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(Thursday, August 4, 1892, approximately 9:00-11:00 a.m. EST) — Businessman Andrew Borden and his wife, Abby, the father and stepmother of Lizzie Borden, were axed to death today in their home in Fall River, Massachusetts.

Lizzie, Andrew’s 32-year-old daughter from a previous marriage, was accused of the killings but acquitted at trial.

According to the forensic investigation, Abby was facing her killer in a guest bedroom between 9:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. when she was first struck on the side of the head with a hatchet, which cut her just above the ear, causing her to turn and fall face down on the floor, creating contusions on her nose and forehead.

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Her killer then struck her multiple times, delivering 17 more direct hits to the back of her head, killing her.

Andrew returned from a walk at around 10:30 a.m. 40 minutes later, Andrew was found slumped on a couch in the downstairs sitting room, struck 10 or 11 times with a hatchet-like weapon.

One of his eyes had been split cleanly in two, suggesting that he had been asleep when attacked. His still-bleeding wounds suggested a very recent attack.