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Lizzie Borden Research Paper

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The case of Lizzie Borden has remained unsolved and has been around for more than 100 years. It took place on August 4, 1892, in Fall River, Massachusetts. The Bordens were a wealthy but frugal family. Andrew and his second wife Abby lived in that home with Andrew's two daughters Emma and Lizzie. The night before John Morse, Lizzie's maternal uncle, slept over the night before the murders. Lizzie Borden is guilty of murdering Andrew Borden and Abby Borden on August 4, 1892, in Fall River, Massachusetts. I can prove this because in the article “Could the Journals of Lizzie Borden’s Lawyer Reveal the Truth.” by Daily Mail Reporter it says that “Andrew had also upset Lizzie for chopping off the heads of pigeons she fed and watered. Lizzie had also fallen out with her stepmother and called her 'Mrs.Borden’”(Daily Mail Reporter). This shows that Lizzie was very upset at both her father and Abby which means she would have a perfect motive for wanting them gone. Not only was Lizzie mad at them, but she was especially mad at her father for decapitating her pigeons. …show more content…

The article states “Attempts to buy cyanide the day before.”(Daily Mail Reporter) Cyanide is a highly toxic chemical compound that is extremely poisonous to humans and animals due to its ability to interfere with cellular respiration. Lizzie tried to buy this, which could have been her original idea until it didn't work when she wasn't sold the

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