Anyone Been Following This Case

[Pam]

Well, bummer Pam. Have you called your cable people to put it back or
trade for another channel you don't watch?

Do you really think it would help? I am only one person, but then if others have already called and complained. Hmmmmm.....

[Catty1]

Life, with no chance of parole...period.

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/06...ef=mpstoryview

(CNN) -- A man who fled the United States for his native England after his wife and daughter were killed was found guilty of their murders Wednesday.

Neil Entwistle, 29, repeatedly closed his eyes and shook his head as the foreman read the verdict: guilty of two first-degree murder charges, possession of a firearm and possession of ammunition.

The jury in Woburn, Massachusetts, deliberated for less than 12 hours before reaching the verdict.

Entwistle faces up to life in prison without the possibility of parole when he is sentenced at 10 a.m. Thursday. Video Watch Entwistle react as the verdict is read »

During the trial, prosecutors said Entwistle was in debt and dissatisfied with his sex life when he fatally shot Rachel Entwistle and 9-month old Lillian as the two snuggled in bed.

"We may never know why this happened. But we do know that Rachel and Lillian Rose loved and trusted Neil Entwistle," Joseph Flaherty, a spokesman for Rachel Entwistle's family, said after the verdict.

"Neil Entwistle's actions on January 20, 2006, betrayed that love and trust. Neil Entwistle will now live with his evil deeds for the rest of his natural life, only to be judged again," the family said. Video Watch the victims' family thank the public for its support »

With the verdict, the jury rejected a defense claim that Rachel Entwistle killed Lillian and then committed suicide. Entwistle claimed that he returned the gun to his father-in-law's home 50 miles away because he wanted to preserve his wife's honor.

Outside the courthouse, Entwistle's parents continued to assert their son's innocence.

"Our son will now go to jail for loving, honoring and protecting his wife and Lillian," Yvonne Entwistle said, adding that she knew her daughter-in-law was "depressed." Video Watch Entwistle's mother assert he is innocent »

"We will continue to fight for our innocent son with the hope that one day, justice will prevail and that our little granddaughter Lily will rest in peace," she said.

After the verdict, defense lawyer Peter Park said he was confident that an appeal would prevail on the grounds that police entered Entwistle's home illegally on two occasions.

Defense lawyers did not call any witnesses.

Police in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, discovered the bodies of Rachel, 27, and Lillian in the master bedroom of their home January 22, 2006, after responding to a missing persons report filed by the victims' relatives. Authorities said the two were killed two days before. See a timeline of the Entwistle case »

Entwistle told police in a phone call January 23 that he found his wife and daughter dead from gunshot wounds January 20 after returning from running errands. He told authorities he could see "a gunshot wound on Lillian's body and blood around her mouth."

He did not call police. Instead, he said, he got a knife to kill himself but "could not go through with it."

He said he then drove to his in-laws' home to get a gun to kill himself but could not get into the home. He also told police he was unable to contact his mother-in-law, he told police. Video See Entwistle break down in court during testimony »

Eventually, he said, he drove to Boston's Logan International Airport because he "wanted to go home to his parents in England." British police arrested him the following month.

Prosecutors doubted Entwistle's story. He had not worked for four months before the murders, and the family was paying $2,700 a month for their home, leading police to believe that financial problems may have played a role in the slayings.

Authorities discovered that, days before the murders, Entwistle looked at a Web site that described "how to kill people by various methods" and launched Internet searches on suicide, euthanasia and "how to kill someone with a knife," the documents said.

He also searched for escort services near his home, according to search warrants, including Eye Candy Entertainment, Exotic Express and Sweet Temptations.

Prosecutors said that the victims' gunshot wounds were not easily visible and that he would not have been able to see them without careful examination.

Court documents show that it took investigators and forensic chemists several hours to determine that the baby had been shot and that her gunshot wound was visible only after her mother's body had been moved.

After the verdict, Middlesex County District Attorney Gerry Leone condemned the defendant for "disparaging" the memory of his wife with the suicide claims. He said the verdict brought justice to Rachel and Lillian, who would have turned 3 years old this April.

"She should be here walking, talking and playing, with her mom, Rachel, doting over her," Leone said. "But we all now know that's not going to happen, and that's not going to happen because of the reprehensible acts of Neil Entwistle."
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Asked about Entwistle's parents' comments, Leone said he would expect "nothing less" from the parents of a man who had been convicted of murder.

"Frankly, our thoughts are with them too," he said.

[Pam]

He did not call police. Instead, he said, he got a knife to kill himself but "could not go through with it."

He said he then drove to his in-laws' home to get a gun to kill himself

Eventually, he said, he drove to Boston's Logan International Airport because he "wanted to go home to his parents in England." British police arrested him the following month.

Sure, isn't that what anyone would do when they come home to a dead wife and baby. If the whole thing wasn't so tragic it would be laughable. I hope he rots with Scott Peterson.

[elizabethann]

His parents made me so mad last night. They were on the news saying that the mother killed their granddaughter and then herself. Ugh. Disgusts me. Their son needs to be a man and face the consequences.

[lizbud]

His parents made me so mad last night. They were on the news saying that the mother killed their granddaughter and then herself. Ugh. Disgusts me. Their son needs to be a man and face the consequences.

Unfortunately, they've probably been making excuses for this loser
all of his life. He has no conscience at all.