Jury Hears Brit Tell Police He Didn't Kill Family
Testimony Continues In Slaying Of Wife, Baby Daughter
POSTED: 9:09 am EDT June 20,
2008
UPDATED: 5:25 pm EDT June 20,
2008
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WOBURN, Mass. -- Jurors in the Neil Entwistle double murder trial listened to an audiotape on Friday on which the Briton repeatedly denied killing his wife and daughter in the family's home.
Entwistle Tells Police He Didn't Kill Family | Jurors Hear Entwistle Audio TapeEntwistle said "no, no, no" and "why would I do that?"Prosecutors claim Entwistle, 29, fatally shot his wife, Rachel, and daughter, Lillian Rose, in their rented Hopkinton home on Jan. 20, 2006, after becoming despondent over mounting debt and dissatisfaction with his sex life.NewsCenter 5's Steve Lacy reported that the jury heard a two-hour long tape of a conversation between Massachusetts State Police Sgt. Robert Manning and Entwistle. At the time of the Jan. 23, 2006, telephone conversation, Entwistle was in England.Entwistle told Manning he left his wife and daughter cuddled together in bed at 9 a.m. to go shopping for computer supplies. He said he returned two hours later and found his wife and daughter cuddled in bed together, as he had left them. Entwistle's voice cracked and he sniffled as he was fighting back tears when he described finding the bodies. "When I walked in, I couldn't see Lilly. I could only see Rachel, and she just looked asleep," he said. "The first thing I noticed was just her color, she was kind of pale, and then as I got closer, I could see the blood. ... I pulled the covers back and that's when I saw Lilly. Lilly was such a mess." Entwistle told Manning that was so distraught after finding his wife and daughter that he went to the kitchen to find a knife to kill himself, but he couldn't go through with it because he knew "how much it was going to hurt."He said he then drove to the home of Rachel's mother and stepfather in Carver to find a gun to kill himself, but was unable to get into the house. He eventually ended up at Logan International Airport in Boston, where he said he wandered around the terminals, left, then returned again. He said he decided to fly home to England to be with his parents.On the recording, Entwistle sounded flustered as he tried to explain why he did not call police or seek medical help for his wife and daughter before flying back to England the day after the killings. "Looking back on it, I don't know why I did things in the way that I did," he said. At another point, after being asked again by Manning why he left, he apologized for not calling police. "I just feel that it wasn't the right thing to do, was it?" he said.At one point, Manning asked Entwistle if he was depressed or under a doctor's care. Entwistle said his parents were taking care of him. "I haven't even cried yet," he said. "You haven't even cried?" asked Manning. "No, not properly," he said. "I think it's because I'm here. It almost doesn't seem real. It's a just a void." Prosecutors have depicted Entwistle as a man who was obsessed with sex and searching the Internet for ways to meet women. On Thursday, a computer specialist showed the jury a profile Entwistle posted on a Web site called "AdultFriendFinder.com" in which he said he wanted to meet "American women of all ages" for sex. Manning asked Entwistle if he and his wife had any marital problems or had argued near the time of the killings. "No, nothing," he said. "It was just a normal day."
Entwistle Tells Police He Didn't Kill Family | Jurors Hear Entwistle Audio TapeEntwistle said "no, no, no" and "why would I do that?"Prosecutors claim Entwistle, 29, fatally shot his wife, Rachel, and daughter, Lillian Rose, in their rented Hopkinton home on Jan. 20, 2006, after becoming despondent over mounting debt and dissatisfaction with his sex life.NewsCenter 5's Steve Lacy reported that the jury heard a two-hour long tape of a conversation between Massachusetts State Police Sgt. Robert Manning and Entwistle. At the time of the Jan. 23, 2006, telephone conversation, Entwistle was in England.Entwistle told Manning he left his wife and daughter cuddled together in bed at 9 a.m. to go shopping for computer supplies. He said he returned two hours later and found his wife and daughter cuddled in bed together, as he had left them. Entwistle's voice cracked and he sniffled as he was fighting back tears when he described finding the bodies. "When I walked in, I couldn't see Lilly. I could only see Rachel, and she just looked asleep," he said. "The first thing I noticed was just her color, she was kind of pale, and then as I got closer, I could see the blood. ... I pulled the covers back and that's when I saw Lilly. Lilly was such a mess." Entwistle told Manning that was so distraught after finding his wife and daughter that he went to the kitchen to find a knife to kill himself, but he couldn't go through with it because he knew "how much it was going to hurt."He said he then drove to the home of Rachel's mother and stepfather in Carver to find a gun to kill himself, but was unable to get into the house. He eventually ended up at Logan International Airport in Boston, where he said he wandered around the terminals, left, then returned again. He said he decided to fly home to England to be with his parents.On the recording, Entwistle sounded flustered as he tried to explain why he did not call police or seek medical help for his wife and daughter before flying back to England the day after the killings. "Looking back on it, I don't know why I did things in the way that I did," he said. At another point, after being asked again by Manning why he left, he apologized for not calling police. "I just feel that it wasn't the right thing to do, was it?" he said.At one point, Manning asked Entwistle if he was depressed or under a doctor's care. Entwistle said his parents were taking care of him. "I haven't even cried yet," he said. "You haven't even cried?" asked Manning. "No, not properly," he said. "I think it's because I'm here. It almost doesn't seem real. It's a just a void." Prosecutors have depicted Entwistle as a man who was obsessed with sex and searching the Internet for ways to meet women. On Thursday, a computer specialist showed the jury a profile Entwistle posted on a Web site called "AdultFriendFinder.com" in which he said he wanted to meet "American women of all ages" for sex. Manning asked Entwistle if he and his wife had any marital problems or had argued near the time of the killings. "No, nothing," he said. "It was just a normal day."Copyright 2008 by TheBostonChannel.com. The Associated Press contributed to this report. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
