Death sought for teen accused of killing girlfriend's parents

LANCASTER, Pa. -- A prosecutor said Friday he will seek the deathpenalty against an 18-year-old accused of killing the parents of his14-year-old girlfriend, and no criminal charges will be broughtagainst the girl.

Lancaster County District Attorney Don Totaro said statements fromthe suspect, David Ludwig, have exonerated Kara Beth Borden, andconvinced investigators that she had no role in planning or carryingout last month's shootings of her parents.

"There was no plan or no agreement to harm her parents in anyway," Totaro said.

Prosecutors allege Ludwig killed Michael and Cathryn Borden onNov. 13 after an argument over his relationship with their daughter.Kara Borden was with him when he was captured the next day inIndiana, after a chase that ended with him crashing his parents' car.

Totaro said reasons the death penalty is justified include thatthere was more than one victim, and that the couple's children werehome at the time.

New charges involving a firearms violation and sexual assault havebeen added against Ludwig, Totaro said.

Prosecutors dropped a kidnapping charge against Ludwig, who fledthe state with Borden before being captured in Indiana. He still ischarged with reckless endangerment.

Ludwig said only that he had no questions Friday morning as hesigned a document waiving his preliminary hearing. His lawyerdeclined to comment.