On January 22, 2006, the bodies of 27-year-old Rachel Entwistle and her 9-month-old daughter Lillian were found next to each other in bed in their home in Hopkinton, Mass.

Rachel was last heard from by a friend on the evening of January 19, 2006. An autopsy revealed that Rachel died from a single .22-caliber gunshot wound to the head, and Lillian died from a single .22-caliber gunshot wound to the chest (which passed through her body and into her mother's left breast). There was no sign of a forced entry or break-in to the home, and no shell casings were found. The husband and father Neil Entwistle and the family's sole car were missing from the premises. The car was located by police in a parking garage at Logan International Airport, Boston, Mass. It was locked and unoccupied with the keys inside. Airport records revealed that the car entered the garage at approximately 10:49 p.m. on January 20, 2006. Airline records show that Neil Entwistle purchased a one-way ticket to London, England, at approximately 5:00 a.m. on January 21, 2006, and flew out of Logan at approximately 8:15 a.m. without any luggage.

On Jan. 23, 2006, police called Neil Entwistle at the home of his parents in Worksop, England. Entwistle told police that on Jan. 20, 2006, at approximately 9 a.m., he had left his Hopkinton, Mass., home to do an errand. He said his wife and daughter were in bed when he left. He said he returned at approximately 11 a.m. and found his wife and daughter dead from gunshot wounds. He said he did not call for emergency assistance, but instead covered them up and got a knife to kill himself, but could not go through with it. He said he left the home in the family car and drove to his in-law's home in Carver, Mass., to get a gun from his father in-law so he could kill himself. He said he could not get into the home so he drove to Logan Airport because he wanted to go home to his parents in England.

Police discovered keys to the Carver home locked inside the Entwistle car at the airport. A forensic examination of a .22-caliber revolver (to which Neil Entwistle had access and had previously used, but one which Rachel Entwistle had not previously handled) belonging to Entwistle's father in-law revealed that DNA matching Neil Entwistle was found on the grip of the firearm and DNA matching Rachel Entwistle was found on the muzzle end of the firearm. Further police investigation has revealed that prior to Jan. 20, 2006, Neil Entwistle had accumulated debts in the tens of thousands of dollars, had been unable to secure employment since his arrival in the United States the Fall of 2005, and had recently expressed a dissatisfaction with his sex life.

A check with the Criminal History Systems Board reveals that Neil Entwistle has neither a license to carry a firearm or a firearm identification card.

The information contained herein is based upon my review of documents and reports as well as conversations with state and local police officers directly involved in this investigation.

Signed under the pains and penalties of perjury this 8th day of February 2006.

Sgt. Joseph Bennett, Hopkinton Police Department