Fourteen Reasons to Believe Lizzie murdered her parents
Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 8:42 am
1) If not LIzzie, then who? Only Lizzie had goood opportunity to commit the murders. At the time of her mothers' murder (around 9:30 am) household guest John Morse was visiting relatives, sister Emma of of town, Andrew running errands and the maid was outside washing windows.
Only Lizzie was known to be in the house at the time of the murder. To commit both of the murders (Andrew was murdered around 11 am) an outside intruder would have either have to hide in the house for 90 minutes or leave and then return without being noticed.
2) It looks like an inside job. Police found no signs of force entry to the Borden home (despite the fact that they habitually locked their doors( and nothing appeared to be stolen. NO stranger was seen entering or leaving the Borden home.
3) Although Lizzie claijmed to have been downstairs at the very time her mother was violently murdered upstairs, she sadi she heard no alarming noise- despite her mother having been struck multiple times with an axe and falling to the floor.
4) On August 3rd, the day before the murders, witnesses identified Lizzie as having visited Smiths srugstore in Fall River, where she attempted to purchase poison, prussic acid. She sxplained that she needed the acid to clean a eal skin cape. The druggist refused to sell the prussaic acid.
5) On the night before the murders, Lizzie visited a neighbor, Alice Russsel and told her that she feared that some unidentified enemy of her father's might soon try to kill him.
6) Lizzie told police that while she was alone in the house with her mother on the morning of the murder, a messenger came to the door with a note summoning her mother to visit sick friend. Lizzie told people that she assumed her mother left. Despite a through search of the house, no note was ever found.
7) When bridget Sullivan came vack inside after haveing finished washing windows, around 10:30 am, she reported hearing a muffled laugh coming from upstairs. She assumed it was Lizzie making the noise (Lizzie if course denied being upstairs between her mother and fathers murdered).
8) At the time of the murder of Andrew Borden, Lizzie claimed t- have been in the love of the vackyard barn for 15 to 20 minutes looking for lead sinkers for a fishing excursion. Police found the loft so stifling hot that it was difficult to believe anyone would voluntarily remain in such place for as much as 20 minutes. They also found no foot printsin the loft that could substantiate LIzzies story.
9) Lizzie had straianed relationship with her stepmother. They usually at their meals separately. Some theorize that Lizzie resented the fact that her father transfered a Fall River property to Abby's sister, rather than to her. Police noted that during the interview, Lizzie insisted that Abby be described as her stepmother, not as her mother.
10) Although Lizzie appeared to have a somwhat better relationship with her distand and forbidding father, there were problems. Lizzie was out raged, for example, when her father beheaded pigeons in the barn loft for which she built a roost. Her father thought the pigeons attractedneighborhoood boys who broke in to the barn to hunt pigeons.
11) In the week before the murders, following an apparent arguement, Lizzie and her sisiter left Fall river by coach for New bedford. When Lizzie returned she chose to stay in a rooming houise for 4 days rather than in her room at the family residence.
12) In 1891 cash and jewelery were stolen from the master bedroom. It was an open secret that Lizzie was suspected as being the theif. Lizzie also had been accused by several local merchants for shoplifting.
13) Immediatly after the discovery of her parents bodies, LIzzie sent various persons who came to help off on errands. It seems strange that a awoman wouild choose to remain alone in a house if she thought a murdereer still might be nearabouts on the loose.
14) On August 7 3 days after the murders Alice Russell observed LIzzie buring a blue cordorouy dress in a kitchen fire. When asked about it LIzzie explained that she chose to destroy the dress because it was stained with old paint.
Only Lizzie was known to be in the house at the time of the murder. To commit both of the murders (Andrew was murdered around 11 am) an outside intruder would have either have to hide in the house for 90 minutes or leave and then return without being noticed.
2) It looks like an inside job. Police found no signs of force entry to the Borden home (despite the fact that they habitually locked their doors( and nothing appeared to be stolen. NO stranger was seen entering or leaving the Borden home.
3) Although Lizzie claijmed to have been downstairs at the very time her mother was violently murdered upstairs, she sadi she heard no alarming noise- despite her mother having been struck multiple times with an axe and falling to the floor.
4) On August 3rd, the day before the murders, witnesses identified Lizzie as having visited Smiths srugstore in Fall River, where she attempted to purchase poison, prussic acid. She sxplained that she needed the acid to clean a eal skin cape. The druggist refused to sell the prussaic acid.
5) On the night before the murders, Lizzie visited a neighbor, Alice Russsel and told her that she feared that some unidentified enemy of her father's might soon try to kill him.
6) Lizzie told police that while she was alone in the house with her mother on the morning of the murder, a messenger came to the door with a note summoning her mother to visit sick friend. Lizzie told people that she assumed her mother left. Despite a through search of the house, no note was ever found.
7) When bridget Sullivan came vack inside after haveing finished washing windows, around 10:30 am, she reported hearing a muffled laugh coming from upstairs. She assumed it was Lizzie making the noise (Lizzie if course denied being upstairs between her mother and fathers murdered).
8) At the time of the murder of Andrew Borden, Lizzie claimed t- have been in the love of the vackyard barn for 15 to 20 minutes looking for lead sinkers for a fishing excursion. Police found the loft so stifling hot that it was difficult to believe anyone would voluntarily remain in such place for as much as 20 minutes. They also found no foot printsin the loft that could substantiate LIzzies story.
9) Lizzie had straianed relationship with her stepmother. They usually at their meals separately. Some theorize that Lizzie resented the fact that her father transfered a Fall River property to Abby's sister, rather than to her. Police noted that during the interview, Lizzie insisted that Abby be described as her stepmother, not as her mother.
10) Although Lizzie appeared to have a somwhat better relationship with her distand and forbidding father, there were problems. Lizzie was out raged, for example, when her father beheaded pigeons in the barn loft for which she built a roost. Her father thought the pigeons attractedneighborhoood boys who broke in to the barn to hunt pigeons.
11) In the week before the murders, following an apparent arguement, Lizzie and her sisiter left Fall river by coach for New bedford. When Lizzie returned she chose to stay in a rooming houise for 4 days rather than in her room at the family residence.
12) In 1891 cash and jewelery were stolen from the master bedroom. It was an open secret that Lizzie was suspected as being the theif. Lizzie also had been accused by several local merchants for shoplifting.
13) Immediatly after the discovery of her parents bodies, LIzzie sent various persons who came to help off on errands. It seems strange that a awoman wouild choose to remain alone in a house if she thought a murdereer still might be nearabouts on the loose.
14) On August 7 3 days after the murders Alice Russell observed LIzzie buring a blue cordorouy dress in a kitchen fire. When asked about it LIzzie explained that she chose to destroy the dress because it was stained with old paint.
