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Entwistle case delayed to January
By Globe Staff
The trial of Neil Entwistle, the man accused of fatally shooting his wife and 9-month-old daughter in Hopkinton last year, has been postponed to late January.
Prosecutors said defense attorney Elliot Weinstein asked for the delay, saying he needed more time to analyze results of DNA and other scientific tests performed by the state.
District Attorney Gerry Leone said in a statement that prosecutors would "continue to prepare and will be ready to present our case on behalf of the victims, their family, and the Commonwealth in January."
The trial, which had been scheduled for Oct. 1, will now begin Jan. 28.
Prosecutors allege that Entwistle shot and killed his wife, Rachel, and his daughter, Lillian, in their Hopkinton home on the morning of Jan. 20, 2006. Entwistle left for his family's home in England the next day. He was arrested in England several weeks later.
