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Brian Walshe pleaded not guilty to beating his wife Ana to death this morning as prosecutors presented a mountain of evidence against him, including dozens of Internet searches for murder and dismemberment, and the mountain of DNA found in the dumpster nearby. from his mother’s house.
Walshe, 47, is accused of beating Ana to death in the basement of her home in Cohasset, Massachusetts, early on Jan. 1.
In the days that followed, prosecutors say she used her son’s iPad to Google terms like ’10 ways to dismember a body’, ‘does baking soda make a body smell good?’ and ‘how long is someone before he can inherit?’
On December 27, three days before she disappeared, he Googled: ‘Best state for a man to divorce.’
“Instead of divorcing, Brian Walshe dismembered Ana Walshe and disposed of her body,” prosecutors said Wednesday.
Brian Walshe pleaded not guilty to beating his wife Ana to death this morning as prosecutors presented a mountain of evidence against him.
They revealed that Ana’s, and Brian’s, DNA was found on blood-stained clothing found in a dumpster near his mother’s house along with the Hunter boots and Prada bag he said he was wearing. when he disappeared
He shook his head during the brief hearing and was denied bail. Brian will return to court on February 9 for a status hearing.
has come to court in Massachusetts to be accused of murdering his missing wife Ana.
Walshe, 47, arrived at the Quincy District Court early in a black pickup truck. He entered through a side door, wearing a gray top, khaki pants and black tennis shoes.
He has yet to plead guilty to the murder charge.
Walshe, 47, arrived at the Quincy District Court early in a black pickup truck. He entered through a side door, wearing a gray top, khaki pants and black tennis shoes.
The 47-year-old man had chains around his waist and was handcuffed as he was taken to court.
Ana Walshe has not been seen since 1:30 am on January 1. Police say Brian, her husband of 18 years, murdered her. Her body has not been found.
According to friends, she and Brian had been fighting over their grueling work schedule.
She was spending more time working in Washington DC for the real estate firm Tishman Speyer, while her husband was at home in Cohasset, Massachusetts.
The hearing is expected to begin shortly after 9 a.m.
Ana, a Serbian immigrant who met the wealthy Walshe in 2005 while working in hotels, was enjoying her busy working life when she disappeared.
She regularly posted about her colleagues on social media, where mentions of her husband were few and far between.
He had been working for Tishman Speyer for two years and spent much of his time away from his family.
On January 1, he failed to report to work in Washington DC.
Four days later, the head of security for Tishman Speyer in DC called police in Cohasset, where he lived with his family, and requested a welfare check.
The caller said that he had informed Brian that Ana was missing.
On January 8, Brian was arrested for misleading the police investigation into his wife’s disappearance.
It later emerged that the police had found traces of blood in the couple’s basement.
Later, a search of a garbage transfer center turned up bloody items, including an ax and a rug.
Walshe had researched “how to dispose of a 115-pound body” on the internet, and had also been seen loitering in a dumpster next to his mother’s house, according to prosecutors.
Ana, 39, enjoyed her life as a busy working mother, splitting her time between Cohasset, Massachusetts, and Washington, DC, where she worked for a real estate company.
Long before his wife disappeared, he was arrested on suspicion of stealing and attempting to sell two fake Andy Warhol paintings.
Family friends described him as a “sociopath” who turned on his elderly and ailing father in a desperate attempt to seize his wealth.
After the murder charge against her husband was announced last night, friends began paying tribute to the vivacious mother of three.
Abdulla Almutairi, his colleague and best friend, said: ‘You will always be my best friend and family.
‘Rest easy, the sky is so much brighter; be the sun and moonlight that you always are.