Massachusetts State Police Trooper Michael Proctor, whose testimony in the Karen Read trial drew heavy criticism, will not testify against Brian Walshe, the Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office says.

Embattled Massachusetts State Police Trooper Michael Proctor, who became the subject of controversy for his role in the Karen Read murder trial, will not testify in the case of Brian Walshe, a Cohasset man accused of killing his wife and then hiding her dismembered body in 2023, according to a recent court filing. The Norfolk District Attorney’s Office stated in a filing Friday that, at...

Massachusetts State Police Trooper Michael Proctor’s testimony in the Karen Read murder trial has landed him in hot water – while raising questions about his role in another high-profile murder case involving Brian Walshe.

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Within hours of a mistrial being declared in the Karen Read murder trial, Massachusetts State Police announced that Trooper Michael Proctor, the lead investigator in the case, had been relieved of duty and reassigned from his role as an investigator with the Norfolk District Attorney’s Office. That’s just the start of a process that is expected to result in...

The unprofessional conduct Massachusetts State Police Trooper Michael Proctor has admitted to on the stand in the Karen Read murder trial is now set to impact another high-profile homicide case he’s connected to. The attorney representing Brian Walshe — the Cohasset man accused of killing his wife, Ana, in early 2023 — has told NBC10 Boston he plans to file…

Experts say that investigator Michael Proctor’s vulgar text messages about Karen Read could spell trouble for Proctor’s credibility while testifying in other cases as well, including the pending Brian Walshe murder trial, for which he is also the designated case officer.

In Episode 3 of “The Searches for Ana Walshe,” we hear from people who knew Brian Walshe, including Ana and this friend of the couple’s, who recalled Brian crying after getting a scrape at the beach. Listen to the full episode where you get your podcasts.

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.

Brian Walshe, accused of killing his still-missing wife, had a court hearing Monday in the case while also filing an appeal in the federal art fraud case for which he was recently sentenced.

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,…