Ana Walshe, an immigrant from Serbia, was last seen early on January 1, 2023, following a New Year’s Eve dinner at her Massachusetts home. (Photo: Reuters)
The murder trial of Brian Walshe, a man accused of killing and dismembering his wife Ana Walshe, got underway in Massachusetts on Monday. Walshe faces a first-degree murder charge after agreeing to plead guilty last month to lesser charges.
What happened to Ana Walshe
Ana Walshe, an immigrant from Serbia, was last seen early on January 1, 2023, following a New Year’s Eve dinner at her Massachusetts home. She was reported as missing by her employer three days later, on January 4, 2023.
50-year-old Walshe is accused of murdering and dismembering the corpse of his wife, whose body was never recovered.
Investigators said surveillance video showed a man resembling Walshe throwing what appeared to be heavy trash bags into a dumpster not far from their home. (Photo: AP)
Brian Walshe’s Google search history
According to prosecutors, starting on the day of Ana’s disappearance, Walshe made multiple Google searches for “dismemberment and best ways to dispose of a body,” “how long before a body starts to smell,” and “hacksaw best tool to dismember.”
When questioned by investigators, Walshe said his wife had been called to Washington, DC, from Massachusetts on New Year’s Day for a work emergency, something the company she worked for has denied.
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Walshe made multiple Google searches for “dismemberment and best ways to dispose of a body.” (Photo: AP)
Other evidence against Brian Walshe
Investigators said surveillance video showed a man resembling Walshe throwing what appeared to be heavy trash bags into a dumpster not far from their home.
Search of a trash processing facility near his mother’s home uncovered bags that contained a hatchet, hacksaw, towels and a protective Tyvek suit, cleaning agents, a Prada purse, boots like the ones Ana Walshe was last seen wearing and a COVID-19 vaccination card with her name.
According to the prosecution, Ana had taken out $2.7 million in life insurance naming her husband as the sole beneficiary. The couple, who have three young children, lived in the affluent coastal community of Cohasset, about 24 kilometers southeast of Boston.
At the time of Ana’s disappearance, Walshe was at home awaiting sentencing in an unrelated art fraud case involving the sale of two fake Andy Warhol paintings. He was ultimately sentenced this year to more than three years behind bars and ordered to pay $475,000 in restitution.
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Ana had taken out $2.7 million in life insurance naming her husband as the sole beneficiary. (Photo: AP)
Last month, Walshe had stunned everyone when he pleaded guilty to misleading police and improper conveyance of a human body, while denying murder charges.
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Ana Walshe, an immigrant from Serbia, was last seen early on January 1, 2023, following a New Year’s Eve dinner at her Massachusetts home. (Photo: Reuters) 
