Inside ‘Brian Walshe: Husband Of Missing Real Estate Executive Ana Walshe Arrested’ It’s been more than a week since Cohasset mother of three Ana Walshe was last seen after going missing on New Year’s Day.
Brian Walshe: Husband Of Missing Real Estate Executive Ana Walshe Arrested
Her husband Brian Walshe, arrested and charged with misleading the investigation, was held on $500,000 bail Monday after prosecutors revealed that police found a bloody knife in the couple’s basement.
Brian Walshe: Husband Of Missing Real Estate Executive Ana Walshe Arrested
Here is a timeline of events surrounding Ana Walshe’s disappearance – based on court documents, statements from the prosecution and defence, and WBZ-TV’s reporting:
Dec. 31, 2022: New Year’s Eve
Brian Walshe told investigators that he and Ana hosted their friend Gem for dinner, according to a criminal complaint. Gem arrived at about 8:30 p.m. and left “around 1:00 or 1:30 am.” Brian said he and Ana went to bed “shortly” after Gem left. Brian said Ana told him she had a “work emergency” and needed to fly to Washington, D.C. in the morning.
Friends say “Happy New Year” messages sent to Ana were never returned.
Jan. 1, 2023: New Year’s Day
Ana is last seen between 4 a.m. and 6 a.m., prosecutors say. Brian told investigators she left the house to take an Uber or Lyft to the airport. Police later checked and determined there was no Uber or Lyft that picked her up that day, a prosecutor said in court.
Brian, who was on house arrest in connection with a case involving fake Andy Warhol paintings, tells police that he got up at 7 a.m. to make breakfast for their three boys. In the afternoon, a babysitter arrives and Brian leaves to see his mother in Swampscott, the criminal complaint states.
Brian told investigators he “got lost” driving to his mother’s house and it takes him about 20-30 minutes longer than usual to get there. He said he didn’t use GPS because he was missing his cell phone, telling police that one of their children must have taken the phone and that it wasn’t found until the next day.
Brian told police that while in Swampscott he ran errands for his mother at CVS and Whole Foods. A prosecutor said in court that there are no receipts or surveillance video showing him in those stores.
Jan. 2, 2023: Alleged Home Depot trip
Brian told police he took his son out for ice cream in Norwell. A prosecutor said that sometime after 4 p.m., Brian in fact went to the Home Depot in Rockland. Surveillance video showed him in a black mask and blue surgical gloves using cash to buy about $450 worth of cleaning supplies, including mops, a bucket, tarps, drop cloths and various kinds of tape, the prosecutor said.
Ana’s cell phone pinged in the area of the Cohasset home on January 2, a prosecutor said.
Jan. 3, 2023: Plane ticket
A prosecutor said Walshe had a flight booked to Washington, D.C. on Jan. 3 that she never used, and she never showed up to the airport.
Jan. 4, 2023: Ana is reported missing
Police in D.C. and Cohasset are notified by employees at Ana’s Washington, D.C. workplace that she did not show up for work. A prosecutor says this is the first time police have been alerted that Ana is missing, and that Brian had not notified anyone that she was missing. A lawyer for Brian countered in court that he was the one who contacted the employer to say that he had not heard from his wife.
Brian leaves a voicemail for a friend saying “Ana hasn’t been in touch for a few days” and says he’s trying to reach anyone who may have been in contact with her. “I am sure everything is fine,” he says.
Jan. 5, 2023: Police ask the public for help finding Ana
Cohasset police get the word out on social media that they are looking for help from the public to find Ana. They say she was last seen early in the morning of New Year’s Day and speaks with an Eastern European accent.
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Jan. 6, 2023: Ground team searches the woods
Police search the woods near Route 3A, about a mile from the Walshe’s home. Later in the day, a fire breaks out in the attic of another Cohasset home where Ana lived until a few months ago.
The police chief calls it a “very strange coincidence,” but the Massachusetts Department of Fire Services determined the cause of the fire was accidental.
Jan. 7, 2023: Search stops
Police spent more hours on Saturday searching for Ana in Cohasset. Among the resources used are K-9 units and the State Police Air Wing. They search a small stream and backyard pool without finding anything. The search ends Saturday evening.
Jan. 8, 2023: Brian is arrested; home searched
Police execute a search warrant at the couple’s home, and investigators are seen removing boxes of evidence from inside the house, while others had shovels in hand. A prosecutor says blood and a bloody and damaged knife were found in the basement of the home.
Brian is arrested and charged with misleading the investigation as Ana has now been missing for one week.
Jan. 9, 2023: Brian appears in court
A plea of not guilty was entered for Brian in Quincy District Court. A judge ordered him held on $500,000 for the charge of misleading the investigation.
Brian Walshe, the husband of missing real estate exec Ana Walshe, appears in court
Knife & Blood Found in Home: Husband Bought Over $400 in Cleaning Supplies
Ana Walshe was last seen by a family member in her Cohasset residence between 4 a.m. and 5 a.m. on January 1, according to Cohasset police Chief William Quigley.
Quigley said Ana’s cellphone, credit card, and debit cards have not been used since New Year’s Day, and her phone pinged last at her home on January 1.
Police first said she was reported missing on January 4 by the defendant and her Washington, D.C.-based employer. In court, however, it was determined that only Ana’s employer made the initial missing persons report.
“Police were notified around Jan. 4 by her employees in Washington, D.C. that she had not shown up for work on Jan. 4. That was the first time that (police were) notified that she was missing,” Beland said.
Brian Walshe told investigators that Ana was supposed to take an Uber or Lyft to Washington, D.C., for work, but prosecutors said in court Monday that there is no evidence of her ever leaving her home.
He was subsequently arrested and charged with misleading police during an investigation. A judge set his bail at $500,000.
The defendant was already wearing an ankle monitor in connection with a different case. Check back for updates.
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