Was Lizzie Borden guilty?

Lizzie Borden was acquitted of the murder of her father and step mother in 1893, although there has since been speculation that she did indeed commit the crime. Andrew and Abby Borden were hacked to death with an axe sometime during the night of August 3, 1892.

Lizzie, who claimed to have discovered the bodies, was indicted four months later. She did not take the stand at her trial, and the judge determined there was not enough evidence for a guilty verdict. Nobody else was ever charged for this crime, and Lizzie lived out the rest of life in the home where the gruesome double murder occurred.