27/01/2006

Briton attends embassy over family shootings

The British man, whose wife and child were found shot dead in their US home, has voluntarily attended the US embassy in London for an interview.

Neil Entwistle, 27, is believed to have flown to Britain on Friday. The bodies of his American wife Rachel, also 27, and the couple's nine-month-old daughter Lillian were discovered in their home in Hopkinton, Massachusetts on Sunday.

Mr Entwistle is understood to have been staying with relatives in Nottinghamshire since he returned to the UK. He has been in telephone contact with American police.

Nottinghamshire police confirmed that Mr Entwistle had agreed to attend the American embassy to speak with US authorities voluntarily. They stressed that he was not under arrest.

American police has described Mr Entwistle as a person of "high interest" in the case, but said that there were also other people they wished to speak to in connection with the murders.

Police are also investigating allegations that Mr Entwistle was possibly involved in 'get rich quick' Internet schemes.

(KMcA/SP)

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