Megan Thompson:
The murders took place in broad daylight in Fall River, a then-prosperous mill town, south of Boston. Lizzie's father, Andrew Borden, was a wealthy real estate owner, and Abby Borden was his second wife.
At the time of the murders, only Lizzie Borden and a housemaid were known to be on the property. But Lizzie was not immediately arrested, Robertson says, because of rigid beliefs about class, race, and religion – and about women and criminality.
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