden (video still).  (CBS)

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      Kara Borden, 14, in an October snapshot coincidentally showing her in the shirt she was wearing when she disappeared; and David Ludwig, 18  (AP/The Intelligencer Journal)

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      Police search for evidence outside the Lititz, Pa., home where a couple was shot to death Sunday  (AP/The Intelligencer Journal)

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Workman called police right away, first to get a better description and then to report a possible sighting. It took police about 20 minutes to respond, she said.

Police said they chased the pair about four miles at about 95 mph before the collision. Indiana State Trooper David Cox said Borden was frantic, crying hysterically and screaming.

Kara's 13-year-old sister, Katelyn, told investigators her parents were shot after they argued with Ludwig for about an hour, according to court papers.

Katelyn said she saw Ludwig shoot her father, and then ran into the bathroom, where she heard a second shot, presumably the one that killed her mother, court papers said. Ludwig then ran through the house calling for Kara, she told investigators.

The couple's 9-year-old son ran to the neighbors, who called 911.

Police late Sunday issued an arrest warrant for Ludwig on charges of criminal homicide and kidnapping.

Stephanie Mannon, 16, said Ludwig and Kara had been seeing each other secretly. "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."

Both Ludwig and Kara maintain Web sites. Hers refers to interests in soccer, art and her Christian faith; his says he enjoys "having soft air gun wars" and claims expertise in "getting in trouble."

"(Cathryn) was concerned that Kara was boy crazy like many young teens, but she was e-mailing back and forth and she poured her heart out to me, 'What should I do,' and 'What a situation,' you know, trying to avoid tragedy," family friend Reba Zimmerman said on CBS News' The Early Show.

The Bordens, both 50, were apparently shot once each in the head, authorities said. Mike Borden worked for a printing company, and the children were home-schooled, said neighbor Tod Sherman.

Neighbors say Kara Beth and Ludwig were both home schooled and knew each other through a home school network, reports CBS News correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi.

It was the second violent episode in a week in normally quiet Lititz, a Lancaster County village known for quaint shops, artists and Sturgis Pretzel House, which bills itself as America's first pretzel bakery. On Tuesday, police shot and killed a 23-year-old man after he shot and wounded an officer who had gone to his house to arrest him on a traffic charge.


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