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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.


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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.


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Entwistle lawyer diagnosed with pancreatic cancer

Elliot Weinstein, the defense attorney who represented Neil Entwistle in the murder of his wife and baby, has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.

Guilty verdict brings Entwistle prosecutor relief

On June 25, when a jury foreman twice pronounced "guilty," convicting Neil Entwistle of murdering his wife and daughter, prosecutor Michael Fabbri showed no elation. Fabbri didn’t celebrate. He didn’t go out and toast the verdict with others from the Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office. Instead, the veteran assistant district attorney said what he felt was relief.

Entwistle prison assignment could change in 6 months

WALPOLE — Neil Entwistle may follow several high-profile convicted murderers inside the walls of MCI-Cedar Junction in Walpole eventually, but he won't begin serving his life sentence there.

Family: 'We have to live with the betrayal of Neil Entwistle'

WOBURN - His sentence was a foregone conclusion, but Neil Entwistle Thursday was forced to hear about the pain and suffering caused by the murders of his wife and daughter. Entwistle, 29, was convicted Wednesday of two counts of first-degree murder for the Jan. 20, 2006, murders of his wife, Rachel, 27, and daughter, Lillian Rose, 9 months.

COURTROOM UPDATE - 6/26/08: Entwistle to serve time at Shirley prison

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Family to Neil: 'One day, you will face the ultimate judgement'

Neil Entwistle was sentenced to life in prison today for killing his wife and daughter, but Priscilla Matterazzo said she and her family received a sentence of life without Rachel and Lillian in January, 2006. "We were sentenced without the benefit of a trial and a jury," she said during victim impact statements this morning.

Hopkinton police chief: Town took it personally

HOPKINTON - Rachel and Lillian Rose Entwistle lived at 6 Cubs Path less than two weeks before their deaths. "We as a community didn't get to know them,'' Police Chief Thomas Irvin said Wednesday. "But I think the community still took it personally that it happened here.'' The veteran police chief's thoughts turned to the 27-year-old mother, her family and the 9-month-old baby Wednesday as he heard Neil Entwistle convicted of two counts of first-degree murder.

Entwistle guilty, awaits sentencing

WOBURN - When Rachel and Lillian Rose Entwistle were found dead in their Hopkinton home more than two years ago, investigators followed all leads looking for their killer. A jury of six men and six women Wednesday decided those leads led directly to Neil Entwistle, 29, finding him guilty of the Jan. 20, 2006, murders of his wife and daughter.

Leone condemns Entwistle for 'his unspeakable and unforgiveable acts'

Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone said Neil Entwistle deserved to spend the rest of his life in jail for  "cowardly, shameful, unforgiveable acts" during a press conference this afternoon at Middlesex Superior Court following Entwistle's first degree murder conviction in the shooting deaths of his wife Rachel and 9-month-old daughter Lillian Rose.

Neil Entwistle is GUILTY

WOBURN — Neil Entwistle has been found guilty of all charges in Middlesex Superior Court. The jury found him guilty of murder in the first degree in the death of his wife, Rachel; guilty of murder in the first degree in the death of his baby daughter, Lillian; guilty of possession of a firearm and guilty of possession of ammunition.