Brian Walshe charged with murder of wife Ana Walshe

Authorities in Massachusetts revealed on Tuesday that Ana Walshe’s husband has been charged with murder in connection with her abduction.

When Brian Walshe received a second arrest warrant for murder, he was already detained on suspicion of obstructing the police investigation into his missing wife, Norfolk District Attorney Michael W. Morrissey revealed in a statement.

He will be brought before the Quincy District Court on January 18 for his arraignment.

Since Brian, 47, told authorities he last saw his wife alive in the early hours of January 1 when, according to him, she left their Cohasset home for a “work emergency,” the evidence has grown.

For her employment with real estate firm Tishman Speyer, Ana, 39, commuted between Massachusetts and Washington, DC. She hasn’t been seen since.

There are no records of her boarding a plane at Boston Logan International Airport or taking a ridesharing, despite claims that she was going on a business trip.

The mother of three was absent for three days before her employer reported her missing on January 4 around noon. However, police blotters show that Brian did not call to report her missing until later that day.

Brian was arrested on January 8 on a charge of deceiving investigators even though he was already under house arrest with an ankle monitor after pleading guilty to federal fraud charges in 2021.

Prosecutors said in court that the Boston native had misled investigators by attempting to hide his whereabouts in the days following Ana’s final sighting. In addition to ostensibly lying about doing some shopping for his elderly mother on January 1st, Brian also omitted to report a trip to Home Depot on January 2nd, when he was seen on camera spending $450 on cleaning goods.

A damaged knife and blood were found in the basement of the family’s home, according to the announcement made by the prosecution.

Afterwards, Brian’s mother’s home and a nearby garbage facility were searched.

In the days following Ana’s disappearance, Brian allegedly Googled “how to dispose of a 115-pound woman’s body,” according to sources close to the investigation.

Brian entered a not guilty plea to the initial accusation brought against him and is now being held without bail after posting $500 000.

It is unknown if detectives have located Ana’s remains or are depending on other evidence prior to his arraignment on the murder allegation.

Ana and Brian’s seeming idyllic lives has been in sharp contrast to the dramatic events of the last three weeks. The pair, who wed in her home country of Serbia in 2015, were frequently seen grinning with friends or in the company of their three sons, who range in age from 2 to 6.

2018 saw the first crack in the family’s charming façade when Brian was detained for attempting to sell a fake Andy Warhol painting online.

However, despite the legal issues, the pair still seemed content. In letters to a court from last June, Ana, her mother, and her sister all praised Brian’s development personally.

But after Ana vanished, the couple’s acquaintances remembered warning signals of trouble.

The Post was informed this week by Mike and Mandi Silva, the Walshes’ former renters, about Ana’s enigmatic haste to sell up her Massachusetts holdings and her startling response when they confronted her last month.