Brian Walshe faces trial for the murder of his wife, Ana, Monday as opening statements kick off two weeks after he admitted to dismembering her to get rid of her body.
Walshe, 50, is accused of killing his 39-year-old spouse, with whom he shared three kids around New Year’s Day 2023.
Prosecutors and defense attorneys are expected to begin with opening remarks Monday morning in the Norfolk County Superior Court in Dedham, Mass.
Just before jury selection began last month, Walshe, a real estate executive from Cohasset, admitted to the lesser charges of the case — that he dismembered her body and disposed of the remains in dumpsters which were incinerated as part of the disposal process.
He has maintained his innocence in connection to her slaying.
Ana’s body still hasn’t been found to this day.
Prosecutors say they have video evidence of Walshe going to Home Depot and purchasing cleaning products and tools — including mops, brushes, splash guard goggles, and a utility knife — he used for the grisly task of helping to cover up the murder.
He also used his son’s iPad to search on Google how to dispose of a body, prosecutors say.
Walshe was allegedly driven by suspicions that Ana was cheating on him with another man — and he even hired a private investigator to follow her. Their marriage had been struggling after he was placed on home arrest for allegedly hawking fake Andy Warhol artworks, prosecutors have alleged.
The trial is expected to last two to three weeks.
Walshe admitted to one count of misleading the police and one count of improper conveyance of a human body and faces 10 and three years behind bars respectively.
He faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison without parole if convicted by the jury on the only remaining count of first-degree murder.
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