Update On Missing Ana Walshe’s Disappearance On New Year 2023
- Ana Walshe, a mother of three, has been missing since the New Year.
- Ana’s husband, Brian told police she left their home for a flight to Washington, DC for her work but authorities have now accused him of misleading investigators.
- In 2018, Brian Walshe was indicted on federal fraud charges for allegedly selling fake artwork online.
Ana Walshe has been missing since the New Year
According to an affidavit containing Brian Walshe’s comments to police, he and his wife held a New Year’s Eve supper at their residence for a friend named Gem.
According to the affidavit, Brian and Ana Walshe went to bed shortly after the buddy left, either at 1 or 1:30 a.m. He informed authorities Ana Walshe claimed she had a work emergency and had to fly to Washington for work the following morning.
She typically left between 6 and 7 a.m. in an Uber, Lyft, or taxi for the airport. The affidavit also indicates that he informed police that a babysitter came in the afternoon and that he left the house to acquire groceries at around three o’clock.
The days after her disappearance
When Ana Walshe failed to arrive for work, her employer, Tishman Speyer, reported her absence to the police. The defense lawyer for Brian Walshe claims that he called her place of employment to find out if anyone knew of her whereabouts.
Cohasset Police visited Ana Walshe’s residence on January 4 to assess her well-being. On January 5, Cohasset Police made the announcement that Ana Walshe was missing and requested assistance from the public. She was last seen “shortly after midnight on New Year’s Day,” according to the police.
K-9 cops and search and rescue teams joined a major police hunt for Walshe on January 6 in the wooded regions close to her home. The Cohasset Police Department and Massachusetts State Police declared the conclusion of the search a day later.
The police arrested and charged Brian Walshe with misleading the investigation.
The police stated that they detained Brian Walshe on January 8 and accused him of misrepresenting an investigation. When the authorities charged Brian Walshe with misleading police, he pleaded not guilty in court.
The prosecution said that there was no proof that Ana Walshe left their home on January 1 to take a rideshare. Additionally, the prosecutor claimed that after obtaining a search warrant for their house, detectives discovered blood and a bloody knife in the basement.
The judge scheduled the next hearing for February 9 and set the bail amount at $500k in cash. Brian Walshe’s statements to police were a “clear attempt to mislead and delay investigators,” according to the affidavit.
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The latest update on Ana Walshe’s disappearance
According to two law enforcement sources, investigators discovered search terms like “how to dispose of a 115-pound woman’s body” and “how to dismember a body” on Brian Walshe’s internet data.
Investigators gathered new information in the last three days that led them to shift their focus from a missing person case to one involving a suspected murder and a potential suspect.
According to a source with firsthand knowledge of the case, on Monday night, investigators looking for Ana Walshe’s potential remains were searching through trash at a transfer station in Peabody, a town approximately an hour’s drive north of Cohasset.
Early last week, according to the source, sanitation workers carried the rubbish to the station.
In the town of Swampscott, some 15 miles north of Boston, close to the residence of Brian Walshe’s mother, crime scene tape was additionally applied outside and around dumpsters.
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Brian Walshe, the husband of Ana Walshe pleaded guilty to fraud last year
In a criminal complaint filed with the US District Court in Massachusetts in May of 2018, the FBI claimed that Brian Walshe had sold two counterfeit Warhol paintings there, leading to Walshe’s charge of wire fraud.
According to the FBI’s agents, less than a year after their marriage, in November 2016, Brian or Ana allegedly utilized her eBay account to sell the artworks.
The complaint doesn’t accuse Ana of being guilty, but it does say that she contacted the buyer of the fake paintings after learning her work number and realizing the paintings weren’t authentic.
The report also claims that Brian Walshe stole genuine artwork from a friend with the intention of selling it, but never did. Prosecutors claim that he did not pay the friend for the artwork.
He entered a plea guilty to three of the four offenses last year in exchange for the prosecution’s suggested sentence of imprisonment, supervised release, fines, restitution, and forfeiture. He also consented to pay for the artworks or have them returned.
The case is still pending as the judge has not yet officially sentenced Brian because the US Attorney’s Office is looking into his financial situation.
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