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Gun Becomes Focus When Entwistle Trial Resumes
DA: Gun Had Entwistle's, Wife's DNA On It
POSTED: 1:24 pm EDT June 8,
2008
UPDATED: 2:10 pm EDT June 8,
2008
WOBURN, Mass. -- The gun prosecutors said Neil Entwistle used to kill his wife and daughter will be the focus of his double-murder trial on Monday.Entwistle, 29, is accused of shooting his wife Rachel, 27, and 9-month-old daughter, Lillian Rose, on Jan. 20, 2006, in the family’s rented home in Hopkinton. Special Section: Entwistle Trial
The weapon is a key part of the prosecution’s case. Assistant Middlesex County District Attorney Michael Fabbri said Friday that Neil’s and Rachel’s DNA was found on the .22-caliber Colt revolver owned by Rachel’s stepfather. Neil Entwistle is accused of stealing the gun from Joseph Matterazzo's Carver, Mass., home and returning it after the slayings."The DNA of Rachel Entwistle -- who had no interest in firearms, who had never touched those firearms -- was on that .22-caliber Colt," Fabbri said.Neil Entwistle’s in-law Lloyd Cooke, of Pembroke, testified to Neil Entwistle’s experience with guns on Friday, saying he knew how to handle a gun and was an accurate shooter.Cooke will be back on the stand in Middlesex District Court in Woburn on Monday.Hopkinton police found the bodies of the young mother and baby under bedding and pillows in the home’s master bedroom on Jan. 22, 2006, after her family filed missing persons reports.Neil Entwistle later said he found the bodies when he got home from running errands on Jan. 20, 2006, and bought a one-way ticket to his parents’ home in England without calling police or Rachel Entwistle's family.His defense told jurors he was a loving and devoted husband and father whose reactions after the slayings were consistent with a grieving father.Neil Entwistle has pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder, illegal possession of a firearm and illegal possession of ammunition.The trial could run until the first week in July.
Previous Stories:
- June 6, 2008: DA: Debt, Sex Drove Entwistle To Kill Family
- June 5, 2008: Jury Chosen To Hear Entwistle Case
- June 4, 2008: Jury Selection Continues In Entwistle Trial
- June 2, 2008: Defense Cries Foul As Entwistle Case Begins
- May 28, 2008: Prosecutors: Entwistle Looked For Sex After Killings
- April 4, 2008: Prosecutors Want Entwistle Gambling Records
- April 24, 2007: Entwistle Lawyers To Argue Search Unlawful
- April 23, 2007: Entwistle Lawyers Want Search Evidence Tossed
- December 19, 2006: Entwistle Denied Bail
- December 15, 2006: Entwistle Asks To Be Released On Bail
- April 11, 2006: Entwistle Indicted On Murder Charges
- February 16, 2006: Entwistle Pleads Not Guilty To Family's Murders
- February 15, 2006: Entwistle Back In Bay State To Face Charges
- February 15, 2006: Entwistle Returns To U.S. Wednesday
- February 13, 2006: Entwistle Files Show Money Woes, Online Sex Activities
- February 10, 2006: Entwistle Will Return To Mass. To Face Murder Charges
- February 10, 2006: Entwistle Says He Won't Fight Extradition
- February 10, 2006: Money Woes May Have Prompted Entwistle Murders, D.A. Says
- February 9, 2006: Husband Arrested In Entwistle Slay Case
- February 1, 2006: Slain Mother, Baby Laid To Rest
- January 31, 2006: Mourners Pay Respects To Slain Woman, Baby
- January 30, 2006: Slain Woman's Family Breaks Silence
- January 30, 2006: Detectives Mum On Entwistle Case
- January 27, 2006: Husband, Father Of Slain Family Talks To Investigators
- January 26, 2006: Double Slaying Probe Goes International
- January 25, 2006: Investigators Look At Slain Family's Finances
- January 25, 2006: Husband, Father Of Slain Family Found Overseas
- January 24, 2006: Father, Husband Of Slain Family Located
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