Brian Walshe pleads guilty to misleading police and improperly disposing of a body, leaving only the
murder charge for the trial.
Prosecutors believe Walshe is motivated to murder by an affair and a $2.7 million life insurance policy with Brian Walshe as the beneficiary. The state says unhappy marriage, sick internet searches, and DNA evidence all point to Brian Walshe as his wife Ana’s killer.
Three days before Ana Walshe is last seen alive, a PornHub video is viewed on Brian Walshe’s laptop about a “cheating wife,” tying in to prosecutors’ theory Walshe knew Ana was having an affair.
On cross-examination, an investigator admits the viewer did not specifically search for ‘cheating’ or ‘cuckold’ materials and may have stumbled on the video from an unrelated search for a particular actress.
Prosecutors paint the picture of the Walshe marriage as a crumbling house, and Ana befriends and becomes romantically involved with another man, William Fastow, and Brian is looking for a way out.
Ana is with Fastow on Christmas Eve and misses her flight back to Cohasset, ending up driving back home and missing most of Christmas with her family. Less than 48 hours later, Brian Walshe is online looking for favorable states for men to get a divorce.
On December 27, Brian Walshe makes several divorce-related searches, including “best strategies to divorce for a man” and “What’s the best state to divorce for a man?”
Walshe claims he discussed divorce with Ana several times due to his ongoing Andy Warhol fraud case,
concerned about protecting their assets and children.
Walshe tells police Ana left home between 6 and 7 a.m. on January first for a “work emergency,” and tells officers he did not question her because he didn’t want to have another argument about missing a holiday.
Investigators begin looking at Walshe’s internet activity and find out he searches for the name of his wife’s lover, William Fastow, on Christmas Day.
On January 1, at 4:54 a.m., Walshe searches, “Best Way to Dispose of a Body.”
Joining Nancy Grace:
Additional Guests
- Matthew Morrise – Attorney and Digital Forensic Investigator at Morrise Thompson Foresta
- Dr. Cheryl Arutt – Licensed Clinical and Forensic Psychologist specializing in Trauma Recovery, PTSD and EMDR, website: CreativeEMDR.com; IG: @askdrcheryl
“Crime Stories with Nancy Grace” on Fox Nation is also a national radio show on SiriusXM channel 111, airing for two hours daily starting at 12 p.m. EST. You can also subscribe and download the daily podcasts at iHeart Podcasts.
[Feature Photo: Ana Walshe/Instagram]
