Murder: November 2005 Archives
My best friend, Jen, and I have been discussing the double murder case of Kara Beth Borden and David Ludwig for a few days. Jen offers some insight into how Kara Beth may think.
I asked her specifically how she thought a young girl could possibly go with a man who had just murdered her parents. J. said , very matter-of-fact, that she has seen "boy-crazy" girls who will put up with anything to be with the object of their obsessions. In her experience, working with teens, she has seen girls whose fantasies of happily ever after and true love become so important that nothing else matters.
In the case of these two, the allegations of a sexual relationship betwen the two offers even greater support for this theory. Although girls mature faster than boys, no fourteen year old child is able to handle the emotional effects of a sexual relationship. In addition, I have found that most children have not even developed the cognitive ability to reason through problems and see cause and effect relationships until the age of fifteen or sixteen. Couple these two factors together, and the results can be pretty disastrous. According to those close to the couple, Kara had grown increasingly isolated and withdrawn as she became more focused on David.
So when a child such as Kara is made to feel special by someone who she finds attractive, and he is able to at least temporarily represent this ideal, aggressive man, she may be unable resist the fantasies of love and marriage. This is apparently what happened, according to the statements they have made since David's arrest. He is no longer charged with kidnapping, and it has been published that the two planned to get married and establish a new life for themselves, away from Pennsylvania.
She got in the car and said she wanted to "get as far away as possible, get married, and start a new life," Ludwig told detectives.
Kara Beth Borden is indeed a victim in this mess.
In the case of David, I have a few theories as well...
“David Ludwig and his friend called it ”night patrol.“Dressed in dark clothing, the two filmed themselves as they readied to break into a local home with assault rifles and other guns, according to a new court document.Ludwig, who allegedly shot and killed his girlfriend Kara Borden’s parents in their Lititz home Sunday morning, and the friend then decided to continue their ”night patrol“ by going to the Borden home, according to the court document.
[Borden's] friend did tell police that he and Ludwig had taken guns and gone out on several occasions on ”night patrol,“ with ”plans of forcible entry,“ according to the court document.
Police discovered the film on one of Ludwig’s two laptop computers seized earlier this week. The film shows Ludwig and a friend, Samuel Peter Lohr, 19, of Lititz, engaged in ”night patrol.“ The film shows the two, dressed in dark clothing, ”entering a secured room within the Ludwig home. Once Ludwig and Lohr entered this secured room, they handled various firearms that included handguns, assault type rifles and a large assortment of ammunition for these weapons,“ the affidavit said.
I had discussed the story with a friend when the story first came out, and I told him that, based on the Christian statements on Kara Beth Borden's Blog, and those on David Ludwig's Blog, that the murder must have been committed for what David considered a ”righteous“ reason, such as rescuing Kara Beth from abuse.
There were certainly two sides to this guy.
As for all of the guns, I was raised to believe owning a firearm for hunting and protection is a right. I was raised that respecting a firearm, and knowing how to be safe with it was a responsibility. I was also taught that life was precious.
This boy, it would seem, never learned the last two of these lessons. I gave him the benefit of the doubt when I first read about him. Now I realize how wrong I was.
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I learned of this story from Lost In Lima, Ohio. I wanted to give a voice to this group of victims, for sure.
Michael Porter was arrested Thursday for the death of his two year old stepdaughter, Kelsey. The scumbag is accused of striking the little girl in the abdomen earlier in the week causing blunt force trauma and inflicting deadly wounds. Again, let me just mention that she was TWO years old.
The little girl was described as having significant bleeding in her intestines and bruising on her ribs, the front of her chest, side and back. Records indicate that she had bruises in other areas of her body and medical examiners believe she suffered from possible kneeing, punching or squeezing.
Kelsey Smith Briggs dies hours before her father was due to return from serving in Iraq.
The bond has been set for $1 million, after he plead not guilty in court Friday morning to charges that he killed the toddler, Kelsey Briggs. The judge in the case has issued a gag order for everyone in the case.
I guess those reading this would ask, “Why didn't anyone do anything to stop this?” The answer is quite complicated, and honestly, I believe the video clips will explain it best. I have been through a VERY similar situation before, when my ex-wife had custody of my children.
The father of this little angel, and her grandparents who tried to save her, must have such a hard time knowing the very institutions that are supposed to protect the child were negligent. (So many times a judge will rule in favor of the mother without having looked at the case. I have seen it first hand.)
I guess all we can do now is pray for justice, and, if asked, speak out to prevent it from happening again.
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