Massachusetts mom Ana Walshe believed her husband would be incarcerated and planned to leave him and move to Washington, DC just days before she was killed, according to new court documents.
Walshe, 39, of Cohasset — whose husband, Brian Walshe, stands accused of her murder — told a friend on Dec. 28 that she feared he would be sent to prison presumably on art fraud charges, according to court papers submitted by prosecutors.
“Ana believed [he] was going to be incarcerated on his pending criminal case. Ana told her friend that she intended to relocate her three children to Washington, D.C. and was prepared to leave [him],” according to Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ Statement of Case.
Walshe grew “uncharacteristically emotional and extremely upset” as she made the confession while out with the pal in DC, according to court papers.
The mother of three and real estate executive disappeared mysteriously on New Year’s Day and was later presumed dead, though her body has not been recovered.
Brian, 47, was charged with first-degree murder after police found damning evidence such as her clothing along with Google searches about how to dismember and dispose of a body.
He was arraigned in Thursday Norfolk Superior Court, where prosecutors alleged he killed Walshe after discovering she was having an affair.
In December, Brian would obsessively check a social media account belonging to a man he suspected of being Walshe’s love interest, according to prosecutors.
“During this time, he would repeatedly access the Instagram page of one of Ana’s male friends from Washington, D.C.,” court documents state.
It wasn’t immediately clear with whom she may have been having an affair, and no specific names were mentioned in court Thursday.
In April 2021, Brian pleaded guilty to charges connected to an art scam in which he took photos of authentic Andy Warhol paintings with the goal of illegally selling replicas on eBay. He is awaiting sentencing in that case.
He has pleaded not guilty to murder, misleading police, obstruction of justice, and improper conveyance of a human body.
