Murder Warrant Issued For Brian Walshe For Killing And Dismembering His Wife Ana Walshe

In order to end their marriage, Brian Walshe killed and dismembered his wife Ana Walshe, then dumped her body parts in dumpsters, according to a prosecutor from the Norfolk district attorney's office, who testified on his behalf at his arraignment on Wednesday.

Prosecutors said that Brian Walshe beat his wife to death and assaulted her in their criminal complaint.
"Rather than divorce, it is believed that Brian Walshe dismembered Ana Walshe and discarded her body," prosecutor Lynn Beland said.

In Quincy District Court, while Walshe, 47, was being arraigned on counts of murder and unlawfully disinterring a body, Beland read aloud the accusations and the alleged motive. Since his arrest on Jan. 8 and subsequent accusation of deceiving detectives looking for his wife, he has been detained.

Ana Walshe, 39, mother of three, has been missing since the start of the year, Ana was officially declared dead by the prosecution for the first time during the hearing. They did not specify whether they had discovered her remains.

Beland presented some of the evidence used to support the allegations in court, including the finding of Ana's possessions and blood in the trash as well as Brian Walshe's Google searches on body dismemberment and disposal.

The state crime lab tested some of the bloody items in the bags and found DNA from Ana and Brian Walshe, Beland said, reports CNN.

Brian Walshe entered a not guilty plea to deceiving the investigators and is scheduled to be arraigned on the murder allegation on Wednesday. Tuesday, his attorney Tracy Miner declined to respond to questions regarding the murder warrant.

The arraignment follows an extensive search for Ana Walshe after her workplace reported her missing on Jan. 4. Since then, investigators have combed through the couple's Cohasset house, conducted a thorough search of the neighborhood, and dug through trash bins in search of any indication of what happened to her. Her cellphone has been turned off since the beginning of the year, police said, and she has not left an electronic footprint since she disappeared. The day after she disappeared, prosecutors alleged last week, Brian Walshe bought $450 of goods, including cleaning supplies, mops and tape, from a nearby Home Depot, reports nbcnews.

According to the prosecution, police discovered blood stains and a bloody, broken knife in the couple's basement.

In addition, investigators claim Brian Walshe lied about several of his acts in the days that followed the disappearance of his wife and purposefully delayed them in order to hide evidence.

According to a police affidavit, he told officers that he last saw his wife the morning of Jan. 1 when she went for a business trip to Washington, DC. The spouse said that he was with his children after spending the rest of the day doing errands for his mother on Jan. 2.

Prosecutors assert that there is no proof Ana Walshe took a taxi or her normal ridesharing to the airport, boarded a flight, or arrived in Washington. In the vicinity of the couple's house, her phone also rang overnight on Jan. 1 into Jan. 2.

The couple’s three children, between the ages of 2 and 6, are in the custody of the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families, a spokesperson said.

"When Brian was confronted, he picked up a stanchion and literally attempted to kill four or five guards that had come to talk to him about his crime," the affidavit said. "Brian is not only a sociopath but also a very angry and physically violent person," reports nbcnews.