Witness details Entwistle's Web surfing on sex, slay sites
Active searches preceded slayings
WOBURN - In the days just before the slayings of his wife and baby, Neil Entwistle's computer was used to troll for "blonde beauties" and "half-price escorts" on the Internet, look for jobs, search for last-minute airfares to England, and conduct Google searches for the words "knife in the neck kill" and "quick suicide method," a witness for the prosecution said yesterday.
Lawrence James, a Medford police officer and computer specialist working for the North Eastern Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council, described a series of websites that Entwistle allegedly accessed and Google searches he launched mostly in the afternoon hours of Jan. 9, 16, and 18, 2006.
The testimony was based on a search by investigators of 16,000 pages of information prosecutors have gathered from Entwistle's
Entwistle, now 29, is being tried on murder charges in Middlesex Superior Court in the fatal shootings of his wife of 2 1/2 years, Rachel, 27, and the couple's 9-month-old baby, Lillian Rose, between 9 and 11 a.m. on Jan. 20, 2006.
Entwistle fled the scene, investigators say, slept in a leased BMW he abandoned at a Logan Airport parking garage, and flew to London the following morning.
Before James could finish testifying yesterday, Judge Diane Kottmyer called for the court to recess.
More details on other website Entwistle allegedly accessed are expected to be provided today.
Earlier yesterday, James said Entwistle had allegedly found a website that depicted a human body, highlighting blood flow and major arteries.
"So you may be thinking why go for the aorta if not the heart?" read the caption. "If you ever get a clear shot at the torso, best to stab them in it below the ribcage."
Three days before the slayings, Entwistle, using the username ENT on his laptop, conducted a Google search about 4:17 p.m. for "knife in the neck kill," and three minutes later for "quick suicide method," James said.
Prosecutor Daniel J. Bennett asked if the records showed that Entwistle had accessed at least one of the sites that were produced as a result of the computer search.
"Yes," James said.
Officials have said Entwistle appeared to have logged into his Adult Friend Finder. com account after 11 a.m. on the day of the slayings.
Adult Friend Finder. com identifies itself as "The World's Largest Sex & Swinger Personals Community" that boasts over 20 million members.
Two days before the killings, Entwistle also surfed websites such as hot local escorts. com, escorts naughty night life. com, and the Blonde Beauties Escort Service, located in Marlborough, James testified. No one returned a call from the Marlborough listing.
James said Entwistle had used his PayPal account during that period, to answer e-mails from customers of his computer-based business. The prosecution is not alleging that Entwistle paid for an escort.
In between looking for jobs on yahoo.com and monster.com, Entwistle on Jan. 9 surfed the sites of flymanchester.com,
Earlier in the day, Michael Fee, a lawyer for the landlords of the home the Entwistles leased in Hopkinton in January 2006, testified that during a telephone call with Entwistle after the defendant flew to England, Entwistle indicated that he "had no intention of returning to the United States" and didn't care about any remaining property outside of jewelry in the house.
Fee said he prepared an agreement with Entwistle, but it was never completed.
The lawyer said he stored three boxes of books, journals, photographs, and luggage belonging to the Entwistles in a storage unit.
