MA MA - Ana Walshe - Supposedly Left Home in Rideshare to Airport - Cohasset #2

[Ilex]

Thanks @Ilex - I read the case details. Was the case filed because BC/BS didn't pay for his stay at the facility?

I believe so? It's hard to tell what the issue was, but it shows BW was admitted before Oct of 99. Trying to figure out if he was admitted more than once to this facility for mental health issues.
This article states he was admitted while in college, which would probably fit with the pre 99 admission. Brian Walshe: Court docs reveal struggles with mental health, relationship between Ana & his mother
But there was another article that inferred he had been in that facility much later, and possibly up to the time he first met Ana.

 

[rkendmar]

Yes, re: the Globe -- to which I do subscribe -- article, "your experiences may vary" in being able to get the damned thing. For some reason, once again, the site's refusing to open for me. Ongoing issue, it was ever thus, etc.

Therefore, share all the good stuff, i.e. that first marriage factoid.

In 2008, he met a woman who worked at the Wheatleigh Hotel in Lenox: Ana Knipp. For her, it was love at first sight, she recalled in a court filing she submitted on his behalf in the art fraud case.

Knipp either was married at the time, or married shortly later, to a man who worked as a chef at the hotel. They ultimately divorced in 2014, records show.

For a few years, Walshe and Knipp maintained a long-distance relationship, she said in her court filing. In 2015, Ana Knipp, who emigrated from Serbia about a decade earlier, moved to Boston permanently. They were engaged and married that year. A year later, they had their first child.

Ana Walshe’s husband has a history of chasing the good life — with other people’s money - The Boston Globe

What made Brian Walshe so believable? “His likability, communication, his reassurance,” prosecutors said. Walshe was a skilled con man.

www.bostonglobe.com

 

[browneyes]

I think once you are found guilty of a crime, you should go to jail while you await sentencing and after sentenced, go directly to prison…federal cases included. Any appeals should be handled from jail. This man was a ticking time bomb with all his past misdeeds. It angers me so much for Ana and the children.

 

[annpats]

Culturally there were differences. Ana is Christian, and BW is half Moslem.

Well, possibly Ana would've fitted in to wealthy New England better than his mother then. I can't imagine the place is filled with itoo many islamic people.

Maybe BW's mother felt isolated and so clung onto and smothered her son and felt jealousy towards Ana. I think the 3 of them were a complicated triangle.

MOO.

 

[Knox]

I believe so? It's hard to tell what the issue was, but it shows BW was admitted before Oct of 99. Trying to figure out if he was admitted more than once to this facility for mental health issues.
This article states he was admitted while in college, which would probably fit with the pre 99 admission. Brian Walshe: Court docs reveal struggles with mental health, relationship between Ana & his mother
But there was another article that inferred he had been in that facility much later, and possibly up to the time he first met Ana.

Thanks for clarifying. Brian would have been 23 when the case was filed, so I think you're right. The article was likely wrong, but who knows.

I hope the boys are kept far away from DZ ...

 

[Ilex]

Seems like that year he turned 20 he began to devolve. I found newspaper articles that his license was suspended (doesn't say why) and then he was caught driving twice with a suspended license (via Courier News Apr2 and Apr4 1997).

 

[DeDee]

I can't see it either. The Boston Globe thing comes up and says I have to subscribe.

First try, I got the subscribe box. I reloaded page. Then, hit the "read this article" as quickly as possible to allow the article to be read aloud to me while the box is still asking me to sub. I post this bc the contents are worthy, imho.

Ana Walshe’s husband has a history of chasing the good life — with other people’s money - The Boston Globe

 

[Diogenetic]

Culturally there were differences. Ana is Christian, and BW is half Moslem.

I don't know if we can define people as "half Moslem." Perhaps better to say one parent from Christian background (do we even know if father identified as Christian?) and one parent from a predominately Moslem country.

As far as what differences that would mean we cannot possible say as we don't know that at all. Orthodox Christian as she probably is (and that is an Orthodox church in the wedding pics) tend to be familiar with Moslem customs and people due to proximity. And it looks like family friends included one Turkish guy I saw interviewed.

 

[WingsOverTX]

WT actual F?? WHY on earth was Ana ever with this guy? Come on. JMO

Right? And yet.....here we are.

 

[Ilex]

First try, I got the subscribe box. I reloaded page. Then, hit the "read this article" as quickly as possible to allow the article to be read aloud to me while the box is still asking me to sub. I post this bc the contents are worthy, imho.

Ana Walshe’s husband has a history of chasing the good life — with other people’s money - The Boston Globe

TY and wow. A lot to sift through in that article.

 

[rkendmar]

I am not a psychiatrist, but I would assume that a long stint under psychiatric care (whether inpatient or outpatient) might involve a person being taught such things as self-awareness, how to avoid damaging behaviors, that actions have consequences, etc etc. However, it seems to have been water off a duck's back.

The long term inpatient psychiatric hospital (Austen Riggs Center) was where he received the diagnosis of sociopath, per court documentation RE: probate of father's will.

 

[mainemom376]

Right? And yet.....here we are.

Just when I think we have heard it all there is more! I don’t even know what to say. I know there is no humor in any of this, but if not for the horrible circumstances, it’s almost laughable. I don’t get it. JMO

 

[Ilex]

Good Lord, poor Ana. I'm sure she was told all sorts of stories by this man. After reading the Globe article I'm wondering if she finally confronted a lie, or questioned him about something and he flipped out. It sounds like he has absolutely no respect for any rules, the rules don't apply to him. I can only imagine how difficult it must have been for her to continually try to work through things. Calling her mother and begging her to come out would indicate that Ana had finally hit the wall and needed outside help, imo. So many friends but it seems she had no one to help her when she needed it most.

 

[Ilex]

Ana's best friend. While Brian and Ana were having problems, Ana loved her husband-referred to him as her best friend and trusted him completely.

Ana Walshe’s best friend shares insight about the relationship between Brian & Ana

Boston 25 talks to Kirvy who describes the last time she saw the missing Cohasset mom and gives insight to the arguments Ana allegedly was having with Brian.

www.boston25news.com

 

[ar3593]

One might say... that smiling face is one only his mom could continue to love

He eerily reminds me of Simon Monjack (Brittney Murphy's husband)....JMO

Did Brittany Murphy marry a 'con man'? His ex says she escaped a similar fate

'What Happened, Brittany Murphy?' explores the actor's mysterious death and her relationship with Simon Monjack, who died just six months later.

www.latimes.com

 

[blackbeary]

Ana Walshe’s husband has a history of chasing the good life — with other people’s money - The Boston Globe

What made Brian Walshe so believable? “His likability, communication, his reassurance,” prosecutors said. Walshe was a skilled con man.

www.bostonglobe.com

BW convinced his father TW to foot the 500k investment into a flip house, TW only wanted his 500k back when it sold, BW kept all of the money at closing, this is why they didn't speak.
I'm not sure if this part is true, TW liked to party, and DW was an emotionally damaged recluse, this is why they divorced, and BW was neglected, according to the article.
His parents fought over who was responsible for the bill for his stay at the hospital.
His mother lived with him during the week. She comes from generational wealth.
Other people have accused BW of stealing large and small amounts of money from them, a lavish meal to 500k.

 

[youarentsilly]

I think he killed her in the heat of a vicious argument after their guests left

Why do you think this? Of all the options, I mean, what makes you choose this theory specifically?

 

[MassGuy]

Why do you think this? Of all the options, I mean, what makes you choose this theory specifically?

Obviously not directed at me, but I agree. I see nothing but panic and sloppiness here, and he never stood a chance of getting away with it. I think he killed her in the heat of passion, and then committed an atrocious coverup.

 

[al66pine]

If Ana freely went to basement, why?

i'm wondering how he got her to go down to that unfinished basement ?
or were there signs of a clean up upstairs?

@blackbeary
One possibility: if washer & dryer are in basement, doing LAUNDRY would be one reason for her to clomp down the stairs. Or if the FREEZER is in basement, stowing or retrieving food is another possibility.
imo jmo moo
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Tedious reasoning about ^.
Per r/e home info:* "laundry features: in unit" or "in building" but no info on specific location; could be in basement. no pix of basement. I don't see W & D inside bathrooms. "House, built in 1984," and back then not so common to locate w & d on main floors, so were often in basement.
FREEZER is shown in list of appliances, but I don't see it in pix, so likely imo in basement.
Could house have W & D or freezer in GARAGE?
"Garage and Parking. Open Parking Spaces: 4." Not seeing it in pix, so looks like no garage imo, but coulda missed it.

(BTW, a suburban house like this (zestimate®: $1,042,500 or other est. of $877,100) on 3/4 acre in climate w snow & sub-feezing temps has no garage??? My car is shivering & shaking [wink] just thinking about it.)

*https://www.realtor.com/realestatea...ce-cushing-hwy_cohasset_ma_02025_m44960-43957

516 Chief Justice Cushing Hwy, Cohasset, MA 02025 | Zillow

516 Chief Justice Cushing Hwy, Cohasset MA, is a Single Family home that contains 2788 sq ft and was built in 1984.It contains 3 bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms.This home last sold for $800,000 in September 2019. The Zestimate for this Single Family is $1,161,700, which has decreased by $10,523 in...

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[Petunia83]

I don't know if we can define people as "half Moslem." Perhaps better to say one parent from Christian background (do we even know if father identified as Christian?) and one parent from a predominately Moslem country.

As far as what differences that would mean we cannot possible say as we don't know that at all. Orthodox Christian as she probably is (and that is an Orthodox church in the wedding pics) tend to be familiar with Moslem customs and people due to proximity. And it looks like family friends included one Turkish guy I saw interviewed.

It seems like it would’ve been much more accurate for them to state that he is of half Middle Eastern descent… Islam is a religion, it’s not an ethnicity… and as far as we know, facts-wise, I don’t think we have any info on his religious beliefs, or if he is practicing or not. It would appear he did get his middle name Reza, potentially from his middle eastern roots on his mother’s side. If you comb through those court documents I mentioned, it paints a very interesting picture of his family (with regard to his own childhood, mother and father — not his family with Ana) and how that whole thing fractured. Either way, even if his father was a bad guy (which, we don’t even know if he was — these assertions only seem to originate with BW, and seem to be refuted by a myriad of others in those docs), it doesn’t give BW license to grow up to be an egregious human being… I can’t stand that… people who blame others for the evil they do and become. He’s a big boy, and he’s about to face some big boy consequences. Sorry if I seem super grumpy about this guy at the moment… It’s just the more we’re learning about how truly devious he is, the more it irks me that he’s been able to get away with all this deception for so long, and most of all, was so appallingly deceptive to his own wife. She seems like such a good-hearted person, positive, a ray of sunshine and someone who believes in the best in others… And as a conman, BW exploited that. I believe he is an evil person, and for reasons we do not yet know, somehow it ultimately cost his sweet wife her life… and their three little children will never be the same. It’s not ok.