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Police desperately searching for missing Massachusetts mother Ana Walshe have turned their attention to the pool behind the home she shared with her husband Brian Walshe.
The 39-year-old mother of three was last seen on the morning of January 1 after she was due to return to Washington DC for work. She was reported missing Jan. 4 by both her husband and her employer, Cohasset Police Chief William Quigley said.
On Saturday, video showed investigators furiously tearing through debris that had accumulated in her home’s pool after it was drained as part of the search.
A day earlier, a freak incident occurred when during a search of his old home, the house caught fire with authorities gathering on the property.
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.
On Saturday, video showed investigators furiously tearing through debris that had accumulated in her home’s pool after it was emptied as part of the search.
A large fire broke out at the Walshes’ former family home, a $1.4 million mansion in Cohasset.
The fire was later deemed not suspicious and related to faulty plumbing around a gas fireplace. The adult and the three children who were inside at the time were unharmed.
Also on Friday, news broke that her husband Brian Walshe, 48, pleaded guilty in US District Court in Boston to 2021 after being arrested a few years earlier for selling two fake Andy Warhol paintings to a South Korean buyer for $80,000, federal prosecutors say.
Walshe took the paintings from a friend and sold them on eBay, only to trade them for fakes.
Authorities do not believe her husband’s actions are related to her disappearance. The couple have three children between the ages of two and six.
Online records show the couple sold their home in March 2022 for nearly $1.4 million.
According to his LinkedIn profile, Walshe worked as a regional manager for real estate giant Tishman Speyer.
In a brief statement on her disappearance, the company said: “We are actively assisting local authorities in their continued search for our dear colleague, Ana, and we are praying for her safe return.”
Brian Walshe, the 39-year-old husband of Ana Walshe, who disappeared on New Year’s Day after failing to catch a work flight to Washington DC, is a convicted art fraudster.
Walshe has been with Tishman Speyer since February 2022, having previously worked at other real estate companies. She is a graduate of Cornell University and the University of Belgrade in her native Serbia.
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 have now extended the search to wooded areas a short distance from the home.
Walshe is described as having brown hair, brown eyes, five feet two inches tall and weighing around 115 pounds. Police said she hasn’t left a fingerprint since she disappeared, with her cell phone turned off and unused credit cards.
Authorities have 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 before being called earlier due to a work emergency.
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.
Chief Quigley said Walshe never got on that plane and the search for the missing 39-year-old 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.
The fire started in the attic of the house. Three adults and a child who lived in the house at the time of the fire made it out unharmed.
‘[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.
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.
It involved State Police and trained regional police units in search-and-rescue efforts, authorities said.
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. Fox News.
“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.