Was Lizzie Borden's Suicide

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Was Lizzie Borden the prime suspect? YES Did she have a motive? YES Did she have the opportunity? YES Did she lie about Abby’s whereabouts? YES Did she destroy evidence? YES, she burnt her dress Did she lie about her alibi? YES, she was in the house not the barn Why was there no blood on Lizzie? There is no immediately obvious evidence she killed them How did Lizzie know Andrew was dead? If she believed he was dead, why call for the doctor? Was she destroying evidence when she was in the house on her own? Could she have done it without knowing? YES, she had ‘turns’ during menstruation. She was menstruating at the time of the murders and the ‘turns’ could’ve been the result of temporal epilepsy. The possibility of memory loss and lack of awareness

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