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Jun 18, 2008 2:37 pm US/Eastern
Investigator: Entwistle Researched Suicide On Web
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Neil Entwistle. (File photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
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Rachel and Lillian Entwistle
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A British man accused of fatally shooting his wife and baby daughter researched suicide on his computer three days before the killings, a police detective testified Wednesday.
Neil Entwistle, 29, is accused of killing his 27-year-old wife, Rachel, and their 9-month-old daughter, Lillian Rose, on Jan. 20, 2006, in their Hopkinton home.
Medford Detective Lawrence James, a forensic computer specialist, testified Wednesday that Entwistle's laptop was used to do a Google search for "quick suicide method" on Jan. 17, 2006. The same day, the laptop was used to do a search using the keywords "knife in neck kill," James said.
Judge Diane Kottmyer ended testimony for the day just as James was asked to describe what activity there was on Entwistle's computer the day of the killings, after the time authorities believe his wife and daughter were shot.
Earlier Wednesday, James testified that Entwistle's computer was used to visit Web pages for at least a half dozen escort services on Jan. 16 and 18. Driving maps to local escort services also were downloaded, James said.
Prosecutors claim Entwistle killed his wife and daughter after sinking deeply into debt and becoming dissatisfied with his sex life. Entwistle denies killing them and told state police he returned home from shopping and found them dead in a bed in their master bedroom.
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