July 19, 1860 - Lizzie Borden
Few American criminal cases of the nineteenth century have proven as durably unresolved as the Fall River axe murders of 1892, and Borden's name has remained inseparable from them despite her acquittal. The circumstantial weight of suspicion, combined with the brutal nature of the killings and her proximity to the victims, kept public interest alive long after the verdict. That no one else was ever charged has left the case in a permanent state of legal ambiguity — neither solved nor fully closed.
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Lizzie Andrew Borden (July 19, 1860 – June 1, 1927) was an American woman who was tried and acquitted of the murders of her father and stepmother in Fall River, Massachusetts. No other individuals were charged with the murders.
After the trial, Borden and her older sister Emma bought a house in the wealthier Highlands, or Hill District, of Fall River, where Borden lived out her life. Emma moved away after twelve years and lived in New Hampshire. Borden died of pneumonia at age 66 on June 1, 1927, before her sister Emma who died 9 days later on June 10.
The Borden murders and 1893 trial received widespread publicity in the United States, and have remained a topic in American popular culture, inspiring numerous films, theatrical productions, literary works, and even folk rhymes.
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