Lizzie Borden

Intro

• Abby and Andrew Borden were killed on August 4 1892
• Abby was killed in her room, Andrew on the couch where he was napping
• Lived in massachusetts 
• Thesis: There is no possible way Lizzie could've murdered
• Lizzie was a victim of false accusation

refute
some people say she killed out of greed. Lizzie was already rich before the murders. she was given a lavish wardrobe and had a home in her name

Body

• timeline
• axe
• morphine
• wasp

timeline

• 8-13 minutes
• would've had a lot to do
• wash blood off everything
• hide the murder weapon
• would've been physically impossible

axe

• she was a lady, a wasp for that matter
• barely would've been able to pick it up
• wouldn't have been able to swing it 29 times
• wouldn't have been able to commit such a grisly crime

morphine

• ¨she was always changing her story
• she was given morphine shortly after the murders were discovered
• gave ¨confused and contradictory answers¨
• dr. seabury bowen

wasp

• never acted emotionally
• murder would have been completely out of character
• had no criminal record before or after
• the whole town was shocked

conclusion
there is no physical way Lizzie Borden could have killed her parents. the little evidence there is is weak