Neil Entwistle
| Neil Entwistle | |
|---|---|
| Born |
18 September 1978 Nottinghamshire, England |
| Occupation | Computer programmer |
| Criminal penalty | Life imprisonment |
| Criminal status | Incarcerated in Old Colony Correctional Center |
| Spouse(s) | Rachel Elizabeth Entwistle (neé Souza) (d. 20 January 2006) |
| Children | Lillian Rose Entwistle (d. 20 January 2006) |
| Parent(s) | Clifford and Yvonne Entwistle |
| Conviction(s) | 2 counts of murder in the first degree |
Neil Entwistle (born 18 September 1978) is an English man convicted of murdering his American wife, Rachel, and their infant daughter, Lillian, on 20 January 2006 in Hopkinton, Massachusetts.
He was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole and is incarcerated at Old Colony Correctional Center in Massachusetts.
Entwistle was born near Nottingham and attended the University of York, receiving a master's degree in electronic engineering. He grew up in Worksop with his parents Clifford and Yvonne, and his younger brother, Russell. His home was working class; his father was a coal miner and his mother a cook at a school cafeteria.
While at university, Entwistle met Rachel Souza, an American who was studying abroad. They married on 23 August 2003 in Plymouth. They then lived in Worcestershire, where their daughter Lillian was born on 9 April 2005. Entwistle worked in computing and his wife as a teacher of English, Drama and Theatre Studies at St. Augustine's Catholic High School in Redditch. After migrating to the United States, the couple stayed with Rachel's mother and stepfather, Joseph and Priscilla Matterazzo, in Carver, Massachusetts, before finding a house of their own in Hopkinton.
The bodies of 27-year-old Rachel and 9-month-old Lillian were found on 22 January 2006 in the master bedroom of the family's rented home where they had been living for only ten days. Autopsy results showed that Rachel died of a gunshot wound to the head and Lillian of a gunshot wound to the torso. The bullet that passed through Lillian also pierced Rachel's left breast. The bullets were so small that the one in Rachel's head went undetected until the autopsy.
Hours after the deaths of his wife and daughter, Entwistle purchased a one-way ticket to London at about 5 am (EST) on 21 January and boarded a British Airways flight that departed Boston at 8:15 am.
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