Brian Walshe dismembered Ana Walshe and disposed her body.

Brian Walshe dismembered his wife, Ana Walshe, with a hacksaw and disposed of her remains after using his son’s iPad to Google the best ways to get rid of a body, among a slew of other incriminating searches, a prosecutor said in court Wednesday.

Brian Walshe (47) pleaded guilty in Quincy District court to a murder charge in the death 39-year-old Ana Walshe of Cohasset. He was ordered held without bail by a judge.

Ana Walshe. mother of three, vanished earlier this month. Michael Morrissey, Norfolk District Attorney, announced Tuesday that a murder warrant was issued for Brian Walshe in connection with her death.

Brian Walshe was under heavy police protection as he was escorted to court shortly after 8:20 a.m. for the 9 a.m. court appearance.

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Brian searched the internet for the following items after the alleged murder Ana.

“Can ID be made on partial remains?”
“Best ways to dispose of a body?”
“What happens when you put body parts in ammonia”
“Can you be charged with murder without a body?”
“How long before a body starts to smell?”
“How to embalm a body?”
“How to get blood out of a wooden floor?”
“Hacksaw– best tool to dismember?”
“Can baking soda make a body smell good?”
“10 ways to dispose of a body if you really need to?”

On Dec. 27, 2022, Walshe is also said to have searched, “Best day for a divorce?”

During the course of their investigation, officers observed Brian Walshe’s Volvo with the seats down and a plastic liner over them. Officials later discovered that the car had blood traces.

Ana spent New Year’s Eve with her husband and three kids at their Cohasset home. The prosecutor said her phone turned off at 3:14 a.m. New Year’s Day.

She was supposed to go to Logan Airport early New Year’s Day around 4:30 a.m. to head to her second residence in Washington D.C., where she spent weekdays working as a regional general manager for the real estate company Tishman Speyer.

According to police, Brian initially told investigators she could have used a rideshare service from Logan. Police never found any evidence that Brian made it to Logan. Her cellphone, credit and debit cards were also inactive after her disappearance.

Cohasset police and state police combed the woods around the Walshe’s home on Jan. 6 and later returned with a search warrant for inside the home less than 48 hours later. Prosecutors claim that the search was illegal. led to the discovery of a blood-covered knife In the basement of your home.

Brian reported Ana missing before investigators discovered that Ana had been living with Brian. seen on video at the Home Depot in Rockland wearing a black surgical mask, and blue surgical gloves making a cash transaction. He bought a tarp, mops and tape.

The North Shore was where they found the clues. hacksaw was found at a transfer station in Peabody.

Investigators noted that a search of a dumpster taken from his mother’s Swampscott apartment complex to the transfer station yielded 10 trash bags with items that had stains consistent with blood including rugs, a COVID vaccine card with Ana Walshe’s name, and a hatchet, in addition to the hacksaw.

The prosecutor stated that other trash bags Brian Walshe had dumped were incinerated after being discovered.

The murder case comes many years after Ana Walshe informed police in Washington D.C. about Brian Walshe. had threatened to kill her.

Since 1992, Brian Walshe is housed at Norfolk County House of Correction pleading not guilty last week To be charged with misleading law enforcement officials, who have worked tirelessly to locate his wife’s location.

He was also placed under house arrest. stealing and attempting to sell two fake Andy Warhol paintings Shop at eBay

More coverage of Ana Walshe’s disappearance below:

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[25 Investigates: Sale of Ana Walshe’s Revere condo recorded days before her disappearance]

[Police log indicates Ana Walshe’s employer reported her missing before husband]

[Before she went missing: Ana Walshe, a Serbian immigrant who sought the American Dream]

[’I am not a threat’: Apologetic Brian Walshe aims to be loving, repay debt in 2021 letter to judge]

[Ana Walshe reveals more about her husband Brian in a letter she wrote to a federal judge last June]

[Ana Walshe’s best friend shares insight about the relationship between Brian & Ana]

[’Lacks basic empathy’: Art scam victim of Brian Walshe speaks about his character]

This is an ongoing story. Keep checking back for more updates as they become available.

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