The Murder of Mr. and Mrs. Borden

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After Lizzie Borden's mother passed away her father remarried. Lizzie was unable to accept this new marriage and new stepmother who her father brought into their home. Lizzie was so troubled over this that she attempted to kill her father and stepmother by poisoning them, which was unsuccessful. In her second attempt Lizzie whacked them both to death by using a hatchet. Thought Lizzie was found innocent after several trials the truth was never discovered. When Lizzie Borden died, she took the truth with her, being the only person to ever really knowing the truth to what happened to her father and stepmother that August day.
On December 25, 1845, Andrew Borden married Sarah Morse. After Andrew and Sarah got married they moved in to a house on 2nd Street in Fall River, Massachusetts. Sarah gave birth to her first born child Emma Borden in 1851 and then 1960 her second born child is born, her name is Lizzie. Sarah Morse Borden was a loving and caring mother to her two daughters. Her daughters were Lizzie and Emma Borden. On September 19, 1863 at the age of thirty nine she passed away. Lizzie and Emma Borden were only small when she died. Lizzie was only three years old and Emma was fourteen years old. After this happened Lizzie and Emma were very upset and depressed. Andrew Borden then waited two years and, he got remarried. Andrew married Abby Gary on June 6, 1865. Lizzie could not accept this fact, she did not feel that her father, Andrew should have remarried someone new, because it was such a short period of time and she was still young (“Lizzie Borden”).
As Lizzie Borden was getting older she got more and more angry with her stepmother. In 1887, only twelve years after Andrew married Abby; Lizzie decided to no longer call Abby h...

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... 5, 1893 15 days later the jury returns a verdict of “Not Guilty” (“Lizzie Borden”).
Lizzie went through many trials. Lizzie was not the only one who was put on trial for the murders. Lizzie was the one who had the most trials. Every trial Lizzie went to, she was found innocent. The truth will never be known. Lizzie will be the only person to ever know the truth. Lizzie took that truth with her when she died. We can only think we know the truth, but none of us will ever really know the truth.

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Armstrong, Jennifer. The American Story. Illus. Roger Roth. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961. Print.
James, Bill. Popular Crime. New York: Scrivener, 2006. Print.
Lizzie Borden. Biography.com. A+E Televisions Netorks, n.d. Web. 2 Mar. 2014.
"Lizzie Borden." Famous Trials. UMKC, n.d. Web. 13 Mar. 2014. .

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