Still Missing MA - Ana Walshe, 39, allegedly left home, may have been dismembered, Cohasset, Jan 2023 *husband indicted* #4

[Niner]

It looks like they've added another hearing in June.

Case No. 2382CR00091 Commonwealth vs. Walshe, Brian Reza
Norfolk County District Court

Events
06/18/2025 09:00 AM Evidentiary Hearing on Suppression
07/14/2025 09:00 AM Non-Evidentiary Hearing to Dismiss
10/07/2025 09:00 AM Final Pre-Trial Conference
10/20/2025 09:00 AM Jury Trial

https://www.masscourts.org/eservice...SdcYGEFAqUqp7i-yjgT26FsiD1ahx4w-QOXVCUY7FEZpg

Thanks a bunch!!

 

[Seattle1]

Brian Walshe's lawyers try to suppress explosive Google search evidence

Brian Walshe was in court this week for back-to-back hearings, where, for the first time, investigators spoke about their probe into the disappearance of his wife Ana back in early 2023.

www.nbcboston.com

5/22/25

The hearings on Monday and Tuesday — which featured testimony from several investigators who also appeared in the Karen Read case — could have major implications for the case, NBC10 Boston chief legal analyst Michael Coyne said. The defense is trying to exclude graphic Google searches centered around the disposal of a dead body that Walshe allegedly made on his child's iPad the morning of Ana's disappearance.

 

[Seattle1]

Brian Walshe's Mother Refused to Answer Questions in Investigation: Sergeant​

 

[Seattle1]

5/19/25

Officer Recalls Brian Walshe Reporting Wife Missing​

 

[Seattle1]

5/19/25

Embalming, Dismembering Body Searches Found on Brian Walshe's Device: Lieutenant​

 

[Seattle1]

5/20/25

Trooper Breaks Down Searches Found on Apple iPad in Brian Walshe's Home​

 

[Seattle1]

5/19/25

Trunk of SUV at Brian Walshe's Home Lined with Plastic Sheeting: Detective​

 

[Seattle1]

5/22/25

Alleged Wife Killer Brian Walshe Wants Damning Search History Tossed​

 

[Megnut]

5/20/25

Trooper Breaks Down Searches Found on Apple iPad in Brian Walshe's Home​

Ugh. BW was tired when LE was questioning him.

Yeah? I'll bet he was. And not from grief. Not from worry.

More like from power tools.

Hard to have any sympathy for this man.

JM0

 

[waldojabba]

MAY 19, 2025

Murder suspect Brian Walshe wants Google searches on body disposal barred as trial evidence

Lawyers for Brian Walshe, who is accused of killing his wife Ana on New Year's Day 2023, say that detectives gained access to Google searches about body dismemberment on his son's iPad illegally.

www.masslive.com

Brian Walshe, a man charged with killing and dismembering his wife in Cohasset, wants to bar evidence of Google searches about the “best ways to dispose of a body” at his trial on the basis that investigators did not use a search warrant to obtain it, according to court filings.

In the initial days of the police investigation, when Brian Walshe’s wife — 39-year-old Ana Walshe — was merely a missing person, he agreed to let law enforcement review his family’s electronic devices for messages, according to court filings. He did not consent to allowing police access to internet search histories on the devices, his lawyers argue.

This will be an interesting ruling. There has to be some legal precedent?
I am assuming it's just his word that he specifically said you can search only messages - which is not believable to me.
I think he probably follishly let LE seach his devices to appear innocent and really did not understand that they could access his searches etc -
Sloppy LE of course should have seized them and gotten a search warrant.
I have not really focused on this case in a while - I have been waiting for the trial.
Many of these LE guys are of course the same gang from the Karen Read case. Hopefully their procedures were a little more by the book in this case and the taint does not carry over. Iirc they have a lot of evidence of him killing her including her blood on the basement floor - things with her blood he threw away in dumpsters etc. /HDepot receipts and him on film buying clean up supplies etc
When you add in all that stuff with his Dad and the artwork etc this is one dangerous creepy psycho dude.
JMO

 

[New Penny]

MAY 19, 2025

Brian Walshe returns to court for hearing about evidence

Brian Walshe is accused of killing and dismembering his wife in 2023.

www.wcvb.com

Court records show that the defense and prosecution continue to debate related issues, including exhaustive DNA testing and records the defense is seeking from Massachusetts State Police about investigators who worked the case, including Trooper Michael Proctor.

Proctor, who was also on the Karen Read case, could face "permanent discipline" at a hearing next week after his courtroom testimony revealed "unprofessional" messages he wrote about Read.

Walshe's trial is scheduled to begin Oct. 20.

What is permanent discipline?

 

[PommyMommy]

What is permanent discipline?

I assume that his termination was permanent discipline. Looks to me like the article was updated but they neglected to update that statement. MOO

 

[waldojabba]

I assume that his termination was permanent discipline. Looks to me like the article was updated but they neglected to update that statement. MOO

Also just a reminder for us all - Proctor is currently appealing his termination.
Karen Read case investigator Proctor fired, union and lawyer to appeal termination | ABC6

 

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[Niner]

Wednesday, June 18th:
*Evidentiary Hearing [re Suppression] (@ 9am ET) - MA - Ana Walshe (39) was last seen at her home in Cohasset shortly after midnight on New Year’s Day, Jan. 1, 2023, Cohasset according to her husband. She was reported missing Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023 from her employer in Washington D.C. - *Brian Reza Walshe (47/now 50) arrested (1/8/23), charged & arraigned (1/9/23) with intimidation/misleading police during the investigation into his wife's disappearance. Bond $5M Surety/$500K Cash. Plead not guilty. Quincy DC in Mass Court/moved to Norfolk Superior Court
*Re-Charged (1/17/23) & arraigned (1/18/23) with murder, assault to beat Ana with intent to murder & improper transport of body. Plead not guilty. Held without bond pending indictment. Held in Norfolk County Correctional Center.
*Indicted (3/30/23), re-charged & arraigned (4/27/23) with 1st degree murder, for misleading a police investigation/ obstruction of justice & for the improper conveyance of a human body. Plead not guilty. Held without Bond. Norfolk Superior Court
Trial set to begin on 10/20/25 with jury selection – should take several days & trial should last about 4 weeks.
Norfolk Superior Court Judge Diane Freniere presiding. Norfolk County Asst. DA Greg Connor. Defense attorneys Larry Tipton & Kelli Porges, public defenders.
Case & court info from 1/6/23 thru 4/25/25 reference post #793 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...ideshare-to-airport-cohasset-4.658134/page-40
5/19/25 Update: Walshe wants to bar evidence of Google searches about the “best ways to dispose of a body” at his trial on the basis that investigators did not use a search warrant to obtain it, according to court filings. Investigators found the Google searches on his son’s iPad, but his lawyers argue that they obtained this evidence improperly & without his consent. Walshe’s attorneys now assert the Google searches & any subsequent searches, including some with warrants, were “fruits of the illegal & unauthorized searches,” and are impermissible in court. In Norfolk County Superior Court on Monday, prosecutors countered that since Ana Walshe was a missing person at the time & her husband turned over the devices voluntarily, the evidence was obtained properly. The defense team also questions the validity of the subsequent search warrants investigators used to obtain evidence against Walshe. One was prepared by disgraced former state police Trooper Michael Proctor, who was the lead investigator in the Karen Read murder case. It is unclear when Norfolk Superior Court Judge Diane Freniere, who is presiding over the case, will rule on this issue.. Motions hearing continues on 5/20/25 @ 9am.
5/20/25 Update: The evidentiary hearings included testimony from officers with Cohasset police, as well as three members of the Massachusetts State Police. who testified in Karen Read's trial: Sgt. Yuri Bukhenik & troopers Connor Keefe & Nicholas Guarino. Next evidentiary hearing on suppression on 6/18/25 @ 9am, a non-evidentiary hearing [to dismiss] on 7/14/25 @ 9am & final pretrial conference hearing on 10/7/25 @ 9am.

 

[Niner]

Will Google search about body decomposing be allowed at Brian Walshe’s trial?

Brian Walshe's lawyer challenged the legality of how state police learned of Google searches such as: "How to stop a body from decomposing.”

www.masslive.com

June 19, 2025
Brian Walshe’s attorney took the stand Wednesday to explain how state police obtained his electronic devices, which authorities say he used to search the internet about body decomposition while his wife was still missing.
[.....]
Wednesday’s hearing was the third for the motion to suppress the results of a search of Walshe’s phone and iPads. state police investigators testified at hearings in May. Sgt. Yuriy Bukhenik testified at one of those hearings, an investigator who testified in the Karen Read trial.
[.....]
Walshe’s defense argued that Miner negotiated an agreement with Norfolk County District Attorney Michael Morrissey’s Office for state police to examine his phone and two iPads only for messages between him and his wife, and nothing else.

Norfolk County prosecutors argued on Wednesday that Miner only narrowed the dates of when police could examine messages between Ana Walsh and Brian Walshe, and that there were no agreements about excluding internet search history.
[.....]
The judge took the matter under advisement, and his next court appearance is scheduled for July 14.

 

[ch_13]

Will Google search about body decomposing be allowed at Brian Walshe’s trial?

Brian Walshe's lawyer challenged the legality of how state police learned of Google searches such as: "How to stop a body from decomposing.”

www.masslive.com

June 19, 2025
Brian Walshe’s attorney took the stand Wednesday to explain how state police obtained his electronic devices, which authorities say he used to search the internet about body decomposition while his wife was still missing.
[.....]
Wednesday’s hearing was the third for the motion to suppress the results of a search of Walshe’s phone and iPads. state police investigators testified at hearings in May. Sgt. Yuriy Bukhenik testified at one of those hearings, an investigator who testified in the Karen Read trial.
[.....]
Walshe’s defense argued that Miner negotiated an agreement with Norfolk County District Attorney Michael Morrissey’s Office for state police to examine his phone and two iPads only for messages between him and his wife, and nothing else.

Norfolk County prosecutors argued on Wednesday that Miner only narrowed the dates of when police could examine messages between Ana Walsh and Brian Walshe, and that there were no agreements about excluding internet search history.
[.....]
The judge took the matter under advisement, and his next court appearance is scheduled for July 14.

I hate to say it, but I believe Miner. I don't believe that she agreed to let them search through Walshe's internet history. It makes no sense that a defense lawyer would ever allow that without a warrant.

Plus, we know the character of Proctor and Bukhenik, so I have no trouble believing that they would ignore a defendant's rights and figure they could get away with it.

 

[Wishbone]

I hate to say it, but I believe Miner. I don't believe that she agreed to let them search through Walshe's internet history. It makes no sense that a defense lawyer would ever allow that without a warrant.

Plus, we know the character of Proctor and Bukhenik, so I have no trouble believing that they would ignore a defendant's rights and figure they could get away with it.

Just wondering how Proctor and company are feeling right about now when having to deal with the defense motion to suppress on how they got their information. The way this judge is making rulings seems to be different(as in preserving the defendant's rights)then that last excuse for a trial I just watched.JMOO

 

[Seattle1]

I hate to say it, but I believe Miner. I don't believe that she agreed to let them search through Walshe's internet history. It makes no sense that a defense lawyer would ever allow that without a warrant.

Plus, we know the character of Proctor and Bukhenik, so I have no trouble believing that they would ignore a defendant's rights and figure they could get away with it.

I think they got him with the child's Ipad. BW probably sold his lawyer on he had nothing to hide with his communication between his missing spouse but BW didn't believe they'd ever search his child's device. IIRC, this is where they located the incriminating searches. JMO

 

[Seattle1]

Could Brian Walshe's alleged Google searches be thrown out ahead of his trial?

With a little more than 90 days to go before Brian Walshe is scheduled to go to trial for the alleged murder of his wife, Ana, the legal battle between his defense team and Norfolk County prosecutors has intensified.

www.nbcboston.com

7/7/25

Walshe's attorneys are trying to get the digital data that state troopers gathered from his Cohasset household's devices thrown out — namely, the infamous Google searches he allegedly made on his child's iPad and location data from his cell phone.

The center of the defense's argument is whether or not investigators went beyond the scope of what Walshe gave them consent to search on the devices.

[..]

The state has fired back at the allegations that the search was illegal — saying that Walshe "freely and voluntarily consented to searches of three digital devices," adding that the "the searches were conducted within the scope of that consent."

Prosecutors have maintained that the "incriminating" searches on the iPad were in plain view, and that discovery of the material was inevitable.

In the latest episode of The Searches for Ana Walshe, we go over all of this with NBC10 Boston Chief Legal Analyst Michael Coyne, who breaks down the potential cascading effects any withholding of digital evidence could have on this case, which primarily relies on circumstantial evidence in its prosecution of Walshe.

Podcast is embedded in the MSM article, and also below:

The Searches for Ana Walshe is available wherever you stream podcasts.