LANCASTER, Pa., Nov. 16, 2005

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"It's totally changed the fabric of our community," one neighbor of the Borden's murder told CBS News. "They were wonderful people and they will be very sadly missed."

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.

"It's completely insane, completely insane," Lancaster County, Pa., Coroner G. Gary Kirchner said. "This isn't a Romeo-and-Juliet deal. This is far worse than that."

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.

An alert for the girl was issued across the East, and police in Pennsylvania and Indiana investigated reported sightings of the pair as they made their way west in a red Volkswagen Jetta.

Authorities received a report Monday morning of a vehicle matching that description at a truck stop near Fort Wayne. Troopers went to the area, but the car was gone.

Information about the car was broadcast to police statewide and troopers spotted it around midday on I-70 in Belleville, Bursten said.

Ludwig got off the interstate and led them on a five-mile chase at speeds of 90 to 95 mph on a two-lane state road, police said. Trooper David Cox said Ludwig was "very reckless and very dangerous at that point," meeting vehicles head-on and running them into a ditch.


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