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A Massachusetts judge in the trial of Brian Walshe’s murder ruled Monday that prosecutors can show jurors the footage of the missing family home in Cohasset, after lawyers argued the footage was too inflammatory.
Prosecutors wanted to show the entire video to show the connection between the victim and the machine itself. They said in court that a rug found in the same workshop was identical to one found 40 kilometers from Brian Walshe’s mother’s lake near Brian Walshe’s mother, Diana, and a “piece of bone.”
Brian Walshe, a 50-year-old convicted felon, is accused of murdering his wife Ana after learning she was having an affair. Prosecutors said they believed she would have a better chance of avoiding state prison time for a felony conviction if she became the sole custodian of their three children.
The judge rules that Boston Direfrester Brian Walshe has the ability to be tried for the murder of his wife
Suspect Brian Walshe listens during his final hearing on Monday, November 17, 2025. He is accused of killing his wife, Ana Walshe, who is still adopted. (Pool)
But Ana Walshe had plans to take the children to Washington, DC, where she worked and what she was doing with us prosecutors.
Her estranged paramour is still on the witness list, according to defense lawyers, and is expected to testify.
He declined to answer questions about the case when approached Sunday.
Prosecutors say the husband talked his wife out of jail in an art fraud case
Ana Walshe wears the Washington Capitals Jersey in the December 2022 post. (Ana Walshe / Instagram)
Brian Walshe was the beneficiary of a 2.7 billion Indonesian life insurance policy
He entered the courtroom at 9:5 a.m. Monday, carrying a stack of equipment and wearing a blue suit and blue tie. The court official opened his pores when he reached the defense table.
Judge Diane Freniere took several motions in limine in the final hearing before jury selection to begin Tuesday.
A timeline of the arrests of Ana Walshe and Brian Walshe
Brian and Ana Walshe raise a toast on their wedding day at the L’Ponge lounge in Boston, Massachusetts on Monday, December 21, 2015. (Obtained via FOX News Digital)
He said the case will be brought to a close. He warned the defense that anything Walshe’s lawyers plan to use in their opening statement must be shared with the Court and the Prosecution before it is shown to jurors. He agreed to a defense request to add questions to the Juror Questionnaire, including the first one asking if any jurors could agree not to use social media or watch the news during the trial.
He also allowed prosecutors to add some evidence of Brian Walshe’s conviction to show their motive, but said he would not allow other local investigators to be found on his surveillance bracelet, which he said he was getting “a small amount of.”
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Ana Walshe was featured in a 2022 Instagram post. (Ana Walshe / Instagram)
The judge also said he may allow statements from Ana Walshe’s friend, Melissa Kirby, surrounding a conversation the two had on December 29, three days before Ana Walshe was last seen alive. They discuss Ana Walshe giving her husband an “ultimatum” and arguing over Christmas.
The judge ruled this interview on evidence of both the motive and the attitude of Ana Walshe not long ago.
Brian Walshe appears in a Massachusetts court to testify after being charged with the murder of his wife, Ana. (Pool)
Her remains were never found, but prosecutors say Brian Walshe killed her, robbed her and hid evidence. The defendant pleaded guilty.
Investigators say they found it Digital evidence Showing W Walshe is said to have been Googled more than ten times for instructions on how to dispose of human remains. They later say they found video of him at the home depot, buying mops, goggles and a knife.
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Former Massachusetts State Trooper Michael Proctor, now a detective, lost his job over his handling of the Karen investigation and learned from her boyfriend, John O’keefe.
Reads were found on all murder-related charges in that case earlier this year.
