Belleville, Ind. – A Pennsylvania teenager suspected of killing his girlfriend’s parents in an argument over her curfew was captured in Indiana on Monday after a police chase that ended in a crash.
The 14-year-old girl was in his car but was not hurt, authorities said.
David Ludwig, 18, and Kara Beth Borden were taken into custody around midday after he crashed his parents’ car head-on into a tree in Belleville, about 600 miles from where the killings took place.
Investigators said it was not immediately clear whether the girl was abducted or went along willingly, but they were operating on the assumption she was kidnapped.
Authorities said Ludwig shot Kara’s parents, Michael and Cathryn Lee Borden, early Sunday after they and their daughter argued about her curfew when she came home late. The shootings happened at the family’s home near Lititz, Pa., about 60 miles west of Philadelphia.
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. They crashed in Belleville, about 20 miles west of Indianapolis after Ludwig led them on a five-mile chase at speeds up to 95 mph.
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.
