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Why She Is Guilty “My door was open part of the time, and part of the time I tried to get a nap and their voices annoyed me, and I closed it. I kept it open in summer more or less, and closed in winter.” Lizzie Borden stated after the murder.(BrainyQuotes.com) The people who seem innocent are the real guilty ones. Some of them try to hide behind their shyness or the motive. Lizzie did not cover her tracks well enough to make her sister a culprit of the crime. Emma may have had an alibi but she knew that her sister did have part in the murder, Lizzie and Emma have various pieces of evidence to prove they killed their parents and withdrew information from the police. Lizzie and Emma worked hand in hand to commit the murder of Abby and Andrew Borden. According to my evidence of the Borden sisters’ family friction, Lizzie and Emma’s behavior, Andrew and Lizzie’s feud hold the facts to prove Lizzie and Emma committed this crime. Lizzie and Emma always protected each other like a sister pact. To begin with, Lizzie and Emma had family friction leading up to the murders. (Doug Linder, 2004) The …show more content…

Emma may have been quiet but her actions leading up to the murder has gotten made an accomplice. Overall, Lizzie made weird actions leading up to the murder. (Cheryl Eddy) Despite the validity of Alice Russell’s claim about Lizzie burning a dress covered in paint she missed the mark when it comes to Lizzie’s deep issues with Andrew and Abby, because Lizzie had a deep anger for her parents. Lizzie attempted to buy prussic acid away from Fall River so she knew she couldn’t be caught by someone that knew

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