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Brian Walshe appears in court for latest hearing in murder case over wife's death
In the latest hearing in the Ana Walshe murder case, Brian Walshe’s attorneys discussed a motion for information on Massachusetts State Trooper Michael Proctor, who led the investigation as well as the one that led to Karen Read being charged in John O’Keefe’s death.
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Brian Walshe lawyers request Proctor records amid Karen Read trial fallout
Brian Walshe, the Cohasset, Massachusetts, man accused of killing his wife, Ana, and dismembering her body in 2023, appeared in court on Wednesday as his lawyers question the integrity of Norfolk County’s murder investigations. Walshe looked neat as he was led into Norfolk Superior Court, dressed in a suit and restrained by handcuffs. Judge Beverly Cannone presided over the hearing,…
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DNA testing in Ana Walshe murder case nearing completion at state lab
Key questions in the Ana Walshe murder case could be answered in the coming weeks, with the state DNA lab expected to finish testing on about a dozen items in the case at the month’s end. Brian Walshe, Ana’s husband who is accused of dismembering and discarding her body in early 2023, had his appearance waived for a short...
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Brian Walshe lawyer to file motion naming investigator Proctor after Read trial testimony
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…
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Could Trooper Proctor's testimony impact the Walshe murder trial, other cases?
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.
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Latest podcast episode explores the life of Ana Walshe
In the conclusion to the first season of our podcast, “The Searches for Ana Walshe,” we dive into the life of Ana — her passion for her career, being a mom and possible signs of trouble.
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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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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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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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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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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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Brian Walshe sentenced to 37 months in art fraud case
The man accused of killing his wife at their Cohasset home received a prison sentence for his role in an art fraud scheme.
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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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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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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 in Ana Walshe murder case
The wait for this new evidence was enough to postpone a hearing for her husband Brian Walshe, who is accused of killing his wife.
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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...