Apr 11, 2006 1:25 pm US/Eastern
New Details Emerge In Entwistle Murders
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Neil Entwistle stood silent and somber as a court clerk read the murder charges Tuesday morning.
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Rachel Entwistle and 9-month-old Lillian were shot to death in January.
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Rachel Entwistle's mother and stepfather, Priscilla and Joseph Matterazzo, and about a dozen other friends and family members watched the proceedings.
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Neil Entwistle was back in a Massachusetts courtroom Tuesday morning as prosecutors revealed new details about their investigation.
He was arraigned in Middlesex Superior Court in Cambridge for the January murders of his wife and baby daughter.
Entwistle stood silent and somber as a court clerk started to read the murder charges. His lawyer then told the judge they would waive the reading of the weapons charges and asked him to enter a not guilty plea on Entwistle's behalf to all counts.
According to new details filed Tuesday by prosecutors, Entwistle's computer records showed an exchange of emails with a woman he found through a Web site called "Adult Friend Finder." He told the woman he was in a relationship "but looking for a bit more fun in the bedroom" and "a very discreet relationship just for fun," according to the summary of the case filed by prosecutors.
Prosecutors said Entwistle used his father-in-law's .22-caliber handgun to kill his wife and daughter in their rented Hopkinton home in January. They say he then drove 50 miles to his wife's parents' home in Carver to return the weapon.
Entwistle allegedly told a state police detective that he returned home from doing errands to find his wife and daughter dead. He said he drove to his father-in-law's house to get a gun so he could kill himself, but could not get inside the house and decided to go home to England to be with his parents.
But, according to the summary filed by prosecutors Tuesday, Entwistle told friends in England a different story.
Entwistle allegedly said he drove to his mother-in-law's work place, told her he had found the bodies, and then gathered with his wife's family in Carver to "mourn the news." He said he "began to feel left out" and went straight to his parents' home in Worksop, England.
Prosecutors, however, revealed Tuesday they have evidence that Entwistle rented a car, spent a night in a hotel and drove almost 800 miles around England before going to his parents' home.
Entwistle has been held without bail in the county jail in Cambridge since he was originally arraigned in Framingham District Court on February 16. His indictment on March 28 moved the case to Middlesex Superior Court, where he was arraigned Tuesday.
Rachel Entwistle's mother and stepfather, Priscilla and Joseph Matterazzo, and about a dozen other friends and family members watched the proceedings, which lasted only five minutes. The women wore pink roses in honor of Lillian Rose, who would have turned 1 on Sunday.
"They miss Rachel and Lillian Rose every minute of every day," said family spokesman Joseph Flaherty. "It doesn't bring them any comfort to see him standing there and know that their daughter and granddaughter are gone."
Entwistle's attorney, Elliot Weinstein, said media coverage has been unfair to Entwistle.
"It is absolutely impossible for Neil Entwistle to receive a fair trial," he said after the arraignment.
Judge Peter Lauriat called for a pre-trial hearing May 23. He also said he would like the murder trial to begin in April 2007.
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