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The Lizzie Borden Murder Case: The Lizzie Borden Case

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“THE LIZZIE BORDEN CASE”

On August 4, 1892, Andrew and Abby Borden were murdered in their home in Fall River, Massachusetts. Lizzie Borden convicted of the murder and arrested on August 11, 1892. It seems obvious that Lizzie committed the crime due to the evidence provided, family problems and, the brutal nature of the murder.
Lizzie and her family had problems, which means this could have led Lizzie to murder her parents. Lizzie was not in a close relationship with her stepmother, Lizzie was worried that Abby Borden’s family was after her father’s money. With all this going on it made lizzie dislike her stepmother even more to the point she stopped calling her mom

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