Husband of missing Massachusetts mom Ana Walshe is indicted for her murder, four months after she vanished from New ear Eve’s party hosted in her family home in Massachusetts

Brian Walshe, 48, is cited for murder as well as for misleading a police investigation/obstruction of justice and improper conveyance of a human body 

Washington DC realtor Ana Walshe, 39, was eventually reported missing on January 4 after her employer said she did not show up to work for her shift. In initial interviews

Brian Walshe told police he last saw his wife when she left for Boston’s Logan Airport on January 1. 

Ana’s Remains have not been found, However, DNA evidence located throughout the investigation indicates that Brian killed, dismembered, and discarded his wife’s body parts

During his initial court appearance, prosecutors revealed grisly internet searches they said he made on his son’s iPad, including: “Can you be charged with murder without a body?”

Other searches include “How to stop a body from decomposing”; “Can you identify a body with broken teeth?” and “Hacksaw best tool to dismember?” 

If convicted of first-degree murder charges, Walshe faces mandatory sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Brian Walshe, [photo], has been indicted by a Norfolk County grand jury for the murder of his wife Ana Walshe, as well as for misleading a police investigation/obstruction of justice and for improper conveyance of a human body

The husband of missing Massachusetts mom Ana Walshe has been indicted for her murder just months after she vanished from a New Year’s Eve party. 
Brian Walshe, 48, has been indicted by a Norfolk County grand jury for murder as well as for misleading a police investigation/obstruction of justice and for improper conveyance of a human body. He is now being held without bail.  
High flying Washington DC realtor Ana Walshe, 39, went missing around 1.30am from a New Year’s Eve party hosted in the Massachusetts home she shared with her husband and their young sons. 
‘Brian Walshe entered a plea of not guilty to the charge of murder at his Quincy District Court arraignment in January,’ Norfolk District Attorney Michael W. Morrissey said Thursday. 
The indictment moves the case of the missing and presumed dead mother up to the Norfolk Superior Court. He will be arraigned in the coming weeks. 

The husband of missing Massachusetts mother-of-three Ana Walshe, [photo], has been indicted for her murder four months after she vanished from a New Year’s Eve party. Her body has not being found 

As of March 30, Ana’s Remains have not been found. However, DNA evidence located throughout the investigation indicates that Brian killed, dismembered, and discarded his wife’s body parts. 
Ana was eventually reported missing on January 4 after her employer said she did not show up to work for her shift. 
In initial interviews, Brian Walshe told police he last saw his wife when she left for Boston’s Logan Airport on January 1. He was arrested a week later later on January 8, on suspicion that he mislead a police investigation. 
Originally he was held on a $500,000 bond after investigators said they found blood and a broken knife in the family’s basement. 
Police also said they had surveillance video of Brian wearing a medical mask and surgical gloves, purchasing $450 in cleaning supplies with cash at a Home Depot. 
If convicted of first-degree murder charges, Walshe faces mandatory sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Ana Walshe was known to travel to Washington D.C. weekly for work and had booked a flight for January 3, not January 1, but cops say she may have been hoping to get an earlier flight

Ana Walshe was last seen at their home in Cohasset in the early hours of New Year’s Day after the couple threw a party. Investigators said they discovered blood in the basement, along with a bloody knife which was damaged 

DNA evidence located throughout the investigation indicates that Brian [right], killed, dismembered, and discarded his wife Ana’s body parts

During his brief court appearance in January, prosecutors revealed that Ana’s DNA was discovered on several items adding that the husband had made a series of disturbing Google searches including: ‘how long before a body starts to smell’
‘how to stop a body from decomposing’
‘how to embalm a body’
’10 ways to dispose of a dead body if you really need to’
The Massachusetts husband also Googled ‘dismemberment’ and ‘what happens when you put body parts in ammonia,’ investigators said. 
Other Google searches for ‘hacksaw best tool to dismember’ and ‘can you be charged with murder without a body’ were also allegedly located at the time. 

Police scoured a nearby dumpster station after removing a container from Brian Walshe’s mother’s property in Swampscott. Norfolk County DA’s office confirmed that a ‘number of items’ were recovered from the Peabody transfer station after they sifted through the trash for hours 

Walshe browsing history yielded an extensive digital trail for police with Google searches about divorce, murder, dismemberment and decomposing bodies

Ana was not reported missing until January 4, when her office called the police when she failed to show up for work. Her husband did not report her disappearance to cops 

Massachusetts State Police obtained the video of Walshe at the dumpster hours after his wife disappeared on New Year’s Day.
In the basement of the couple’s Cohasset home, police found blood, a bloody knife, another knife, heavy duty tarp, and plastic liners.
They also recovered trash bags, some of which contained blood-stained items including towels, rags, slippers, cleaning agents, carpets, and a Prada purse.
Ana’s COVID-19 vaccination card was also inside along with a hacksaw.

Norfolk District Attorney’s office confirmed that a ‘number of items’ were recovered from the Peabody transfer station after they sifted through the trash for hours

Sources say Massachusetts State Police obtained the video of Walshe at the dumpster hours after his wife disappeared on New Year’s Day

Prosecutors have alleged Brian was unhappy in the marriage and wanted out.
On December 27, Walshe Googled ‘What’s the best state to divorce.’ 
Police say he later changed his mind about how to rid his life of Ana. 
Friends say the couple’s marriage was strained as a result of Ana’s grueling work schedule, which meant they spent much of their time living apart. 
Ana lived partially in Washington, D.C. and Brian and their sons in Massachusetts.
It was a person with Tishman Speyer, the real estate company Ana worked for, who reported her missing in the first place. The firm called police in Cohasset to request a welfare check for her. 
These statements contradicted Brian’s lawyer’s claim in court that he had notified her work that she was missing. 

Ana and Brian wedded in 2015 and share three sons – the oldest is 10

Just before she went missing, Ana Walshe was also photographed without her wedding ring in some of the final photos. She commuted between her home in Chevy Chase on the DC and Maryland border, and the home she shared with Brian and the boys in Massachusetts  

Just before she went missing, Ana was also photographed without her wedding ring in some of the final photos. Friends said there was ‘tension’ in the marriage because of her work schedule. 
Her friends are now appealing for care of her children.  
One person who has openly stated they do not believe Brian would have wanted to hurt Ana is the woman’s own mother. 
The Serbian Foreign Ministry said Ana’s mother, Milanka Ljubicic, signed a formal request to receive documents about the case regarding her daughter’s disappearance. 
Ljubicic, 69, who still resides in Serbia told local media she cannot believe her son-in-law would hurt her daughter, despite murder charge filed against Walshe.

Milanka Ljubicic [right] with her missing daughter Ana Walshe [left], said she had conversations with her daughter just prior to her vanishing. ‘She just said, “Please, mama. Come tomorrow,”‘ the Serbian woman said. ‘Clearly, there must have been some problems’

In a January interview with Fox News, Ljubicic described the last conversation she had with her daughter just before she vanished: ‘She just said, “Please, mama. Come tomorrow,”‘ the Serbian woman said. ‘Clearly, there must have been some problems.’
‘And now I can’t forgive myself for not just letting things fall where they may, and just go, and whatever happens to me, happens,’ Ana’s mother told the outlet.