MA MA - Ana Walshe, 39, Cohasset, 1 Jan 2023 *MEDIA, MAPS, & TIMELINES - NO DISCUSSION*

JAN 18, 2023

Live updates: Brian Walshe arraigned on murder charge after disappearance of wife Ana Welshe

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  • On Jan. 2, from Home Depot in Rockland, Massachusetts: Items included cleaning products, such as mops, brushes, tape, tarp, a Tyvek suit with boot covers, buckets, baking soda and a hatchet. "He had a face mask and rubber gloves on at the time he was pushing the cart in Home Depot," the prosecutor said.
  • On Jan. 4, from Home Goods and TJ Maxx: He purchased towels, as well as bath mats and men's clothing.
  • On Jan. 4, from Lowe's: He purchased squeegees and a trash can.
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Here are the searches that the prosecutor listed in court:

January 1:
  • How long before a body starts to smell?
  • How to stop a body from decomposing.
  • Ten ways to dispose of a dead body if you really need to
  • How long for someone to be missing to inherit.
  • Can you throw away body parts?
  • What does formaldehyde do?
  • How long does DNA last?
  • Can identification be made on partial remains?
  • Dismemberment and the best ways to dispose of a body.
  • How to clean blood from wooden floor.
  • Luminol to detect blood.
  • What happens when you put body parts in ammonia?
January 2:
  • Hacksaw best tool to dismember.
  • Can you be charged with murder without a body?
  • Can you identify a body with broken teeth?
January 3:
  • What happens to hair on a dead body?
  • What is the rate of decomposition of a body found in a plastic bag compared to on a surface in the woods?
  • Can baking soda mask or make a body smell good?
The prosecutor said there was one earlier Google search to note — on December 27, the prosecutor added Walshe searched: "What's the best state to divorce?"

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TRANSCRIPTION OF ARRAIGNMENT ON NEW CHARGE OF MURDER

18TH JANUARY.
Part 1.

Court Clerk - Mr. Walshe, on complaint 230318 you are charged on the 1st day of January, 2023, with assault to beat Ana Walshe with intent to murder that person. You're also charged with ?? of a body without lawful authority. Did wilfully dig up or remove human remains. Not guilty pleas will be entered.

DA - The defendant is now before the court charged with murder of his wife, Ana Walshe, as as well as ?? of a body. Ana was 39 yrs. old and mother of 3 children, 2, 4 and 6. Ana worked in Washington, DC., splitting her time weekdays, between DC during the week and staying in her house in Cohasset, where she lived with the defendant and their 3 kids.

On January 4th, 2023, Cohasset Police received a call from her Washington DC employer, indicating that she was missing. She was due to report to work on January 4th, but did not appear. She had a flight on January 3rd., from Logan to DC, which she did not board. Cohasset Police went to their house at Chief Justice, Cushing Hwy. for a well being check. It was only, at this time, when they met with the defendant that he first reported his wife missing. Defendant stated his wife left the house at approximately 6:00 a.m. on January 1st., New Year's Day. He stated she took an Uber or lift to go to the airport, that she was travelling to DC for work. Records were checked and there were no Uber or lifts to that house on January 1st. Defendant said he had not spoken to his wife since the early morning hours on New Year's Day.

Cohasset Police were granted permission to ring on his phone to locate her or her phone. Ana's phone indicated that it was stationary, in the area of the Cohasset house on New Year's Eve until 3:14 a.m., on January 2nd. There were no outgoing made at that time and at 3:14 a.m., on the 2nd., it was turned off. Defendant stated Ana should have been wearing a dress, a black jacket, Hunter boots, watch, ring as well as carrying a Prada purse. Defendant gave a time of 6:00 or 6:10 a.m. on the 1st. when he last saw her.

What I'd like to do now is just describe his actions on the days from January 1st. Defendant indicated on January 1st., at 3 p.m., he did some errands at went to his mother's house in Swampscott, but got lost because he didn't have his phone. He said he knew he was lost when he saw the pirate ship on Route 1. Defendant stayed 15 mins., then went to Wholefoods and CVS. Surveillance was checked and he did not enter either of those stores. On January 1st., defendant googled, using his son's iPad. Some of his searches are as follows (keep in mind that the defendant said he (I think she meant to say she) left at 6:00 a.m.:

January 1st.
  • 4:55 a.m. 'How long before a body starts to smell?'
  • 4:58 a.m. 'How to stop a body from decomposing?'
  • 5:20 a.m. 'How to mound a body?'
  • 5:47 a.m. '10 ways to dispose of a dead body if you really need to'
  • 6:25 a.m. 'How long for someone to be missing to inherit?'
  • 6:34 a.m. 'Can you throw away body parts?
  • 9:29 a.m. 'What does formaldehyde do?
  • 9:34 a.m. 'How long does DNA last?'
  • 9:59 a.m. 'Can identification be made on partial remains?'
  • 11:34 a.m. 'Dismemberment and the best ways to dispose of a body?'
  • 11:44 a.m. 'How to clean blood from wooden floor?'
  • 11:56 a.m. 'Luminol to detect blood'
  • 1.08 p.m. 'What happens when you put body parts in ammonia?'
  • 1:21 p.m. 'Is it better to throw crime scene clothes away or wash them?'
Those were on January 1st. There was also information gained from the defendants phone which showed on January 2nd., he was at HomeGoods in Norwell where he purchased 3 rugs.
 
TRANSCRIPTION OF ARRAIGNMENT ON NEW CHARGE OF MURDER

18TH JANUARY.
Part 2.

There was also more Google searches.

January 2nd.
  • 12:45 p.m. 'Hacksaw best tool to dismember?'
  • 1:10 p.m. 'Can you be charged with murder without a body?'
  • 1:14 p.m. 'Can you identify a body with broken teeth?'
On January 2nd., following those, the defendant was seen on surveillance at the Home Depot in ?? and checking with surveillance, the defendant is observed on the security camera pushing a cart.

Items included:
  • Cleaning products.
  • Mops
  • Brushes.
  • Tape.
  • Tarp.
  • Tyrek suit with boot covers.
  • Buckets.
  • ??
  • Baking soda.
  • Hatchet.
He had a face mask and rubber gloves on, at the time he was pushing the cart in Home Depot. At 5:32, he was seen at the ?? in Hingham now removing gloves and the mask.

Data from his phone also tracked his whereabouts on January 3rd. Locations were travelled at 4:27 on January 3rd., from apartment complex in Abington. Surveillance shows the defendant's Volvo, as well as a male fitting the defendant's appearance, exit a car near the dumpster. He walks to the dumpster carrying garbage bags. He's leaning and it appears to be heavy as he has to heft it into the dumpster. He walks to the dumpster with a garbage bag and leaves it. At 4:48 he hit another complex in Abington and at 5:10 p.m., cell phone shows records at another apartment in Brockton. Video shows a party, consistent with his appearance and his Volvo. Again, he discarded items in the dumpster.

On January 3rd., that same day, at 1:02 p.m., he did some more Google searches.
  • 1:02 p.m. 'What happens to hair on a dead body?'
  • 1:13 p.m. 'What is the rate of decomposition of a body found in a plastic bag compared to on a surface in the woods?'
  • 1:20 p.m. 'Can baking soda mask or make a body smell good?'
On January 4th., the following day, the defendant went to HomeGoods at T.J.Maxx. He purchased towels, as well as bathmats and men's clothing. At 4:15 that day on the 4th. he went to Lowe's where he purchased squeegees and a trash can. On January 4th., when Cohasset Police went to the house on the well-being check, officers observed his Volvo with seats down and a plastic liner in the back of the car. The next day, a view of the Volvo showed his seats folded down, floor mats with some dirt in the carpet, appeared to show fresh vacuum streaks. When asked about the liner, the defendant said he threw it in the trash. CSS later analysed the car and there was presence of blood in the car.

On January 5th., we viewed the data from the defendant's phone, showed his phone travelled at 8:00 a.m., first to his daycare and then to Swampscott where his mother resides. The phone travelled to the complex where his mother lives at 9:30 a.m., went for about 5 mins. around the building to the South East corner. In the South East corner of that complex is where there was a dumpster. The dumpster was later secured and searched.

On January 8th., police and Crime Scene Services searched the house in Cohasset. They found blood in the basement, a knife with a presence of blood. The knife was damaged. A second knife was also found in that basement. In addition, there was heavy duty ?? tarp plastic liners purchased from that Home Depot trip.

As part as the investigation police checked for activity on Ana's credit cards, banks, flights, trains There was no activity since she was last seen on January 1st. Police also tried to track down what happened to the bags that the defendant was seen throwing in the dumpster earlier. This was over in Abington. These bags, what was already in them, was already picked up and taken to a location for shredding and incinerated. By the time police located that they were already destroyed. However, investigators did secure and search the dumpsters from the defendant's mother's home complex in Swampscott. It was searched at a transfer station, in Peabody. Investigators recovered 10 trash bags. Inside the trash bags many of these items contained stains consistent with blood, in fact, a lot. Among the items secured were:
  • Towels.
  • Rags.
  • Slippers.
  • Tape.
  • Tyvek suit.
  • Gloves.
  • Cleaning Agents.
  • Carpets.
  • Rugs.
  • Hunter boots.
  • Prada purse.
  • COVID vaccine 19 card, in the name of Ana Walshe.
  • Hacksaw.
  • Hatchet.
  • Cutting shears.
The purse and boots were described as what Ana was last seen in. A portion of ?? was heavily stained with red/brown stains. The substance was consistent with also having baking soda on. There was a portion of a necklace consistent with one that Ana had been seen wearing in photos. The State Crime Lab. performed testing on certain selected items that were recovered from those trash bags. There was human blood found on them and then they were sent for DNA testing.

The findings are as follows:
  • On the slippers in the interior - Ana and Brian Walshe were contributers to the DNA on those slippers, which have blood on them.
  • On the exterior - Ana and Brian Walshe contributed to the DNA found on those slippers.
  • The Tyvek suit - On the interior cuffs Ana and Brian Walshe contributed to the DNA that was left on them.
  • On the exterior left pant leg - Ana Walshe was the contributor to the DNA.
  • On the interior right sleeve - Ana Walshe was a contributor to the DNA that was found on the Tyvek suit.
  • There was tissues - which found that Ana Walsh contributed to the DNA.
There was one other earlier Google search which should be of note. On December 27th., defendant googled 'what's the best State to divorce ?? ?'

Rather than divorce it appears Brian Walshe dismembered Ana Walshe and discarded her body. The bags were later discarded in Swampscott and contained Ana's property, and the items used to clean up, as well as the DNA that was left behind. The Commonwealth is asking the defendant be held without bail for the murder of his wife.

(Judge asks if defense wants to be heard and defense says no)

Judge - Defendant will be held without bail pending indictment.
 

Ana Walshe amassed $3M property portfolio that husband Brian was eager to inherit, internet history reveals​


Ana Walshe had amassed a property portfolio worth $2.8 million at the time of her disappearance, which her husband’s internet search history showed he was looking forward to getting his hands on.

Brian Walshe was charged with his wife’s murder this week and at his arraignment at Quincy District Court in Massachusetts Wednesday it was revealed he had Googled “how long for someone to be missing to inherit” among other damning searches.

Brian pleaded not guilty to murdering his wife, but a wealth of evidence is mounting against him. Although it is said they had amassed a collection of homes and rental properties together, records viewed by The Post show all of them were in her name only.

Ana, 39, had been associated with eight properties in Washington, DC, Maryland, and Massachusetts since 2018 — four she had sold and four she owned at the time she disappeared, with a current market value totaling $2.8m.

 
January 18th

LE search the Cohasset home. Found blood and two knives in the basement, one knife was damaged. There had been no activity on Ana's cards since her last activity before January 1st. LE attempted to get the bags from Abington complex dumpster, but they had already been picked up and taken to a location to be shredded and incinerated. By the time LE got to the location, the contents of the dumpster had been incinerated. LE were able to get the contents of the dumpster from Swampscott which were taken to Peabody. 10 trash bags were recovered at the Peabody transfer station. The bags were stained with blood, as Beland said "a lot". In the bags were towels, rags, slippers, tape, tyvek suit, gloves, cleaning agents, carpets, gloves, hunter boots, Prada purse, Ana's covid card, hacksaw, hatchet and some cutting shears. The purse and boots fit the description of what Ana was last wearing. A portion of the rug was heavily stained with red/brown stains and baking soda. A piece of a necklace that looked like the necklace Ana has been seen wearing. DNA matches were as follows:
Slippers-Brian and Ana's DNA
Tyvek suit-interior cuffs Brian and Ana, exterior left pant leg Ana, interior right sleeve Ana. And tissues on the suit that matched Ana.

And then the added search on December 27th, what's the best state to divorce for a man. "Rather than divorce, it is believed that Brian Walshe dismembered Ana Walshe and discarded her body". ( I had previously stated Ana had done the divorce search, but it was Brian that had made that search on google)
www.wcvb.com

Prosecutors outline grisly Google searches as Brian Walshe charged with Ana Walshe's m

 

“Walshe's Lawyer Issues Statement​

Tracy Miner, who is representing Brian Walshe, issued the following statement:

"It is 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. 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. Second, because I haven't been provided with any evidence by the prosecution. 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. When they have a strong case, they give me everything as soon as possible. We shall see what they have and what evidence is admissible in court, where the case will ultimately be decided.

Although it is probably fruitless, I ask that you not inundate my office, my home or my cell phone with media requests. I will not be giving any media interviews or comments. I intend to win this case in court, not in the media, which has already tried and convicted Mr. Walshe."”

Brian Walshe Dismembered, Discarded the Body of Wife Ana Walshe, Prosecutors Allege

 

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