Entwistle Pleads Not Guilty to Killing Wife, Infant

FRAMINGHAM, Mass., Feb. 17, 2006 — -- With an impassive demeanor and his head bowed, Neil Entwistle appeared Thursday in a courtroom packed with his slain wife's family, and pleaded not guilty to killing her and their 9-month-old daughter.

Entwistle entered the Framingham District courtroom wearing the same black shirt he wore Wednesday upon arriving in the United States. He stood only steps from the doorway and said nothing as his court-appointed attorney, Elliot Weinstein, spoke on his behalf. Weinstein did not challenge the request that Entwistle be held without bail.