Argumentative Essay: The Murder Of Lizzie Borden

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Lizzie Borden killed her parents. Lizzie was the only other person in her house when her mom was murdered, her dad was running errands, her sister out of town and the maid was outside cleaning the windows. The maid said she heard Lizzie laugh around 10:30 as she was upstairs, which isn’t long after the murder took place. Lizzie was found burning one of her dresses and when asked what was on it she said paint which was really blood, she burned a dress with paint on it besides just throwing it away. You could argue that Lizzie didn’t kill her parents but Lizzie wouldn’t of been the only one in the house at the time of the murder, heard laughing upstairs not long after the murder took place and found burning the dress she wore on the day of the

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