Expert Panel

What Experts have to say

Our experts weigh in

Throughout the trial, the Daily News has invited a panel of experts to comment on what is happening in the courtroom. The panel members are: Wendy Murphy, a former Middlesex assistant district attorney and current victim/witness advocate; John LaChance, a former federal prosecutor and current defense lawyer based in Framingham, and Steve Huff, a professional crime blogger who runs two Web sites. Check back often for our experts' opinions. And if you want to share your opinion, visit our blog.

 

 



Timeline

Timeline: So Far...

Jan. 16, 2006 -- Neil Entwistle visits the adult dating World Wide Web site "Adult Friend Finder."

Jan. 16 and 17 -- Entwistle views a Web site describing how to kill people. He also searches the internet on how to commit suicide, how to kill someone with a knife and euthanasia.

Jan. 18 -- Entwistle searches the internet for "escort services,'' including "Blonde Beauties Escort SVC.'' based in Worcester.


Coming Up

Neil Entwistle will serve his time at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Shirley. His conviction will be appealed. Under Massachusetts law, all first-degree murder convictions are appealed.


Poll

Poll

Despite it being purely "symbolic," do you think Neil should have been given back-to-back life sentences?
Yes, both Rachel and Lillian should have represented in the sentence.
73%
No, he will serve life in prison. Two life sentences is pointless.
22%
I don't think he should have been sentenced at all.
5%
Total votes: 672


Your Thoughts

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Neil Entwistle and his attorneys, Elliot Weinstein and Stephanie Page, listen to testimony on the seventh day of the trial on June 10, 2008 at Middlesex Superior Court in Woburn

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Neil Entwistle enters the courtroom on June 10, 2008.

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Kim Puig, owner of 6 Cubs Path in Hopkinton, the home the Entwistles rented, testified on June 10, 2008.
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Hopkinton "Welcome Lady" Pamela Jackson points to Neil Entwistle while she testifies June 10, 2008.

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Michael Sheehan of the Massachusetts Port Authority testifies while standing near a map of the Logan International Airport parking facilities on June 10, 2008.

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  Massachusetts Port Authority record keeper Mari Anne Chandler testifies on June 10, 2008.
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Defense attorney Elliot Weinstein cross examines Hopkinton Police Officer Aaron O'Neil on June 10, 2008.
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Neil's parents, Clifford and Yvonne, talk after the day's testimony on June 10, 2008.

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Rachel's parents, Priscilla and Joe Matterazzo, leave court June 10, 2008.
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Defense attorney Stephanie Page questions Rachel's friend, Joanna Gately, on June 10, 2008. Joanna was at the Hopkinton home after Rachel and Lillian were murdered and waited in the driveway hoping Rachel would return. She was there when police found them dead in the master bedroom.
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Rachel's friend, Joanna Gately, testifies on June 10, 2008.

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Carole Cox, an employee at United Airways, testifies on June 10, 2008.

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Mary Hannon, an employee at United Airways, testifies on June 10, 2008.

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Neil Entwistle shows a rare display of emotion June 12, 2008 as he watches a video tape shot during the crime scene investigation early Jan. 23, 2006 after Rachel and Lillian Entwistle were found shot dead in their Hopkinton home.

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Prosecutor Michael Fabbri talks to Priscilla and Joe Matterazzo on June 12, 2008.

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Neil Entwistle shows a rare display of emotion June 12, 2008 as he watches a video tape shot during the crime scene investigation early Jan. 23, 2006 after Rachel and Lillian Entwistle were found shot dead in their Hopkinton home. To his left is one of his attorneys, Stephanie Page.

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State Police Sgt. Mary Ritchie holds the gun believed to be used to shoot Rachel Entwistle in the head and baby Lillian in the chest, during testimony on June 12, 2008.

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Neil Entwistle shows a rare display of emotion June 12, 2008 as he watches a video tape shot during the crime scene investigation early Jan. 23, 2006 after Rachel and Lillian Entwistle were found shot dead in their Hopkinton home. To his left is one of his attorneys, Stephanie Page.

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Convicted murderer Neil Entwistle looks to his parents as he is led from court following his sentencing on June 26, 2008. He was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole.

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This undated photo is of Lillian Rose Entwistle, who was 9 months old when she was murdered.
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Neil Entwistle and his daughter, Lillian Rose.
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Neil Entwistle and his daughter, Lillian Rose.

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Neil and Rachel Entwistle on their honeymoon.

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Neil Entwistle confers with one of his defense attorneys, Stephanie Page, in court when they were trying to argue for Entwistle's release until the trial on Dec. 15, 2006.

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Neil Entwistle is brought in to Framingham District Court by Hopkinton Police Detective Scott Van Raalten, left, on Feb. 16, 2006.

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Middlesex District Attorney Martha Coakley holds a press conference Feb. 9, 2006 to announce the arrest of Neil Entwistle. Behind her are Hopkinton Detective Scott Van Raalten, left, and Police Chief Thomas Irvin.

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Prosecutor Michael Fabbri, left, talks with defense attorneys Elliot Weinstein and Stephanie Page during a pre-trial conference on May 23, 2006.

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Neil Entwistle walks past reporters and photographers as he heads in to Framingham District Court for his arraignment on Feb. 16, 2006.
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Priscilla and Joseph Matterazzo head in to Framingham District Court for Neil Entwistle's arraignment on Feb. 16, 2006.
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Videographers from Britain's Sky News and ITV television networks wait it out in front of the Middlesex Court building in Woburn during the second day of jury selection.  

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Rachel and Lillian Rose Entwistle are buried together at Evergreen Cemetery in Kingston.   

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Michael Sheehan, of the Massachusetts Port Authority, testifies while standing next to a photographic record of the Entwistles' motor vehicle license plate at the Logan International Airport parking garage during the trial on 6/10/08.

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Hopkinton Police Sgt. Michael Sutton testifies in Middlesex Superior Court in Woburn next to a photograph of the bed where he found Rachel Entwistle and her infant daughter, Lillian, dead.

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Clifford and Yvonne Entwistle, parents of Neil Entwistle, leave the courtroom with their younger son, Russell (back to camera), after the jury was sent out to deliberate on Entwistle's murder charges Tuesday morning at Middlesex Superior Court.

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Neil Entwistle appears at a pretrial hearing May 30, 2008 at Middlesex Superior Court in Woburn, with one of his defense attorneys, Stephanie Page.

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The grave of Rachel and Lillian Rose, at Evergreen Cemetery in Kingston. Souza is Rachel's maiden name.

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Rachel's parents' home, where Neil allegedly stole and returned the gun used to kill his wife and daughter.
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This is a photo from the Bow Street Court in London, in which Entwistle appeared when he was arrested in England.

 
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Neil's parents' home in England, to where he fled after the murders. Yvonne and Cliff's home on Coleridge Road in Worksop, Nottinghamshire.

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Neil Entwistle leaves his parents' Worksop home on Jan. 31, 2006, about a week before his arrest.

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Neil Entwistle appears at a pretrial hearing May 30, 2008 at Middlesex Superior Court in Woburn, with one of his defense attorneys, Stephanie Page.

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Priscilla Matterazzo, the mother of Rachel Entwistle, places a white lily and an orange rose on the grave of Rachel and Lillian Rose at Evergreen Cemetery in Kingston on Feb. 2, 2006.

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Neil Entwistle arrives at Bow Street Magistrated Court to face possible extradiction to the United States to face charges he murdered his wife and 9-month-old baby in Hopkinton, Mass. on Feb. 10, 2006.

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  Neil Entwistle confers with one of his attorneys, Elliot Weinstein, during a pre-trial conference at Middlesex Superior Court in Cambridge on Nov. 14, 2007.
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  This undated photo is of Lillian Rose Entwistle, who was 9 months old when she was murdered.
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Middlesex sheriffs escort Neil Entwistle out of Framingham District Court after his Feb. 16, 2006 arraignment.

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Middlesex sheriffs escort Neil Entwistle out of Framingham District Court after his Feb. 16, 2006 arraignment.

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Neil Entwistle glances at the audience in Framingham District Court during his Feb. 16, 2006 arraignment.

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Neil Entwistle in Framingham District Court during his Feb. 16, 2006 arraignment.

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Rachel Entwistle's mom, Priscilla Matterazzo, and her step-father, Joseph Matterazzo, sit in the audience during Neil Entwistle's arraignment in Framingham District Court Feb. 16, 2006.

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Neil Entwistle in Framingham District Court during his Feb. 16, 2006 arraignment.

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Hopkinton police detective Scott Van Raalten leads Neil Entwistle into Framingham District Court for his Feb. 16, 2006 arraignment.

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Pallbearers bring the casket containing Rachel and Lillian Rose's bodies out of St. Peter's Church in Plymouth after their funeral Mass on Feb. 1, 2006.

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The family of Rachel Entwistle, including her step-father, Joseph Matterazzo and mom Priscilla Matterazzo, leave St. Peter's Church in Plymouth after the funeral Mass for Rachel and her baby, Lillian Rose on Feb. 1, 2006.

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Friends and familiy console each other as they leave St. Peter's Church in Plymouth after the funeral Mass for Rachel Entwistle and her baby, Lillian Rose on Feb. 1, 2006.

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Rachel Entwistle's mom, Priscilla Matterazzo, speaks with a priest at St. Peter's Church in Plymouth after the funeral Mass for Rachel and her baby, Lillian Rose on Feb. 1, 2006.

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The family of Rachel Entwistle say goodbye to her and baby Lillian Rose at Evergreen Cemetery in Kingston on Feb. 1, 2006.

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Rachel and Lillian Rose Entwistle are buried at Evergreen Cemetery in Kingston.

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Rachel and Lillian Rose Entwistle are buried at Evergreen Cemetery in Kingston.

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Rachel Entwistle's mom, Priscilla Matterazzo, left, and her step-father, Joseph Matterazzo, sit in the audience during a pre-trial hearing at Middlesex Superior Court on July 20, 2006.

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  Joseph Matterazzo, right, talks with prosecutor Michael Fabbri during a pre-trial hearing at Middlesex Superior Court on July 20, 2006.
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  6 Cubs Path in Hopkinton was listed for sale as of July 18, 2006, about six months after Rachel and Lillian Entwistle were found murdered there.
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Middlesex District Attorney Martha Coakley holds up a photo of Rachel Entwistle during a press conference on Jan. 23, 2006, three days after she and her baby, Lillian Rose, were found shot dead in their Hopkinton home. Behind Coakley is Hopkinton Police Chief Thomas Irvin.

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Neil Entwistle is taken to the Hopkinton police station after he flew back from England on Feb. 18, 2007. In the front passenger seat is Hopkinton Police Detective Scott Van Raalten.

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Eben Howard appears in Cambridge District Court for his arraignment on Feb. 7, 2007, facing charges he assaulted Neil Entwistle in Middlesex County Jail.

 
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6 Cubs Path in Hopkinton, three days after Rachel and Lillian Entwistle were found shot dead there on Jan. 20, 2006.

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Police were still at the 6 Cubs Path house on Jan. 24, 2006.

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Hopkinton Detective Scott Van Raalten and another investigator take evidence from 6 Cubs Path on Jan. 25, 2006. They appeared to be in the house for about an hour and a half.

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Hopkinton Detective Scott Van Raalten and another investigator take evidence from 6 Cubs Path on Jan. 25, 2006. 

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Two of four investigators believed to be flying to England head to the Aer Lingus terminal on Jan. 25, 2006 .

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Several investigators, including Hopkinton Detective Scott Van Raalten, middle, believed to be flying to England head to the Aer Lingus terminal on Jan. 25, 2006 .

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  At left, defense attorney Elliott Weinstein talks with prosecutor Michael Fabbri during Neil Entwistle's arraignment on Feb. 16, 2006.

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Defense attorney Elliott Weinstein talks to the media after Neil Entwistle's arraignment on Feb. 16, 2006.

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Rachel Entwistle

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