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Put on your detective’s caps because we need your skills!

Put on your detective’s caps because we need your skills!. The Scene of the Crime. Fall River, Massachusetts August of 1892. Scene cont. Victims. Andrew Borden. Abby Borden. The Weapon. Suspects. Lizzie Borden Hobbies: charity, church attendance, visiting with friends

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Put on your detective’s caps because we need your skills!

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  1. Put on your detective’s caps because we need your skills!

  2. The Scene of the Crime • Fall River, Massachusetts • August of 1892

  3. Scene cont.

  4. Victims • Andrew Borden Abby Borden

  5. The Weapon

  6. Suspects • Lizzie Borden • Hobbies: charity, church attendance, visiting with friends • What are possible motives? • Is there probable cause?

  7. Suspects • Man in Carriage • There was a testimony in the trial by Mark Chase ( a stable worker) who saw a man in a carriage parked outside the house until 11am on the day of the murder

  8. Suspects • Bridget Sullivan • Age: • Occupation: maid of the Borden’s • Alibi: Outside cleaning windows when the murder occured

  9. Police Findings • Photographed victims • Interviewed Family members, neighbors and others who could be near the crime scene • Lizzie went to by Prussic Acid for cleaning just prior to the murders • The Hatchet/Ax

  10. So who is the murderer?

  11. Who was arrested? • This is who the police thought was the murder but…

  12. She was declared not guilty by the jury!

  13. Nursery Rhyme about Lizzie Borden • Lizzie Borden took an axe And gave her mother forty whacks. When she saw what she had done She gave her father forty-one.

  14. Media can’t get enough Lizzie • 6 films • At least 7 songs • Opera, Ballet, Plays • Television series • Comic books • http://books.google.com/books?id=gnoTab2KoZAC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q=&f=false

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