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January 26, 2006

Probe of Mass. double slaying goes international

BOSTON -- Massachusetts detectives flew to England to investigate the fatal shooting of a mother and her 9-month-old daughter at their home in suburban Boston.

Neil Entwistle, 27, the British-born father and husband of the victims, has been labeled a "person of interest" in the case. Middlesex District Attorney Martha Coakley said he left the country late Friday or early Saturday and has been in contact with police, but she has declined to say where he went.

"It is a puzzle and we have a bunch of missing pieces," she said in an interview yesterday.

Four Massachusetts state police detectives were photographed last night boarding a plane for England. When asked whether Neil Entwistle knew they were heading to England, one said, "He does now."

They declined to comment further, referring questions to the DA's office.

Get the latest on this story from the Associated Press.

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