Prosecutor says Brian Walshe made chilling internet searches
DEDHAM, Mass. (WJAR) — Graphic details were revealed in court Wednesday when Brian Walshe appeared before a Massachusetts judge to be charged with killing his wife, 39-year-old Ana Walshe of Cohasset.
Brian, 47, was being held without bail at the county lockup in Dedham.
Earlier Wednesday, new evidence was released in Quincy District Court, and it was disturbing.
Ana was last seen early in the morning on New Year's Day.
Prosecutors said they believe Brian killed his wife shortly after that.
She was first reported missing by her co-workers on Jan.4 when she never showed up for work in Washington, D.C.
Brian told police he hadn't seen his wife since she took a rideshare to the airport on Jan. 1. Records show no Ubers or Lyfts were ordered to their Cohasset home.
Brian already faced charges for misleading police about where he went on Jan. 1 and 2.
Prosecutors said various internet searches were made from his son's iPad in the days after Ana's disappearance.
"At 4:55 a.m. on Jan. 1, he searched, 'How long before a body starts to smell?' At 4:58 a.m., 'How to stop a body from decomposing.' At 5:20 a.m. 'How to embalm a body.' At 5:27 a.m., 'Ten ways to dispose of a dead body if you really need to," prosecutor Lynn Beland told the court. "At 1:10 p.m., 'Can you be charged with murder without a body?' at 1:14 p.m., 'Can you identify a body with broken teeth?'"
That same day police say Brian purchased more than $400 worth of cleaning supplies at a local home depot.
Police previously revealed that they found blood in the basement of the couple's home as well as a broken knife.
Prosecutors said searches of several trash facilities in Massachusetts turned up a hacksaw, bloody rags and DNA matching both Brian and Ana.
"It is believed that Brian Walshe dismembered Ana Walshe and discarded her body," Beland said.
Investigators said they now believe Ana's body may have been incinerated before authorities could locate it.
A little more than a week ago, police developed probable cause to charge Brian with misleading investigators during their search for his wife.
The couple have three young children who are now in state custody. Cohasset is an affluent community on the South Shore.