Lizzie Borden lost her mother after birth, father remarried when reached the age of three, and one older sister of eleven years apart. Growing up, Lizzie Borden lived quite a respectable lifestyle, aside from a few misdemeanors. At thirty-two, the police suspected her of involvement in the murder of her father, Andrew Borden, and stepmother, Abby Durfee Grady Borden. With all the evidence pointing towards Lizzie, many cannot help questioning what her motive could possibly have been for this God loving individual to commit this unforgivable crime. Some historians say Lizzie Borden was sexually abused behind closed doors. Not much evidence was provided to believe such accusations. More of the idea of Lizzie experiencing child neglect was clearer to see through others eyes, therefore developing sociopathic behavior causing her to attack her father and stepmother.
Prior to the murder of Andrew Borden and Abby Borden was an average normal day for the Bordens. The day start off with breakfast, although, Lizzie “Seldom dined with her father and stepmother,” (Douglas and Olshaker, 2000, p.98). With Andrew departed for his business rounds, Lizzie, Abby and Bridget Sullivan, their maid, all were left in the house. With not too many roles given to women
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Many may say Lizzie was some sort of sociopath. Andrew’s neglect ion to give the girls, especially Lizzie whatever they asked for, such as living in a house on the hill could have been the trigger Lizzie needed to give her father and stepmother a whack with an ax. According to In Long-Term Consequences of Child Abuse and Neglect, physical consequences, such as damage to a child’s growing brain, can have psychological implications, such as cognitive delays or emotional difficulties (2013, p.2). During Lizzie's trial was when she “Fainted,” which not too many people in the court was pursued the faint was