EvDEn eVe NAKliyAT<\/a> Ana were headed for a divorce, but that Brian chose instead to kill her.<\/p>\nThey pointed to a mountain of evidence including grim Google searches carried out on their son’s iPad that included research for disposing of a body and how long it takes for corpses to decompose.<\/p>\n
Blood traces were found on items of Ana’s clothing that were discovered in a different dumpster, along with Brian’s DNA.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ana, who was a real estate agent, had built a $2million property portfolio before she died.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She lived in Massachusetts with her husband and their kids, but traveled frequently to Washington DC for work.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her colleagues asked for a welfare check after she failed to show up to her job in January, three days after she was last seen alive.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Brian had also researched whether a person could inherit money from a missing person.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He has pleaded not guilty to murder and disposing of a body, but is yet to submit a formal defense.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ana’s mother in Serbia is incredulous that her once-loving son-in-law might be capable of such violence.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She wants ‘official information’ from the authorities that will explain their suspicion of Brian.\u00a0<\/p>\n
THE EVIDENCE AGAINST BRIAN WALSHE\u00a0<\/p>\n
On December 27th, days before she vanished, prosecutors say he Googled: ‘What’s the best state to divorce for a man?’\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ana was last seen alive at 1.30am on January 1st by friends who had been in their home for a New Year’s Eve party.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Shortly before 5am on January 1st<\/span>, using his son’s iPad, he searched;\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n- 4:55AM – How long before a body starts to smell?<\/li>\n
- 4:58AM – How to keep a body from decomposing?<\/li>\n
- 5:20AM – How to bound (bind) a body?<\/li>\n
- 5:47AM – 10 ways to dispose of a body if you really need to<\/li>\n
- 6:25AM – How long for someone to be missing to inherit?<\/li>\n
- 6:34AM – Can you throw away body parts?<\/li>\n
- 9:29AM – What does formaldehyde do?<\/li>\n
- 9:34AM – How long does DNA last?<\/li>\n
- 9:59AM – Can identification be made on partial remains?<\/li>\n
- 11:34AM – Dismemberment and the best way to dispose of a body<\/li>\n
- 11:44AM – How to clean blood from a wooden floor?<\/li>\n
- 11:56AM – Luminal to detect blood<\/li>\n
- 1:08PM – What happens when you put body parts in ammonia?<\/li>\n
- 1:21PM – Is it better to throw crime scene clothes away or wash them?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
January 2nd\u00a0<\/p>\n
After purchasing rugs from a Home Goods store while wearing rubber gloves and a face mask, he returned to the iPad for more research.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He also spent $450 on cleaning supplies from a Home Depot including\u00a0mops, buckets, tarps, drop cloths and various kinds of tape.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
This time, prosecutors say he searched;\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n- 12:45PM – Hacksaw best tool to dismember\u00a0<\/li>\n
- 1:10PM – Can you be charged with murder without a body?\u00a0<\/li>\n
- 1:14PM – Can you identify a body with broken teeth?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
January 3rd<\/p>\n
Police say he visited a dumpster in Abingdon, where he was seen carrying a heavy-looking garbage bag.\u00a0<\/p>\n
‘He had to heft it into the dumpster,’ according to police.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Prosecutors tried to track down those trash bags, but by the time they got to them they had been destroyed in an incinerator at a trash transfer center.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Walshe did more research, allegedly searching;\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n- 1:02PM – What happens to hair on a dead body?\u00a0<\/li>\n
- 1:13PM – What is the rate of decomposition of a body found in a plastic bag compared to on a surface in the woods<\/li>\n
- 1:20PM – Can baking soda make a body smell good?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
January 4th\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nWalshe bought bath mats, men’s clothing and towels at TJ Maxx and Home Goods.He then visited Loewes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
That same day, a colleague of Ana’s in Washington DC called police in Cohasset to report her missing and request a welfare check at her home.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Police visited the family house, EvDen EvE NAKLiYAt<\/a> where they noticed the seats in Brian’s Volvo were down, and a large, plastic liner was in the backseat.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\nJanuary 5th<\/p>\n
Police returned to the Walshe family home, where they noticed Brian’s Volvo had been freshly cleaned.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When questioned, he said he’d thrown out the plastic liner they saw the previous day.\u00a0<\/p>\n
That same day, he visited the dumpster near his mother’s home.\u00a0<\/p>\n
January 8th<\/p>\n
Walshe is arrested for misleading police.A search warrant for the house is obtained, and police discover blood stains in the basement. They also found a knife with traces of blood on it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Police then searched the dumpster near his mother’s home and found 10 trash bag that were stained with blood.Inside, they discovered;\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n- Slippers with both Ana and Brian’s DNA on it\u00a0<\/li>\n
- Rags, tape, a medical suit with Brian and Ana’s DNA on it\u00a0<\/li>\n
- Ana’s Hunter boots<\/li>\n
- Ana’s Prada handbag\u00a0<\/li>\n
- Ana’s COVID-19 vaccine card, with her name on it<\/li>\n
- A hacksaw<\/li>\n
- Hatchet\u00a0<\/li>\n
- Cutting shears\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
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