Lizzie Borden Society Forum

If good old William Borden went into a frenzy with Andrew and Abby because he felt he wasn't being recognized as an heir, then why would he leave Lizzie alive, since she was one of the people that would stand in the way of his inheriting anything?
Or, if this was premeditated, why would he murder Abby and Andrew and then let the two girls live to inherit the estate? It would seem to me that a good plan would have been to eliminate the entire household.

Angel @ Tue Sep 05, 2006 3:54 pm wrote:If good old William Borden went into a frenzy with Andrew and Abby because he felt he wasn't being recognized as an heir, then why would he leave Lizzie alive, since she was one of the people that would stand in the way of his inheriting anything?
Or, if this was premeditated, why would he murder Abby and Andrew and then let the two girls live to inherit the estate? It would seem to me that a good plan would have been to eliminate the entire household.

I wasn't there with a videotape camera. Good thing too!!!
In older days, and maybe even today, it was common to taunt or tease the "educationally disadvantaged". Just like some will tease the "fat" or "skinny" (do they do that today?).
My surmise is that it was not about an inheritance (unless you have a better argument) but about a loan that came due. Plenty of examples of that over the years. After all, if he was disinherited he would have no financial motive to slaughter Abby or Andy. But if he was there to pay back or explain why he needed more time, then that would explain the 90 minute wait to see Andy.

Maybe because the two of them were in it together? I mean, it's a possibilty.

I don't think it was probable.
One author says the police first believed it was an intruder. But the lack of evidence for anyone led them to suspect Lizzie.

In the Ramsey case, the police suspected Patsy from the first. They disregarded any other theory after searching among the likely suspects. BUT there is an unmatched DNA from a white male not related to the Ramseys (did they check all of JonBenet's playmates?), and a palmprint.

You will note how only Frank Spiering (?) points out the spontaneous general strike among the factory workers. Arresting a suspect sent them back to work, case closed. Or was it?