I think the evening began as a normal evening at the Entwhistles and somehow turned very ugly.

On Sunday January 22 at 5:15 I believe the friend shows up at the Police Station with the family dog. Did she go back into house? Did she look around? Did she smell the odor the police smelled?

i have a few questions regarding many criminal trials. please explain to me how defense lawyers are able to sleep at night knowing they are representing cold blooded killers who could be repeat offenders if found innocent? you may have a responsibility to your client but what about the community at large?

This trial reminds me of a recent, very similar case, the trial of Bobby Lee Cuts, Oh what great cop, and dad he was, and also a murderer! There is no way I would believe that Entwistle didn’t kill his wife and baby girl! He is a coward that wants sympathy!

I just dont understand how Neil Entwistle could sit in that court room on June 11 and listen to the witness explain how his wife and daughter were found and show ABSOLUTELY NO EMOTIONS. Especially after his attorneys and other family members have described him as being a doting father and a loving husband. Whether he is guilty or not of committing the crime, most people would not be able to sit through that testimony without showing some kind of emotion. He sits there so stoically and appears almost like he is attending a board meeting. He may be coaxed by his attorneys not to react or show emotion but I know I could never be able to sit blankly, no matter who told me to. I personally think he is guilty, and I hope that justice is served appropriately. I hope the judicial system has learned from the mistakes made in the OJ Simpson trial. We all remember what a travesty that turned out to be. My thoughts and prayers go out the the Matterazzo family and also to the Entwistle family. They are devastated as well. They too lost loved ones. God Bless Rachel and Lillian.

Is it me or are the attorney’s asking very leading questions by only allowing the expert on the stand to say yes or no to their long winded and sometimes opinionated question? Is this just a different style or a sneaky way of controlling the answers? Either way, if I were a juror, it would turn me off to the attorney’s argument.

This crime is very similar to the John List case. The classic music playing, lights left on, a large expensive older home in a well to do neighborhood. Family appeared happy and well off yet they were deep in debt and things were falling apart. The father planned a way out by killing his entire family and running away so he could start a new life.

I’m just wondering - Could the classical music that played in the baby’s bedroom have been Braham’s Lullabye? If it was, how sad!

I went on the computer @ 3:00PM on 06/12/08 but couldn’t find the live courtroom procedings. Every other day I could view the trial on the computer but not today. I was very disappointed

I don’t understand how the first officer that entered the home couldn’t realize there is something really wrong. He saw water in the bath tub,radio on in a room….no one around. Why didn’t he look further? A good police officer looks in closets, under piles of stuff. If he were looking for a “perp” he would have made sure he did these things. I think he needs better training and a better work ethic.

The apple doesn’t fall to far from the tree. Neil and his mom and dad did not attend funeral. Neil doesn’t respect dogs, and this low life including parents ( grandparents) won’t take the stand.

I wonder if bankruptcy was not a possibility for mr. entwistle because he was not a citizen of the usa?

Hi Beth,I watch in session all the time,This Entwistle guy is worse than Petterson,I think anyway.He acts so arrogant,There was something said about a picture of him that he posted on a website & he was naked in the pic(so they said) How discusting is that ???I relly can’t believe theres humans in our world that are this awful!!!!My husband & I adopted our Beautiful Baby from China & She was supposted to be aprox.9months old & when They handed Her to us it was the MOST incredible Moment of Our lives & It enrages Me to see a situation like this case!!The greeting that, that fool recieved from one of the other prisoners-Called a baby killer & kicked real hard in the stomach is just the Welcome he should recieve.When they showed that video of the crime scene He seemed proud of himself,I don’t even know anyone involved in this case & it makes Me very upset!!! Hes GUILTY!!!

Is Weinstein TRYING to alienate the jury by rudely cross examining the witnesses? The case against his client is hard enough to defend without him going out of his way to inflame the jury!

i believe neil entwistle was both crying and smiling, because his teeth were showing.usualy the only time your teeth show when crying, is when people are sobbing in agony aloud.i think his reaction would be m0re appropriate to someone seeing old photos of a loved one when they were still alive , as in remenicing.
thank you,
jackie n.
san digo,ca

I believe Neil Entwistle was both crying, and laughing, because his teeth were showing.Usually the only time the teeth show when someone is crying, is when they are sobbing aloud in great agony. I think his reaction would of been more appropriate to that of someone remeniscing over old photos of a loved one from when they were still alive.
Thank You,
Jackie N.
San Diego, Ca

Something that has interested me is the camera on the kitchen table.
I keep thinking that N. may have suggested mugging for the camera in order to get the ‘girls’ in their sweet positions. Then, he had them both together, and did the deed. (There are other possibilites, too)
Does anyone know about what was on the film in the camera that was on the kitchen table during the ‘well being check’?

You do a super job of reporting.. the whole team is marvelous.
I am addicted to the court drama. Keep up the good work. : )

I watched as Neil Entwhistle laughed in court and am covinced he was laughing not a single tear rolled from his eyes and the anger i feal can not be completely expressed in mere words. I have tryed not to miss a single minute of his trial and thanks to you i got to witness first hand his mockery of this trial. His lawyers said he could not get a fair trial and they are right because in a fair trial he would get the death penalty!! My wife and I are glued to your site as this trial unfolds and share a great saddness for the family of Rachel and Lillian and for the life lost that never had a full chance to begin. It must be the hardest thing to sit through this trial and not want to serve up justice from the family’s point of veiw. It should be the right of way for them to decied his fait if found guilty good luck to him and maybe him and Peterson can share the same cell for life they have a lot in common. THX Again cnn for broadcasting this trial uncut.

Just a thought:

Who carries a passport with themselves?

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I may have missed this part of the testimony, but I didn’t hear what the alibi was for the step-brother who cleaned the gun in the Entwhistle case? Thank you.