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THE CASE OF LIZZIE BORDEN
THE CRIME
The victims were Andrew Borden (Lizzie Borden’s
father) and Abby Borden (Lizzie’s step-mother)
They were both murdered with an axe in their
home on the morning of August 4, 1892
THE INVESTIGATION
One likely suspect was Lizzie Borden, who was
Andrew Borden’s daughter and Abby Borden’s step-
mother. Another suspect was Bridget Sullivan, who
was a servant to the Borden family. Emma Borden
was also a suspect, she was Lizzie Borden’s sister.
Lizzie Borden was arrested for the murders of
Andrew and Abby Borden 13 days later.
THE TRIAL
One piece of evidence that was presented in court
was the suspected murder weapon, which was a
hatchet that had a broken handle. Another thing was
actually the skulls of the Borden’s, that showed the
marks from where they had been hit with the
hatchet.
Lizzie’s defense was that she went out to their
barn to get some things and when she came back
she found Andrew and Abby dead.
The verdict turned out that she was not guilty.
THE AFTERMATH
After the trial ended, Lizzie bought a big house in a
richer neighborhood with the money left from her
father. She spent a lot of her free time travelling to
different places, like New York and Boston. She
never moved from the town that her and her family
lived in (Fall River) and a lot of people talked about
how she was likely guilty, so she lived as somewhat
of a recluse.
MY OPINION
I personally think that the verdict was wrong. I thought that it
was hard to tell if she was guilty or not based on the evidence.
Since this case took place a long time ago they did not have all the
technologies we had today, so they couldn’t do testing on the
hatchet that was found to prove if Lizzie was guilty. Her story was
not consistent (she changed her story on where she was during
the time of the murder many times). Also there were not that
many other suspects that were around during the time of the
murders, expect the servant and the other Borden daughter.