"Walshe is standing trial for allegedly killing his wife, Ana, on New Year's Day 2023. Prosecutors say he then dismembered her body and tossed her remains in dumpsters around the region, including one near his mother's home in Swampscott. Investigators never found her body. In the days after her disappearance, prosecutors say Walshe painted a web of lies as he misled police while searches stretched from the couple's Cohasset neighborhood to Washington, D.C., where Ana worked."
"During opening statements, defense attorney Larry Tipton argued that Walshe found Ana suddenly dead after a night of New Year's celebrations and then spiraled into a panic. On Nov. 18, just before jury selection began, Walshe pleaded guilty to two charges - misleading police and improperly removing or concealing a body. He is still facing a first-degree murder charge. Sentencing on the lesser charges will come after the trial. The jury will not be aware of his guilty pleas during deliberations on the murder charge."
Jurors will hear closing arguments in the Brian Walshe murder trial before deliberations begin. Walshe faces a first-degree murder charge for the alleged killing of his wife, Ana, on New Year's Day 2023; prosecutors contend he dismembered her and discarded remains in regional dumpsters, and investigators never recovered the body. Prosecutors presented internet searches, purchases of cleaning supplies and tools, and bloody household items with DNA as evidence. They allege Walshe lied to police and falsely claimed a missing phone to create an alibi, and suggested motive tied to Ana's potential move to Washington, D.C. The defense claims Walshe found Ana suddenly dead and panicked.
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