TRANSCRIPTION OF INTERVIEW WITH FAMILY FRIEND
10TH JANUARY.
Reporter - ...now this friend asked to remain anonymous.
Friend - I was probably as close to the inner dynamics of that family as anyone.
Reporter - This man says he first met Brian Walshe when he was 6 yrs. old. A close friend of his father's, Thomas Walshe, he describes Brian as well behaved and entitled.
Friend - Brian was not like other young people. He was always dressed in Armani and penny loafers, when he was like 13. I never saw him in dungarees. He just wanted the finest things in life.
Reporter - Brian is now behind bars accused of misleading the investigation into the disappearance of his wife Ana and his friend says, Brian's manipulate behavior started with a falling out with his father over money. He said the two did not speak for over a decade.
Friend - This is a kid who never gave his father an ounce of teenage angst. He didn't smoke, he didn't drink, he didn't do drugs. He was very close and he was very respectful to his father. He was charming and when he did this, it like stabbed his dad in the heart.
Reporter - Brian's father, the former Head of Neurology at Brigham Women's Hospital, died in 2018. According to court documents, Thomas Walshe cut his son out of the will. Then Brian is accused of destroying the will, appointing himself the personal representative of the estate and liquidating over $100,00 from bank accounts in the name of Thomas Walshe.
Friend - There was indeed a will and there were specified inheritors and Brian was not one of them.
Reporter - In 2021, Brian was convicted of fraud for stealing a friend's Andi Warhol paintings and selling them, as well as fake versions of them. Despite this history this man said he's still perplexed by Ana Walshe's disappearance
Friend - He was not trustworthy. He did things that were shameful and horrible to someone he really cared about, but I never saw him raise his voice.