US: A teenager suspected of killing his girlfriend's parents in an argument over her curfew was captured in Indiana after a police chase that ended in a crash.
The 14-year-old girl, who was in the car, was not hurt, authorities said yesterday.
David Ludwig (18) and Kara Beth Borden were taken into custody yesterday after he crashed his parents' car head-on into a tree in Belleville, 965km (600 miles) from where the killings took place.
Police were questioning Ludwig but had not spoken with Kara. Because of her age, Indiana and Pennsylvania law requires a relative, guardian or lawyer to be present.
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.
"It's completely insane, completely insane," Gary Kirchner, the Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, coroner, said. "This isn't a Romeo and Juliet deal. This is far worse than that."
Authorities said Ludwig shot Kara's parents, Michael and Cathryn Borden, early on Sunday after they and their daughter argued about her curfew when she came home late.
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 taught at home, said neighbour Tod Sherman.
The shootings happened at the family's home near Lititz, Pennsylvania, about 96km (60 miles) west of Philadelphia.
Indiana police investigated reported sightings of the pair as they made their way west in a red Volkswagen Jetta. They were stopped in Belleville, about 32km (20 miles) west of Indianapolis.
State police spokesman Sgt Dave Bursten said authorities received a report yesterday morning of a vehicle matching that description at a truck stop near Fort Wayne.
Information about the car was broadcast to police statewide, Sgt Bursten said, and troopers spotted it around midday in Belleville. Ludwig led them on an eight-kilometre (five-mile) chase at high speed.
Trooper David Cox said Ludwig was "very reckless, very dangerous at that point", meeting vehicles head-on and running them into a ditch before he hit the tree. After officers pulled Ludwig from the car, Kara got out and was frantic, screaming and crying, Mr Cox said. No weapons were found in the car.
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. Ludwig then ran through the house calling for Kara, she said.
The couple's nine-year-old son ran to the neighbours, who called police, and they issued an arrest warrant for Ludwig on charges of criminal homicide and kidnapping.
Both Ludwig and Kara maintain websites. 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". - (AP)