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Who was Ana Walshe? New podcast explores life of Cohasset mom
Who was Ana Walshe? Her name has become a recognizable one for many following her disappearance and presumed death, allegedly at the hands of her husband, Brian Walshe, early last year. But who was Ana the person — not the tragic news story? That’s what we’re diving into with the latest episode of “The Searches for Ana Walshe” podcast....
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How Brian Walshe's years-long art fraud scheme unfolded, in episode 2 of our podcast
Brian Walshe has become best known for his now infamous alleged Google searches made on the day his wife, Ana, was last seen — New Year’s Day 2023. But, the murder charge that would follow in Ana Walshe’s disappearance was not Brian’s first run in with law. In episode 2 of “The Searches for Ana Walshe” podcast, we are diving…
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Introducing ‘The Searches for Ana Walshe'
Before he was charged with murder, before his arrest, before the manhunt for his wife in the swamps of Cohasset, Massachusetts, around Boston, and in Washington, D.C., there was another set of searches, prosecutors say, on Google — on their son’s iPad — starting early the morning when Brian Walshe would later say Ana Walshe went missing…
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How the search for Cohasset mom Ana Walshe unfolded 1 year ago
The murder case involving Ana Walshe has quickly become one of Massachusetts’ most infamous. But it didn’t seem to be a major criminal case when police in Cohasset first announced the mother of three was missing one year ago.
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Search yields no new info in Ana Walshe case; DNA evidence expected soon
Investigators renewed the search for the body of Ana Walshe, a missing mother from Cohasset, Massachusetts, on Tuesday as police descended on Peabody, prosecutors said. The search, by the Massachusetts State Police Special Emergency Response Team, didn’t yield any information, according to the Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office. It was prompted by two people “in the Peabody community unconnected...
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Brian Walshe, charged in wife's murder, has hearing in art fraud case
Brian Walshe — the Cohasset, Massachusetts, man charged in the murder of his wife, Ana — had a hearing in federal court on Tuesday in an art fraud case that predates the January killing of the 39-year-old mom. Walshe has been charged with first-degree murder as well as misleading a police investigation/obstruction of justice and improper conveyance of a human...
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Police Received Ransom Note Demanding $127K for Ana Walshe's Return, Court Docs Show
Newly-released court documents in the Ana Walshe case show that police in Cohasset, Massachusetts, received a ransom note asking for $127,000 for her return in the days after her disappearance.
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New Details in Murder Case Against Missing Cohasset Woman's Husband
The Massachusetts man accused of killing and dismembering his wife on New Year’s Day, bought a litany of cleaning supplies — including two full-body plastic suits — before reporting her missing days later, prosecutors said in court Thursday. Brian Walshe had suspected his wife, Ana Walshe, was having an affair; his mother had hired a private investigator into her; and…
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Missing Cohasset Woman's Husband Indicted for Murder
A Massachusetts man has been indicted in the death of his wife who has not been seen since Jan. 1, a top prosecutor said Thursday. Norfolk District Attorney Michael Morrisey said Brian Walshe, 47, has been charged with first-degree murder as well as misleading a police investigation/obstruction of justice and improper conveyance of a human body. A first-degree murder conviction…
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WATCH: Husband Makes Court Appearance in Ana Walshe Murder Case
The case of the Cohasset father of three accused of murdering his wife, Ana Walshe, before dismembering her and disposing of her body – was back in Quincy District Court Thursday. But, appearing over zoom, defendant Brian Walshe had little to say.
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Brian Walshe Appears in Court in Wife's Killing. Here's What We Learned
The Cohasset, Massachusetts, man accused of killing his wife made a court appearance Thursday morning. Few new details in the Ana Walshe murder case were revealed during the hearing for Brian Walshe, the woman’s husband. But Brian Walshe’s lawyer did say that she’s been having trouble getting information needed to prepare her defense from prosecutors. Thursday’s status conference was...
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Will Gruesome Google Searches Be Enough to Convict Brian Walshe?
Prosecutors in Massachusetts are basing their murder case against a man whose wife is presumed dead but whose body has not been found in large part on a series of gruesome internet searches. But experts warn that incriminating internet searches are not enough alone to build a case. Prosecutors said at Brian Walshe’s arraignment that he used Google to look...
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Intense Public Scrutiny of the Ana Walshe Case Will Challenge Attorneys on Both Sides, Expert Says
The disappearance of Cohasset, Massachusetts, mother Ana Walshe has grabbed headlines and public attention for weeks. Her husband, Brian Walshe, has been charged in her murder, and some details of the case against him came out during his arraignment on Jan. 18, but there are many unanswered questions. While it took just a few weeks for investigators to build the…
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Analysis: What Happens Next in the Case Against Brian Walshe?
The disappearance of Cohasset, Massachusetts, mother Ana Walshe and the charging of her husband Brian Walshe with murder has grabbed headlines and public attention for weeks. Professor Chris Dearborn, director of the Suffolk University Defenders Program at Suffolk University Law School, sat down with NBC10 Boston’s JC Monahan to talk about what could happen next in the case and what...
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Brian Walshe Searched ‘Can You Be Charged With Murder Without a Body?' History Says Yes.
Murder defendants have been charged and convicted without dead bodies — including by the district attorney’s office prosecuting Brian Walshe.
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‘Did I Miss Something?' Former Tenants Shocked by Murder Charges Against Brian Walshe
For the first time since Brian Walshe was charged with the murder of his wife Ana, two of the couple’s former tenants are breaking their silence. Mandi and Mike Silva still live in the Revere condo the Walshes rushed to sell off just a few days before the alleged murder. In an exclusive interview with NBC10 Boston on Friday,...
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Ana Walshe's Mother Says She ‘Just Cannot Believe' the Disturbing Google Searches Allegedly Made By Her Son-in-Law
Milanka Ljubicic’s interview with NBC News comes a day after prosecutors alleged Brian Walshe dismembered and discarded her daughter’s body.
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Brian Walshe Appears in Court to Face Murder Charge in Disappearance of Ana Walshe
Shocking new details were revealed in court, including Brian Walshe’s search history, after he was charged with the murder of his wife, Ana Walshe.
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Man Accused in Wife's Murder Made Shocking Google Searches in Days After Her Disappearance
Among the long list of disturbing searches was “10 ways to dispose of a dead body if you really need to.”
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Brian Walshe Dismembered, Discarded the Body of Wife Ana Walshe, Prosecutors Allege
Brian Walshe dismembered the body of his wife, Ana Walshe, before discarding it, prosecutors alleged during Walshe’s arraignment Wednesday morning as he faces a murder charge. Walshe, who was led into the courtroom in handcuffs and had a blank stare painted on his face throughout the proceeding, was held without bail. Wednesday was his second arraignment in the case...