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Go behind the scenes of covering the search for Ana Walshe in new podcast episode
Pulling from our extensive archive and new reporting, we’re answering exploring that and more in our new podcast, “The Searches for Ana Walshe,” hosted by NBC10 Boston anchor Colton Bradford, and Matt Fortin. Subscribe and listen to the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get podcasts for a comprehensive look back at the search, new insights on what happened and...
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Who is Brian Walshe? A new look at the accused killer in new podcast
In this episode of our true crime podcast on the killing of Ana Walshe, allegedly by her husband, we dig into what people, including Ana, have said about Brian Walshe.
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Brian Walshe appeals federal sentence as state murder case inches forward
Brian Walshe was active Monday in both the major criminal cases he’s involved in — he had his first hearing in months in the murder case over the alleged killing of his wife, Ana, while his lawyer in federal court appealed a sentence recently handed down over art fraud. At the status conference at Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Massachusetts,…
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Revisit the Ana Walshe murder case ahead of the trial in new podcast
Just over a year ago, the search for Ana Walshe of Cohasset, Massachusetts, sparked widespread curiosity, concern and eventual heartbreak when it became apparent that the missing mother of three and real estate maven was dead, allegedly murdered by her husband, Brian Walshe. Amid the search for Ana — one that took investigators all over Greater Boston, from Swampscott to…
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Brian Walshe, charged with murdering wife, sentenced in art fraud case
Brian Walshe, the Massachusetts man accused of killing his wife on New Year’s Day 2023 and lying about where she went, was sentenced in Boston’s federal court Tuesday in a separate art fraud case. A judge sentenced Walshe to 37 months on each art fraud, to run concurrently. The 37 months will also run concurrent to any state sentence Walshe…
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Murder suspect Brian Walshe, now indigent, gets court-appointed lawyer
Brian Walshe, the Cohasset, Massachusetts, man accused of killing his wife, Ana, on New Year’s Day, received a new lawyer at a hearing on Thursday. Walshe was charged with murder over the death of his wife, whose disappearance he reported to authorities several days later, saying she’d left home early on Jan. 1 and he hadn’t heard from her...
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Attorneys give update to evidence-gathering process in Brian Walshe case
A pretrial conference was held Thursday morning in the murder case against Brian Walshe — the Cohasset, Massachusetts, man accused of killing his wife, Ana. Walshe did not appear during Thursday’s hearing — his appearance was waived by his attorney. The conference was a discovery hearing, where both the Commonwealth and the defense gave updates on the evidence-gathering process. A…
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DNA evidence could be crucial to Ana Walshe murder case
A scheduled court hearing for Brian Walshe, who is accused of murdering his wife Ana Walshe, has been postponed for two months as prosecutors await the results of DNA evidence. According to a joint motion filed at Norfolk Superior Court, they are currently awaiting DNA analysis from an independent laboratory. Prosecutors expect to have the results in approximately two...
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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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Brian Walshe Appears in Court, Pleads Not Guilty
Brian Walshe shook his head as the charges of first-degree murder, misleading a police investigation and improper conveyance of a human body that a grand jury brought against him were read out in Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham and pleaded not guilty.
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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 Court Hearing Scheduled for Thursday
This will be a status conference in the Walshe murder case at Quincy District Court Thursday morning.
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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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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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Here's a Recap of What We Learned During Brian Walshe's Court Appearance
Ana Walshe’s husband, Brian Walshe, went online to look up ways to dismember and dispose of a body, and items belonging to her and with her DNA were found at a trash processing facility, a prosecutor said at his arraignment Wednesday on murder and other charges. Not guilty pleas were entered on behalf of Brian Walshe, 47, and he was held...
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Can Prosecutors Make a Case Against Brian Walshe Without a Body? Experts Weigh in
When Brian Walshe appeared in court on Wednesday to be charged with allegedly killing his wife, state prosecutors outlined the evidence gathered so far in the case, including DNA and alleged search history. Around the time Ana Walshe was last reportedly seen, Brian Walshe allegedly made a number of Google searches on his son’s iPad, including “How long before...
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Experts Analyze the Case Against Brian Walshe
Walshe allegedly made a number of Google searches on his son’s iPad that dealt with discarding a dead body in the days following the last time his wife was seen, including “How long before a body starts to smell?” and “Dismemberment and the best ways to dispose of a body.”