Sunday, January 29, 2006, read by Joe Flaherty, spokesman for Rachel's family. Prior to the funeral and prior to Neil's arrest.

The entire family is overwhelmed by the loss of Rachel and Lillian, and the events last weekend. We are also grateful for the outpouring of prayers, love and support offered by family, friends and strangers alike.

Rachel was a wonderful wife, daughter, granddaughter, sister and mother. She was always first to share her beliefs, her love and her support for others. She made close friends a part of her family, and she always kept her family at the center of her life.

With the birth of Rachel’s daughter, Lillian Rose Entwistle, last April, Rachel shared her greatest love, that of being a mother. As the family continues to grieve, we also celebrate and are thankful for the time we had with Rachel and Lilly. The family asks for your continued prayers. They are also asking that you respect their privacy during this most difficult time.

On Wednesday, we will take Rachel and Lillian to their rest. Your willingness to allow us the room to grieve quietly and out of the spotlight will be one more kindness our friends and neighbors have shown in recent days.

The family has every confidence that Middlesex Country District Attorney's Office, Martha Coakley’s Office, the Massachusetts Police, and the Hopkinton Police Department will solve this case and bring to justice those responsible.

Friday, February 17 2006, read by Joe Flaherty, spokesman for Rachel's family after the District Court arraignment.

Seeing Neil Entwistle standing accused of this awful crime gives us little comfort and in fact only adds to our enormous pain and suffering. To think someone we loved, trusted, opened our home to, could do this to our daughter and granddaughter is beyond belief. The betrayal to this family, to Neil's family, to our family, to our friends here and in the UK is unbearable.

From what we have learned through the course of the investigation, we are now only coming to realize the level of his deceit. We are astonished and devastated to learn of the hidden life of Neil Entwistle. We never suspected that Neil was anything other than a loving father, trusted son-in-law, and a husband.

Neil betrayed our trust in so many different ways that it is almost impossible to describe it. What is most outrageous, in our eyes, is that he entered our home twice during the course of these crimes – once to take the murder weapon and arm himself, and a second time, after the murders, in an attempt to hide the weapon and perpetrate his crime.

We would like to thank Middlesex District Attorney Martha Coakley, her staff, the Massachusetts State Police, Hopkington Police, Scotland Yard, certainly the assistant district attorney Mike Fabbri, who is handling this case, for their unwaivering efforts to solve this and bring Neil Entwistle to justice.

We also want to thank all of the people from the United States and England who have sent hundreds of cards with their support, their love and their prayers. Our faith and support of family and friends are of great comfort to us during this time.

We would also like to thank the media for respecting our privacy and we hope they continue to do so.

On behalf of the Matterazzo family and their extended family and friends, I'd like to thank you very much.

June 26, 2008, Victim impact statements. Read prior to sentencing.

Priscilla Matterazzo:

Our dreams as a parent and grandparent have been shattered by the shameful, selfish act of one person, Neil Entwistle. For him to have tried to hide behind an accusation of murder-suicide of this beautiful woman and perfect mother is low and despicable. Joe and I, our families, and Rachel's friends, students here and in England, were sentenced without the luxury of a trial by jury and now must go on with the eternity of emptiness. Suffering does not begin to describe what we have been enduring without our beloved Rachel and Lillian, who gave our lives such purpose and meaning. I have lost two generations of my family. I would ask the court to impose two consecutive life sentences in the United States, acknowledging the lives of both Rachel and Lillian.

Joseph Matterazzo:

Neil, you have been judged today by a jury of your peers on earth, but one day you will face the ultimate judgment of your horrific deeds and betrayals.

Jerome Souza:

Good morning your honor. When I was in the second grade, Rachel began kindergarten. For her first ride home, she was put on the wrong school bus. Routes had some overlap -- they were close. But when I got on the bus and saw that she wasn't there, I went and searched the bus lot until I found her and brought her on the right bus to get back home. She's my little sister. I know that I have the responsibility of taking care of her. I screwed up. I came to realize other joys big brothers enjoy. She wasn't always as fond of those. We grew up in the company of nearly countless cousins who were close to us in age. Many years after our father's death, when our mother remarried, our family grew large and without losing any of the closeness with our other families. We know all of these as cousins, brothers and sisters … all of our generations join the parents, grandparents, and aunts and uncles in missing and mourning Rachel and Lillian every day. Each and every day we have to live with the heartache Neil's betrayals brought to our family. The cousins return to visit … and we listen to the stories of the children and their first words, first steps, and sports and academic accomplishments. But we cannot talk about how Lillian did in school, we cannot share her first word. We can't even remember watching her take her first step. We can only wonder how Lilly might have done something. In all of the pictures with Rachel and Lillian, Rachel glows in a way I never saw when we were children. What she was always most proud of was her family. We were always raised to know that family comes first. But now, when the family comes to visit, we can only recount what Rachel did and speculate on what Lilly might have done. We can tell Lily's cousins what happened to her … but we cannot tell them why. All my cousins, brothers, sisters will have to explain to their children why there's a new picture in front of their frame at Grammy and Papa's every year, but why Rachel and Lillian's never change. The next generation of my family will have to lose their innocence early, some as little as five months older than LiIlian should be, when their parents can no longer put off their inquiries about Rachel and Lillian. And I can never ask Rachel for any help in how to explain any of this.