Brian Walshe news — latest: Ana Walshe’s remains thrown in trash bags and incinerated, prosecutors say

Brian Walshe allegedly searched ‘how long before a body starts to smell?’ and what ammonia’ does to a body on his son’s iPad.

Brian Walshe arrives in court to face charges of murdering his wife Ana

Horrifying new details have emerged about the case of missing Cohasset mother Ana Walshe as her husband Brian Walshe appeared in court on Wednesday charged with her murder.

Brian Walshe was arraigned in Quincy District Court on Wednesday morning where he pleaded not guilty to murder and improper transport of a body.

Prosecutors laid out some of the evidence against him revealing that Mr Walshe made several chilling internet searches on his son’s iPad after his wife was last seen alive.

Among the searches were “10 ways to dump a body”, “how long before a body starts to smell?” and what “ammonia” and “baking soda” does to a body.

Prosecutors believe Ms Walshe’s remains were thrown into a dumpster in Abington before being shredded and incinerated.

“It is believed that Brian Walshe dismembered Ana Walshe and discarded her body,” Norfolk County District Attorney Lynn Beland said.

Ms Walshe, 39, was last seen in the early hours of 1 January at her home in Cohasset, Massachusetts and was reported missing on 4 January.

Mr Walshe, a convicted arts fraudster, was arrested on 8 January and pleaded not guilty to hindering the police investigation into her disappearance.

Key Points

• Brian Walshe pleads not guilty to murder charges
• Brian Walshe’s disturbing online searches about a ‘body smelling’ revealed
• Ana Walshe’s Covid-19 vaccination card, clothing found at mother-n-law’s apartment
• Ana Walshe was first reported missing by employer – not conman husband
• Walshe Googled: ‘What’s the best state to divorce for a man?’

[19 January 2023 11:30 · Bevan Hurley]

Brian Walshe’s horrifying body disposal searches revealed

The husband of missing Massachusetts mother Ana Walshe allegedly made multiple horrifying internet searches on the day of her disappearance - including “10 ways to dispose of a body”, “how long before a body starts to smell” and “can you identify a body with broken teeth?”.

New details about Brian Walshe’s Google search history were revealed in a criminal complaint on Wednesday as he faced arraignment on charges of murder and improper transport of a body in Quincy District Court. The 47-year-old convicted art fraudster entered a not guilty plea.

An internet search history from his son’s iPad also showed Mr Walshe had looked up “how to stop a body from decomposing”, “dismemberment and the best ways to dispose of a body” and “what happens when you put body parts in ammonia”, in the hours after his wife was last seen alive on 1 January, according to prosecutor Lynn Beland.

[19 January 2023 12:30 · Bevan Hurley]

Brian Walshe’s attorney accuses prosecutors of leaking evidence

After Brian Walshe’s court appearance, his attorney Tracy Miner released a blistering statement accusing prosecutors of leaking evidence to the media.

“In my experience, where, as here, the prosecution leaks so called evidence to the press before they provide it to me, their case isn’t that strong,” Ms Miner said in a statement to The Independent.

“I am not going to comment on the evidence, first because I am going to try this case in the court and not in the media.”

Ms Miner said it was “easy to charge a crime and even easier to say a person committed that crime”.

“It is a much more difficult thing to prove it, which we will see if the prosecution can do.”

“We shall see what they have and what evidence is admissible in court, where the case will ultimately be decided.”

Tracy Miner, one of Boston’s top criminal defence lawyers, is representing Brian Walshe on murder charges (Miner Siddall Lawfirm)

[19 January 2023 13:30 · Bevan Hurley]

Investigators find Ana Walshe’s Covid-19 vaccination card, clothing at mother-n-law’s apartment

Prosecutors revealed they had recovered Ana Walshe’s Prada purse, rain boots and her Covid-19 vaccination card from trash cans at an apartment where Brian Walshe’s mother lives.

It’s alleged Brian Walshe disposed of several trash bags in a dumpster at his mother’s address in Swampscott, including blood-stained towels and rags, and cleaning products.

Some of the items are consistent with the cleaning products purchased by Mr Walshe at a Home Depot store on 2 January.

Lynn Beland, the Norfolk County district attorney, said DNA testing by the Massachusetts Crime Lab was consistent with Ana Walshe’s.

Ana’s DNA was also found on a Tyvek suit that investigators recovered, that Brian had allegedly purchased on 2 January.

[19 January 2023 14:04 · Megan Sheets]

Investigators find Ana Walshe’s Covid-19 vaccination card, clothing at mother-n-law’s apartment

Prosecutors revealed they had recovered Ana Walshe’s Prada purse, rain boots and her Covid-19 vaccination card from trash cans at an apartment where Brian Walshe’s mother lives.

It’s alleged Brian Walshe disposed of several trash bags in a dumpster at his mother’s address in Swampscott, including blood-stained towels and rags, and cleaning products.

Some of the items are consistent with the cleaning products purchased by Mr Walshe at a Home Depot store on 2 January.

Lynn Beland, the Norfolk County district attorney, said DNA testing by the Massachusetts Crime Lab was consistent with Ana Walshe’s.

Ana’s DNA was also found on a Tyvek suit that investigators recovered, that Brian had allegedly purchased on 2 January.

[19 January 2023 14:30 · Megan Sheets]

Brian Walshe chose murder instead of divorce, claim prosecutors

Brian Walshe chose to murder and dismember his wife instead of divorcing her, according to prosecutors as they laid out the case against him in court on Wednesday.

In the lead up to the 1 January murder, prosecutors said that Mr Walshe carried out an internet search about his divorce options.

“Best state for divorce for a man,” he allegedly googled on 27 December.

Five days later, he allegedly beat her death in their home and dismembered her body.

“Rather than divorce, Brian Walshe dismembered Ana Walshe and discarded her body,” the prosecutor said.

[19 January 2023 14:50 · Megan Sheets]

RECAP: What we know about Ana Walshe’s disappearance and her husband’s arrest

A week after Massachusetts mother Ana Walshe vanished, her husband Brian was arrested for hindering the police investigation. Investigators discovered weapons and blood, and a troubling internet search history, and he has been charged with murder.

Graeme Massie reports.