The Unsolved Lizzie Borden Axe Murders
Everyone believes anyone is capable of murder, even some of the nicest people you’ve met can be the most dangerous. Killing someone takes a lot of planning and time and most of all a motive. When someone kills a person they don’t just do it because it sounds fun, it’s because they have a reason, a motive, especially when you slaughter your stepmom and father to death with an axe. In the unsolved case of the Lizzie Borden Axe Murders, Lizzie Borden was arrested for the murders of her father and stepmom, Andrew and Abby Borden. She was later found not guilty and the case remains unsolved. It is clear that Lizzie Borden committed this crime because of the evidence against her, the rage in the murders, and
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Around 9:00am Abby Borden took her last breath. She was axed to death while maid Bridget Sullivan was outside doing some daily chores. Around 11:00 Andrew Borden was killed while taking a nap. Many recall Lizzie always arguing with Abby in public.(www.umkc.edu) From this information it is obvious that Lizzie committed this crime. In addition, another reason Lizzie is the real killer because everyone knows in trial Lizzie lied. In the trial a lot of evidence came out against Lizzie, like how Lizzie was caught burning her brand new blue dress which supposedly had “ red paint stains “ on it, how she attempted to purchase poison the day before the murder, and how only the hatchet head was found after Lizzie used it the day before. (www.bio.com) From this evidence it seems to be clear Lizzie had been planning to kill her parents and was trying to cover it up. For instance, there was plenty of exiting family conflict such as, Lizzie and Abby always arguing and Lizzie getting angry with her father because of money. Family conflict was a big motive in the trial. Lizzie would always correct someone if they called Abby her mom. Lizzie would always be arguing with her parents in public. (www.bio.com) All of the