Neil Entwistle: Guilty of double murder
(AP Photo/Entwistle family website)
Rachel and Neil Entwistle, with their daughter, Lillian, in a 2005 photograph. Rachel and Lillian were found dead in their Hopkinton home on Jan. 22, 2006.
Entwistle faulted on blaming his wife
Neil Entwistle,29, was sentenced to two life sentences in prison without chance of parole and was condemned by his mother-in-law, Priscilla Matterazzo for attempting to shift the blame to her daughter, Rachel. (By Franci R. Ellement, Boston Globe)
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Slayings shock a town
A woman and her 9-month-old daughter were found dead, fully clothed under a pile of blankets on a bed in their home, triggering a police search for the woman's missing husband as a ''person of interest." (Boston Globe, 1/24/06)
Defendant's lawyers given a 'bad hand'
Boston criminal defense lawyer Jeffrey A. Denner said he was not surprised when the Middlesex County jury convicted Entwistle of first-degree murder yesterday because the case dealt him a 'about as bad a hand as you can get.' (Boston Globe)
Convicted of two murders, Entwistle awaits his sentence
Neil Entwistle (center) was convicted Wednesday of shooting and killing his wife and baby daughter in their Hopkinton home in 2006. His sentence will be announced Thursday morning. (Boston Globe)
Previous coverage
- Entwistles fought over money before slayings, records show (Boston Globe, 6/25/08)
- Entwistle jury ends day of deliberations (Boston Globe, 6/25/08)
- Entwistle case heads to jury with admission about weapon (Boston Globe, 6/24/08)
- Phone call describes finding bodies (Boston Globe, 6/20/08)
- Entwistle on killing family: 'I couldn't do that.' (6/20/08)
- Defense suggests Entwistle's wife killed daughter then herself (Boston Globe, 6/20/08)
- Witness details Entwistle's Web surfing on sex, slay sites (Boston Globe, 6/19/08)
- Entwistle defense team faces setbacks (Boston Globe, 6/18/08)
- Chemist says baby shot at close range (Boston Globe, 6/17/08)
- Close-range shots in case, witness testifies (Boston Globe, 6/14/08)
- Entwistle breaks down during video (Boston Globe, 6/13/08)
- Sergeant describes grisly find inside bedroom (Boston Globe, 6/12/08)
- Friend describes worry, search (Boston Globe, 6/11/08)
- Entwistle calls to in-laws detailed (Boston Globe, 6/10/08)
- Entwistle talked of finding bodies (Boston Globe, 6/7/08)
- Entwistle defense cites report of jury pool bias (Boston Globe, 6/5/08)
- Entwistle's parents standing by him (Boston Globe, 6/4/08)
- Entwistle's lawyer faults questioning of jury pool (Boston Globe, 6/3/08)
- Entwistle lawyer denied change of venue (Boston Globe, 5/31/08)
- Entwistle seeks dismissal of murder charges (Boston Globe, 5/30/08)
- Trial of accused murderer Neil Entwistle resumes (6/10/08)
- In court, Entwistle denies slaying family (Boston Globe, 4/12/06)
- Entwistle indicted in double slayings (Boston Globe, 3/29/06)
- Entwistle gets delay for court hearing (Boston Globe, 3/14/06)
- A silent Entwistle is held without bail (Boston Globe, 2/17/06)
- Entwistle arraignment (2/16/06)
- Entwistle is returned to Mass. (Boston Globe, 2/16/06)
- Neil Entwistle arrives in Massachusetts (2/16/06)
- Entwistle publicity seen as fairness issue (Boston Globe, 2/15/06)
- Entwistle en route back to United States (Boston Globe, 2/15/06)
- Commonwealth v. Neil Entwistle (Boston Globe, 2/15/06)
- Suspect explored killing on Web, affidavit declares
- Entwistle still in Scotland Yard's custody (Boston Globe, 2/14/06)
- Husband held in deaths, may fight return to US (Boston Globe, 2/10/06)
- In UK, police find Entwistle at tube station (Boston Globe, 2/10/06)
- From Mass. to London, emotions pour out (Boston Globe, 2/10/06)
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