Raskolnikov carries out his plan against Alyona Ivanovna, then kills Lizaveta when she enters unexpectedly. The event is chaotic rather than triumphant: keys, pledges, blood, bells, visitors, and escape all crowd in faster than thought. It turns his theory into an irreversible fact.
Part II, Chapter I
The first police-office talk of the case makes Raskolnikov's body betray him before anyone accuses him.
Part III, Chapter V
Porfiry's investigation makes the murders a psychological contest as much as a legal one.
Part VI, Chapter VIII
Raskolnikov finally names the murders as his own act in the police office.
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