FALL RIVER — 1892 · Murder
Lizzie Borden case
UnsolvedSources: CLast updated: 14 October 2026
On 4 August 1892, in the city of Fall River in the U.S. state of Massachusetts, wealthy businessman Andrew Borden and his wife Abby Borden were killed with an axe in their home. Their daughter Lizzie Borden was arrested and tried, but after roughly 90 minutes of deliberation the jury unanimously acquitted her for lack of evidence. The case remains one of the most debated in American legal history; the perpetrator's identity remains legally unresolved.
- Date
- 1892
- Place
- Massachusetts, Fall River, US
- Category
- Murder
- Case Status
- Unsolved
- Coordinates
- 41.7015, -71.1550 ↗
Timeline of Events
- 1892Andrew and Abby Borden killed (4 August)
- 1892Lizzie Borden arrested
- 1893Trial ended in a unanimous acquittal
Sources
- Court Records
- Contemporary Press Archive
- Official Report
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