Elena

What?

Both bound tightly with cloth.

Uh, what?

So, they don't want to destroy evidence here.

Wow, smart.

Early 1900s people not wanting to destroy evidence?

That's cool.

The investigators called the coroner, and under his direction, both women were removed from the crawlspace.

As far as the coroner could tell, Coroner Roche, one of the bodies had been under the barn slightly longer than the other.

Both were bound at the ankles, wrists, and knees, and both had been shot to death.

Oh, my God.

Wow.

And her cause of death was attributed to one of the eight gunshot wounds to the left side of her chest.

A cable was sent to the constable in Bloomingburg to let him know what they found at the farm and instructing him, you should probably arrest Lizzie right now.

In the meantime, now dealing with a double homicide, the search team returned to the house and started combing for evidence.

Inside, detectives found what they believed to be the two women's clothing in the bedroom.

and one spent .32 caliber shell was discovered near the bed.

Just one?

Which led investigators to believe at least one of the women had been shot while she was lying in the bed.

That's why the bloodstains were there.