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Police have launched a desperate search for a Massachusetts mother of three who went missing on New Year’s Day after failing to catch a work flight to Washington DC.
Ana Walshe, 39, was last seen around 4 a.m. at her home in Cohasset, a city just over a 40-minute drive from Boston.
Police have already used K-9s to search the grounds of the family’s home in the 500 block of Chief Justice Cushing Highway and adjacent properties and did not extend the search to wooded areas a short distance from the home.
Police described Walshe as a woman with brown hair, brown eyes, five feet two inches tall and weighing about 115 pounds and said she has left no fingerprints since she went missing.
The desperate search continues for a 39-year-old Massachusetts mother of three who went missing on New Year’s Day and was unable to catch her work flight to Washington DC.
Brian Walshe (right), who said he was asleep when his wife walked out the door early Sunday, has been cooperating with investigators.
Police urged anyone with information to come forward and said her husband, Brian Walshe, has cooperated in the investigation and they have nothing to support anything ‘suspicious or criminal’ at this time.
Walshe was known to commute to Washington DC weekly for work and had booked a flight for January 3, not January 1, but authorities assumed he was hoping to catch a flight before disappearing.
Leaving her home around 4 a.m. on New Year’s Day, Walshe took a carpool bound for Logan International Airport in Boston before her flight to DC to work her job at a real estate company.
Cohasset Police Chief William Quigley said Walshe never got on that plane and the search for the missing 39-year-old woman has turned up no sign of her.
“At this point it’s a missing person investigation,” Quigley said.
‘We’re just trying to locate Ana and get her home safely. We have nothing to support anything suspicious or criminal.
Walshe’s friends said that she is a wife and mother of three young children: her social media platforms reflect the life of a happy family.
Walshe was known to commute to Washington DC weekly for work and had booked a flight for January 3, not January 1, but police say he may have hoped to catch a flight earlier.
Her husband, Brian, pleaded guilty in US District Court in Boston in 2021 after being arrested a few years earlier for selling two fake Andy Warhol paintings to a South Korean buyer for $80,000, they say. federal prosecutors.
However, Quigley said at Friday’s news conference that the case appears to be unrelated to Walshe’s disappearance.
Brian Walshe, who said he was asleep when his wife walked out the door early Sunday, has been cooperating with investigators, he added.
‘It is not normal that she is missing. We automatically feel that she is in danger simply because she is missing, other than there being no evidence to support anything illegal,” Quigley said.
It is reported that Walshe has not left a fingerprint since he left his home, and his phone has been turned off since New Year’s Day.
Police searched her homes in Cohasset with a K-9 unit and in Washington, DC after she disappeared with no sign of her.
Police in Cohasset have also been coordinating with authorities in Washington DC, who searched and found no trace of Walshe on his property there.
‘[Her] the cell phone has been turned off since the first of the year,’ Quigley said, adding that none of his credit or debit cards have been active since the first of the year.
Friends also said Walshe’s normally active social media presence went silent on Sunday. WCVB reports.
Cohasset police have been coordinating with Washington DC authorities, who searched and found no trace of Walshe on his property there.
“The focus right now is trying to locate her,” Chief Quigley said.
‘Whether he just needed a little break or a break. If that’s the case, we’re just looking for her to call, all it takes is one phone call to let us know she’s okay.
A new search was launched Friday afternoon emanating from the parking lot of a nearby Stop and Shop store at 400 Chief Justice Cushing Highway.
One that involved State Police and trained regional police units in search-and-rescue efforts, authorities said.
Police described Walshe as a woman with brown hair, brown eyes, five feet two inches tall and weighing about 115 pounds and said she has left no fingerprints since she went missing.
Walshe is normally active on social media, according to her friends, often posting photos of what appears to be her happy family life.
friends said nbc boston who is a wife and mother of three young children: her social media platforms reflect the life of a happy family.
“Ana is a remarkable woman,” said her friend Peter Kirby.
“She’s a powerful executive, she’s a loving mother, she’s a loving wife, she’s one of the most remarkable people we know, and she’s terrifying.
“We miss her so much and we’re just praying she’s safe.”
“Everyone who knows and loves Ana, we just want her to come home safely,” said Evan Turell, a friend of Walshe’s who used to work with her at a hotel in Boston. foxnews.
“Her husband and children were someone she spoke to every day and the fact that she hasn’t been in contact with them is concerning and it’s not like her not to be in contact with anyone. It’s really scary.