Mamie was among four girls, one as young as nine, who were sleeping in a tent on the family farm Sunday morning. That's when local teenagers allegedly tore through the property in trucks. The incident led to a shooting that injured a boy and killed a girl.
There's no sign police are any closer to laying charges in the murder. And every day without an arrest is fuelling frustration and anger in the small community.
"We may be wiped out, like Waco," Ludwig said Wednesday. "There's enough anger here."
Karman Willis
Many businesses in Hythe have posted letters asking that no one from the Ludwig family enter their premises. And the mayor of the town has suggested the best solution might be for the Ludwigs to move away.
On Tuesday, Ludwig hinted that the shot that killed 16-year-old Karman Willis at the Wiebo Ludwig commune in Alberta may have been fired by a member of Ludwig's family.
Ludwig, the bearded patriarch of the commune, told reporters the shots may have come from one of the girls who was sleeping in a tent outside at the farm the morning joyriders drove onto the property.
But on Wednesday , Mamie Ludwig, 20, told reporters she did not fire the gun, nor did anyone else in the tent. "No, we wouldn't think of having a gun," she said.
Police have recovered a 30-30 rifle from the Ludwig farm in northwestern Alberta. There is no indication it is the gun used on two teenagers early Sunday outside the Ludwig farm.
The Canadian Press, quoting a source close to the investigation, says a member of the Ludwig family turned over a Winchester rifle to the RCMP.
It may be the same weapon the courts returned to Ludwig in April. Ludwig, facing vandalism charges, had argued that he needed the gun to protect his livestock.
There's been a long-term conflict between community residents and Ludwig, who leads his large family in a pastoral, communal life on Trickle Creek farm. He's made headlines -- and enemies -- over his battle with the oil and gas industry, an industry he says is harming the health of his family and livestock.
The RCMP have interviewed more than 30 members of Ludwig's community.
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