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MAR 5, 2024

Accused wife killer Brian Walshe appeals his federal art fraud conviction

Brian Walshe, the Cohasset man accused of killing and dismembering his wife Ana Walshe on the first day of last year, has appealed his unrelated federal art fraud conviction.

www.bostonherald.com

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On Feb. 20, U.S. District Judge William G. Young sentenced Walshe to three years and a month in prison — which would run concurrent to any state-imposed sentence should Walshe be convicted in his upcoming murder trial. Walshe is in state custody in Norfolk County.

On Monday, Tracy Miner, Walshe’s attorney for the federal fraud case and former attorney for the murder case, filed a notice that Walshe was appealing his conviction to the First Circuit Court of Appeals, based in the same federal courthouse in Boston’s Seaport district.

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There was no entry late Tuesday afternoon under Walshe’s name in the First Circuit. Miner did not immediately return a request for comment.

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APR 16, 2024

Who was Ana Walshe? New podcast explores life of Cohasset mom

Who was Ana Walshe? Her name has become a recognizable one for many following her disappearance and presumed death, allegedly at the hands of her husband, Brian Walshe, early last year. But who was Ana the person — not the tragic news story? That’s what we’re diving into with the latest episode...

www.necn.com

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But who was Ana the person — not the tragic news story?

That's what we're diving into with the latest episode of "The Searches for Ana Walshe" podcast. This episode will conclude our first season.

You'll hear from some of those who knew Ana best. They describe her as a hardworking corporate leader, loving mom and radiant person — "a bright light," as her friend Pamela Bardhi put it.

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We're now four episodes into our podcast on the Ana Walshe case.

Listen here
The Searches for Ana Walshe

 

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JUN 11, 2024

Could Trooper Proctor's testimony impact the Walshe murder trial, other cases?

Experts say that investigator Michael Proctor’s vulgar text messages about Karen Read could spell trouble for Proctor’s credibility while testifying in other cases as well, including the pending Brian Walshe murder trial, for which he is also the designated case officer.

www.nbcboston.com

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Former Massachusetts State Trooper Todd McGhee explained Tuesday that the bombshell testimony could taint other cases, too, saying it was possible the situation could potentially put Proctor at risk for being included on what's called a Brady list, referring to a Supreme Court case.

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"Once that officer has been deemed as compromised, their integrity has been compromised, their name ends up on the list," McGhee said. "Once your name was on the Brady list, anytime you testify in a court of law, the opposing attorney is going to challenge your veracity.

"Effectively, you are of no real use in the court of law based on any investigative work you’ve conducted," McGhee continued.

Proctor, who works out of the Norfolk District Attorney's Office, is also the designated case officer for the Brian Walshe murder case.

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JUN 12, updated JUN 13, 2024

Brian Walshe lawyer to file motion naming investigator Proctor after Read trial testimony

The unprofessional conduct Massachusetts State Police Trooper Michael Proctor has admitted to on the stand in the Karen Read murder trial is now set to impact another high-profile homicide case he’s connected to. The attorney representing Brian Walshe — the Cohasset man accused of killing his...

www.nbcboston.com

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The attorney representing Brian Walshe — the Cohasset man accused of killing his wife, Ana, in early 2023 — has told NBC10 Boston he plans to file a motion over possible questionable conduct that names Proctor.

Proctor has been on the stand testifying in the Read trial this week. He is the case officer, the same role he had in the Walshe murder investigation. ...

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Walshe's defense attorney, Larry Tipton, told NBC10 Boston that he has not yet concluded there is any investigator bias involving his client, but what he’s heard in the Read case has raised his suspicions. His motion will name Proctor, Tipton said, as well as any other investigator implicated in the Read case.

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NBC10 Boston legal analyst Michael Coyne reacted to the news in Wednesday's episode of "Canton Confidential": "If you are sitting in prison right now and Proctor was one of the key witnesses against you, haven't you already made your trip to the law library and haven't you already talked to your lawyer – or a new lawyer – to say I want a new trial. We're not going to see the end of this. It's very similar to what we saw with the drug lab cases."

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JUN 24, 2024

Attorneys for Brian Walshe, accused of killing, dismembering wife, in court for brief hearing

The Cohasset mother was was last seen alive on Jan. 1, 2023.

www.wcvb.com

During Monday's hearing, attorneys provided the judge with an update on their discovery process. The prosecution said the state DNA lab expects to finish testing on about a dozen items by the end of the month.

Walshe's defense said they expect to be ready to begin filing motions in the late summer. A new hearing was set for Oct. 2. Attorneys said Walshe is expected to attend that hearing.

The judge overseeing Walshe's case is also handling the high-profile trial of Karen Read.

Art fraudster accused of killing wife back in court

Within an hour of the defense resting in the Karen Read murder trial at Norfolk Superior Court on Monday, Judge Beverly Cannone sat once again in her chair in the small courtroom 25 to get a short …

www.bostonherald.com

The hearing was very short, with prosecutor Greg Connor and defense attorney Larry Tipton providing basic updates on where the case stands. In the end, a fresh discovery hearing was scheduled for Oct. 2 at 2 p.m. Walshe was not present Monday but he is scheduled to be present at that hearing.

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In the year since, the case has been mainly dormant. ... The last substantive hearing was held last August, which was a similar update to Monday’s hearing.

 

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JUN 24, 2024

DNA testing in Ana Walshe murder case nearing completion at state lab

Key questions in the Ana Walshe murder case could be answered in the coming weeks, with the state DNA lab expected to finish testing on about a dozen items in the case at the month’s end. Brian Walshe, Ana’s husband who is accused of dismembering and discarding her body in early 2023, had his...

www.nbcboston.com

Norfolk County Assistant District Attorney Greg Connor told the court that he's received all the crime lab materials, and plans to file a notice of discovery, with the exception of the state DNA lab testing. He said the DNA lab expects to finish testing on their items at the end of this month, and he will file another notice of discovery afterwards.

Bode, a private crime lab in Virginia, has items that are exhaustive, Connor said, adding that "decisions may need to be made" about an expert perhaps being sent there or possibly a waiver.

A spokesperson for the Norfolk District Attorney's Office that the term "exhaustive" essentially means that there is such a small amount of the sample, that there will only be one opportunity to test it. In these cases, the testing must be done jointly by the state and defense.

 

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JUL 3, 2024

Will Trooper Michael Proctor testify in second Karen Read trial, Brian Walshe case?

Within hours of a mistrial being declared in the Karen Read murder trial, Massachusetts State Police announced that Trooper Michael Proctor, the lead investigator in the case, had been relieved of duty and reassigned from his role as an investigator with the Norfolk District Attorney’s Office...

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Within hours of a mistrial being declared in the Karen Read murder trial, Massachusetts State Police announced that Trooper Michael Proctor, the lead investigator in the case, had been relieved of duty and reassigned from his role as an investigator with the Norfolk District Attorney's Office.

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The trooper's fate with the department will be determined by an internal investigation and the state's POST Commission, which handles allegations of police misconduct. ...

Security expert Todd McGhee, a former state police trooper, said on Tuesday night's "Canton Confidential" that if the POST Commission submits Proctor's name for inclusion on the Brady List, which includes all known issues of police misconduct, it could make any future testimony by him extremely problematic.

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"We can see where the impact was specifically with the Karen Read trial, but we don't know about the other trials he's been a part of in the investigation," McGhee said. "The other high profile case of course is the Brian Walshe trial. Trials like that we will have to wait to see what the outcome will be. Each and every case has different factors, different evidence. We can only hope there was the utmost of integrity performed with his other investigations, but right now that remains to be seen."