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Accused Teen Killer to Be Sent to Pa.
By ASHLEY M. HEHER
BELLEVILLE, Ind. (AP) - An 18-year-old Pennsylvania youth accused of killing his girlfriend's parents waived extradition to his home state Tuesday, the day after he and his 14-year-old girl were arrested some 600 miles from the shooting scene.
Hendricks County Prosecutor Patricia Baldwin said David Ludwig, 18, signed documents at the Hendricks County Jail in Danville that clear the way for Pennsylvania authorities to take him home to face murder charges. She expected that to happen Tuesday.
``I have no idea when Pennsylvania will take him back, other than we're anticipating today,'' Baldwin said.
Ludwig's girlfriend, Kara Beth Borden, was also expected to return to Pennsylvania on Tuesday, state police 1st Sgt. Dave Bursten said. Authorities have said it remains unclear whether she had any role in the killings and flight to the Midwest.
Ludwig, who remained at the Hendricks County Jail in Danville, was arrested Monday after he crashed his parents' car head-on into a tree in Belleville, about 20 miles west of Indianapolis.
His girlfriend, Kara Beth Borden, was unhurt. It was still unclear whether Ludwig kidnapped her or whether she left with him willingly after her parents, Michael F. and Cathryn Lee Borden, were shot to death early Sunday.
Bursten said that Borden was being held ``in a safe place'' - and not at the jail - and was expected to be returned to her home state sometime Tuesday.
``She is a ward of the state of Pennsylvania and her parents are dead, so they won't be taking her,'' he said.
Police say Ludwig killed Borden's parents 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.
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. Sherman said the family knew Ludwig through a home-schooling network.
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.''
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 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.
Bobby Poteet, 36, a former volunteer firefighter who witnessed the final accident said he heard sirens and watched the three cars speed by, before Ludwig's car careened into a tree.
``They were flying,'' he said.
After officers pulled Ludwig from the car, Borden got out and was frantic, screaming and crying, Cox said.
No weapons were found in the car.
Stephanie Mannon, 16, who worked with Ludwig, said the two 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.''
Associated Press writers Rick Callahan in Indianapolis, Martha Raffaele in Lititz, Pa., and Mark Scolforo in Harrisburg, Pa., contributed to this report.