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Friday, August 1st:
*Motions Hearing via Zoom (@ 2pm ET) - MA - Ana Walshe (39) was last seen at her home in Cohasset shortly after midnight on New Year’s Day, Jan. 1, 2023, according to her husband. She was reported missing Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023 from her employer in Washington D.C. - *Brian Reza Walshe (47/now 50) arrested (1/8/23), charged & arraigned (1/9/23) with intimidation/misleading police during the investigation into his wife's disappearance. Bond $5M Surety/$500K Cash. Plead not guilty. Quincy DC in Mass Court / moved to Norfolk Superior Court
*Re-Charged (1/17/23) & arraigned (1/18/23) with murder, assault to beat Ana with intent to murder & improper transport of body. Plead not guilty. Held without bond pending indictment. Held in Norfolk County Correctional Center.
*Indicted (3/30/23), re-charged & arraigned (4/27/23) with 1st degree murder, for misleading a police investigation/ obstruction of justice & for the improper con3veyance of a human body. Plead not guilty. Held without Bond. Norfolk Superior Court
Trial set to begin on 10/20/25 with jury selection – should take several days & trial should last about 4 weeks.
Norfolk Superior Court Judge Diane Freniere presiding. Norfolk County Asst. DA Greg Connor. Defense attorneys Larry Tipton & Kelli Porges, public defenders.
Case & court info from 1/6/23 thru 7/18/25 reference post #831 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...esh33are-to-airport-cohasset-4.658134/page-42
7/24/25 Update: Non-evidentiary hearing to dismiss Judge Michael Doolin. Review Status conference on 7/25/25 @ 2:45pm before Judge Peter B. Krupp. 7/25/25 Update: Walshe, the convicted fraudster who was facing massive fines & federal prison time for selling bogus Warhol paintings to a West Hollywood art gallery owner, allegedly dismembered his wife at their Massachusetts mansion so he could become the sole parent for the couple's three sons, and to inherit "millions" from a life insurance policy, prosecutors revealed at a court hearing Thursday. Thursday's hearing was rooted in Walshe's defense attorneys arguing that investigators for the Norfolk County District Attorney's office did not properly obtain search warrants before extracting incriminating online searches Walshe made after his wife vanished on New Year's Day 2023. The searches included: "how to dispose of a 115-pound woman's body" & "how long for someone to be missing to inheritance (sic)?" according to the documents. His murder trial is slated to begin in late October. A Massachusetts judge will rule on the defense motion to dismiss evidence collected by state police without following proper procedure in the coming weeks.
7/24/25 Docket update: Memorandum & Order: of Decision on Defendant's Motion to Suppress Information Resulting from Search of Electronic Devices Based on Consent [Ruling on Paper NO.78.0]. ORDER For the Forgoing Reasons, it is hereby ORDERED that the defendant's Motion to Suppress Information Resulting from Search of Electronic Devices Based on Consent (Paper No. 78) is DENIED. Dated 07/25/25 Judge: Diane Freniere.
7/25/25 Docket update: Memorandum & Order: of Decision on Defendant's Motion to Suppress Search Warrants [Ruling on Paper NO.83.0] For the forgoing reasons, Defendant's Motion to Suppress is ALLOWED as to Search Warrant No. 23SW0035 for GPS install on a 2013 Volkswagen Beetle, MA Reg. 5TR6461. It Is also ALLOWED as to Search Warrant No. 23SW76 for Verizon Records of Cell Phone Number
insofar it authorized CSLI & location data obtained for December 30, 2022 & December 31, 2022. The Motion to Suppress is otherwise DENIED. Dated 7/25/25 Judge Diane Freniere.
7/25/2025 Event Result:: Conference to Review Status scheduled on: 07/25/2025 02:45 PM Has been: Canceled For the following reason: Joint request of parties Hon. Peter B Krupp, Presiding
7/25/25 Update: During a hearing Thursday, defense attorney Larry Tipton argued that prosecutors have incorrectly inferred that Brian killed his wife, Ana Walshe, after discovering she was having an affair, claiming there’s no evidence that Brian knew Ana was having an affair. Judge Christine Freniere pushed back on this claim, citing evidence presented to the grand jury that Brian had searched the name of a man his wife was allegedly involved with six times on December 25, 2022. The prosecution also highlighted testimony that Ana had told a friend about a “huge fight” over Christmas & had given her husband an ultimatum regarding his pending federal case. Prosecutors alleged Brian murdered Ana on January 1, 2023 & spent the following days concealing the crime. Her body has not been found. Judge Freniere took the matter under advisement & will issue a ruling at a later date. Walshe’s case returns to court for motions hearing on 8/1/25 @ 2pm via Zoom.
7/30/25 Update: Norfolk Superior Court Judge Michael Doolin ordered several out-of-state witnesses to appear at Walshe’s October trial at the request of prosecutors. Judge Michael Doolin issued five certificates of materiality on Wednesday, essentially a procedural step certifying to a court in another state that the witnesses were necessary to the proceeding, in this case, Walshe’s trial. Prosecutors must get a judge to sign off before ordering a witness from out of state to appear in any case. The certificates will allow prosecutors to call Jeremy Dozier, a private investigator hired by Walshe’s mother, to investigate whether she was having an affair; two employees from the Washington, D.C. real estate firm where Ana Walshe worked; a keeper of records for the airline JetBlue; and a friend of Ana Walshe’s. Prosecutors intend to call two witnesses from the real estate firm Tishman Speyer: the director of security and the director of human resources. Hugh Dunleavy, the security director & Theresa Marchese, the HR director, can testify no work emergency would have prompted Ana Walshe to leave her home on Jan. 1, 2023, prosecutors wrote. Another witness, Alyssa Kirby, went out with Ana Walshe in Washington, D.C., in the days before her death. Ana Walshe was “uncharacteristically emotional & extremely upset” that night, prosecutors wrote. She told Kirby about her husband’s pending sentencing in his federal art fraud case & her desire to relocate the couple’s three children to Washington, D.C. Finally, regarding the witness from JetBlue, prosecutors say they can testify that Ana Walshe was scheduled to fly from Boston to the nation’s capital on Jan. 3, 2023, but no other time. Brian Walshe told police his wife left to catch a flight around 6 a.m. on Jan. 1, 2023. “The victim has not been seen since January 1, 2023 with the defendant as the last person to have seen her,” the filing reads. Prosecutors intend to call each witness during their case-in-chief.
*Motions Hearing via Zoom (@ 2pm ET) - MA - Ana Walshe (39) was last seen at her home in Cohasset shortly after midnight on New Year’s Day, Jan. 1, 2023, according to her husband. She was reported missing Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023 from her employer in Washington D.C. - *Brian Reza Walshe (47/now 50) arrested (1/8/23), charged & arraigned (1/9/23) with intimidation/misleading police during the investigation into his wife's disappearance. Bond $5M Surety/$500K Cash. Plead not guilty. Quincy DC in Mass Court / moved to Norfolk Superior Court
*Re-Charged (1/17/23) & arraigned (1/18/23) with murder, assault to beat Ana with intent to murder & improper transport of body. Plead not guilty. Held without bond pending indictment. Held in Norfolk County Correctional Center.
*Indicted (3/30/23), re-charged & arraigned (4/27/23) with 1st degree murder, for misleading a police investigation/ obstruction of justice & for the improper con3veyance of a human body. Plead not guilty. Held without Bond. Norfolk Superior Court
Trial set to begin on 10/20/25 with jury selection – should take several days & trial should last about 4 weeks.
Norfolk Superior Court Judge Diane Freniere presiding. Norfolk County Asst. DA Greg Connor. Defense attorneys Larry Tipton & Kelli Porges, public defenders.
Case & court info from 1/6/23 thru 7/18/25 reference post #831 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...esh33are-to-airport-cohasset-4.658134/page-42
7/24/25 Update: Non-evidentiary hearing to dismiss Judge Michael Doolin. Review Status conference on 7/25/25 @ 2:45pm before Judge Peter B. Krupp. 7/25/25 Update: Walshe, the convicted fraudster who was facing massive fines & federal prison time for selling bogus Warhol paintings to a West Hollywood art gallery owner, allegedly dismembered his wife at their Massachusetts mansion so he could become the sole parent for the couple's three sons, and to inherit "millions" from a life insurance policy, prosecutors revealed at a court hearing Thursday. Thursday's hearing was rooted in Walshe's defense attorneys arguing that investigators for the Norfolk County District Attorney's office did not properly obtain search warrants before extracting incriminating online searches Walshe made after his wife vanished on New Year's Day 2023. The searches included: "how to dispose of a 115-pound woman's body" & "how long for someone to be missing to inheritance (sic)?" according to the documents. His murder trial is slated to begin in late October. A Massachusetts judge will rule on the defense motion to dismiss evidence collected by state police without following proper procedure in the coming weeks.
7/24/25 Docket update: Memorandum & Order: of Decision on Defendant's Motion to Suppress Information Resulting from Search of Electronic Devices Based on Consent [Ruling on Paper NO.78.0]. ORDER For the Forgoing Reasons, it is hereby ORDERED that the defendant's Motion to Suppress Information Resulting from Search of Electronic Devices Based on Consent (Paper No. 78) is DENIED. Dated 07/25/25 Judge: Diane Freniere.
7/25/25 Docket update: Memorandum & Order: of Decision on Defendant's Motion to Suppress Search Warrants [Ruling on Paper NO.83.0] For the forgoing reasons, Defendant's Motion to Suppress is ALLOWED as to Search Warrant No. 23SW0035 for GPS install on a 2013 Volkswagen Beetle, MA Reg. 5TR6461. It Is also ALLOWED as to Search Warrant No. 23SW76 for Verizon Records of Cell Phone Number
insofar it authorized CSLI & location data obtained for December 30, 2022 & December 31, 2022. The Motion to Suppress is otherwise DENIED. Dated 7/25/25 Judge Diane Freniere.7/25/2025 Event Result:: Conference to Review Status scheduled on: 07/25/2025 02:45 PM Has been: Canceled For the following reason: Joint request of parties Hon. Peter B Krupp, Presiding
7/25/25 Update: During a hearing Thursday, defense attorney Larry Tipton argued that prosecutors have incorrectly inferred that Brian killed his wife, Ana Walshe, after discovering she was having an affair, claiming there’s no evidence that Brian knew Ana was having an affair. Judge Christine Freniere pushed back on this claim, citing evidence presented to the grand jury that Brian had searched the name of a man his wife was allegedly involved with six times on December 25, 2022. The prosecution also highlighted testimony that Ana had told a friend about a “huge fight” over Christmas & had given her husband an ultimatum regarding his pending federal case. Prosecutors alleged Brian murdered Ana on January 1, 2023 & spent the following days concealing the crime. Her body has not been found. Judge Freniere took the matter under advisement & will issue a ruling at a later date. Walshe’s case returns to court for motions hearing on 8/1/25 @ 2pm via Zoom.
7/30/25 Update: Norfolk Superior Court Judge Michael Doolin ordered several out-of-state witnesses to appear at Walshe’s October trial at the request of prosecutors. Judge Michael Doolin issued five certificates of materiality on Wednesday, essentially a procedural step certifying to a court in another state that the witnesses were necessary to the proceeding, in this case, Walshe’s trial. Prosecutors must get a judge to sign off before ordering a witness from out of state to appear in any case. The certificates will allow prosecutors to call Jeremy Dozier, a private investigator hired by Walshe’s mother, to investigate whether she was having an affair; two employees from the Washington, D.C. real estate firm where Ana Walshe worked; a keeper of records for the airline JetBlue; and a friend of Ana Walshe’s. Prosecutors intend to call two witnesses from the real estate firm Tishman Speyer: the director of security and the director of human resources. Hugh Dunleavy, the security director & Theresa Marchese, the HR director, can testify no work emergency would have prompted Ana Walshe to leave her home on Jan. 1, 2023, prosecutors wrote. Another witness, Alyssa Kirby, went out with Ana Walshe in Washington, D.C., in the days before her death. Ana Walshe was “uncharacteristically emotional & extremely upset” that night, prosecutors wrote. She told Kirby about her husband’s pending sentencing in his federal art fraud case & her desire to relocate the couple’s three children to Washington, D.C. Finally, regarding the witness from JetBlue, prosecutors say they can testify that Ana Walshe was scheduled to fly from Boston to the nation’s capital on Jan. 3, 2023, but no other time. Brian Walshe told police his wife left to catch a flight around 6 a.m. on Jan. 1, 2023. “The victim has not been seen since January 1, 2023 with the defendant as the last person to have seen her,” the filing reads. Prosecutors intend to call each witness during their case-in-chief.
