CG

I'm not a biblical scholar but...that was "Old Testament", and became biblical history with the birth of Christ and hence the New Testament, which teacheslove, tolerance and forgiving. Only God is capable of forgiving this....I think Ludwig should be executed.

Doug

Just my opinion

On the surface, it certainly does not look good for her by jumping into the car with Ludwig after the murders. However, it's easy to throw stones without having gone through the same traumatic situation yourself. From the latest reports, she thought that she may have even been pregnant with Ludwig's child. Are her actions really that hard to believe? Come now, she was 14 years old and probably delusional or in shock. I read a psychologist opinion that viewed Kara running away as follows:

?She was in love, possibly obsessed, and she no doubt viewed him as a romantic rescuer. Such infatuations can be a form of temporary madness.?

Ludwig was there to take her away from the tragic scene which she no doubt wanted to get as far away as possible and start a new life. Consider that she may have immediately blocked out the thought that she was leaving with the one that created the whole mess. The only thing she is guilty of is very bad decision making. Please quit trying to twist this into something it isn't when you don't have any proof. There is nothing here to indicate that Kara had any desire to have her parents harmed or murdered.

Based on their religious upbringing, I would think that her siblings have been extremely forgiving of Kara regarding this incident. At least it seems the two oldest brothers focus all of their negative feelings toward Ludwig. They are orphans because of the acts of Ludwig, not Kara. I also find it hard to believe that Kara would be continuing to communicate with Ludwig, as just theorized here. I think she would want to close the chapter of that book and is being strongly urged by others to move on with her life. I can see Ludwig as the one that would pine for her as he sits in his well deserved prison cell.

PHfan05

So many people just want to charge Kara with SOMETHING, but there hasn?t been anything of substance to show criminal acts or intent on her part. She is guilty of disobeying her parents by taking part in a taboo relationship with an 18 year old, sneaking around, and running off with him after the murders because she was in fantasyland or in shock. These are not crimes. They are very poor decisions made by a 14 year old girl. The Christian background makes it look even worse for both of them.

They had talked of running away and now there has been reports that they thought she was pregnant at the time. With her world crumbling around her, perhaps the only life she saw at the moment was with Ludwig. I?m sure that she didn?t understand the whole gravity of the situation at the time. I just see her as a spoiled, boy-crazy teenager that got in way over her head with a guy with some serious loose screws. I can?t imagine that she ever wanted her parents dead.

By the way, Totaro made a statement back in December that Kara was not pregnant. Kara, her sister, and youngest brother are now in a Midwest state living with relatives and going to public school.

PHfan05