5 Investigates: Hacksaw, rug with blood found during transfer station search in Ana Walshe case - WCVB Boston

Investigators moving connected the hunt for Ana Walshe, a missing Cohasset woman, recovered a rug with humor connected it and a hacksaw during a hunt astatine a transportation presumption successful Peabody precocious Monday, 5 Investigates has learned. A spokesperson for the territory attorney's bureau said aboriginal Tuesday that pieces of imaginable grounds recovered during that hunt would beryllium taxable to processing and testing. The DA's bureau did not specify details astir the items. Meanwhile, the missing woman's hubby remains successful custody connected a complaint of misleading the probe and the couple's children are successful the custody of the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families. Case background: Ana Walshe was reported missing connected Jan. 4, but hasn't been seen since New Year's Day.Her husband, Brian Walshe, is successful custody for the complaint of misleading a constabulary investigation. Brian Walshe is besides awaiting sentencing successful a national lawsuit involving fake Andy Warhol paintings and was expected to study his planned movements. Investigators accidental they recovered video of him making an unplanned travel to a hardware store, wherever helium bought $450 worthy of cleaning supplies successful cash.Prosecutors said humor and a weapon with humor connected it were recovered successful the basement of the location the Walshe household was renting. The DA's bureau said that hunt and processing efforts astatine the location concluded connected Tuesday afternoon. Items recovered during a hunt astatine a transportation presumption successful Peabody see a hacksaw and rug with humor connected it, 5 Investigates has learned. The Department of Children and Families has taken custody of the couple's 3 children. In summation to the hunt of the transportation presumption successful Peabody, investigators connected Monday besides visited the trash country astatine an flat analyzable successful Swampscott and a waste-to-energy installation successful West Wareham. Investigators concluded their hunt of the family's Cohasset location connected Chief Justice Cushing Highway connected Tuesday. From Sky5, investigators could beryllium seen walking successful the backyard of the location arsenic different investigators were seen removing yellowish constabulary portion that had cordoned disconnected parts of the rear of the home, including a patio area. Ana Walshe, a 39-year-old parent of three, has not been seen since the aboriginal greeting hours of New Year's Day.Her husband, Brian Walshe, 47, was arraigned Monday successful Quincy District Court connected a complaint of misleading a constabulary probe successful transportation with the disappearance. A constabulary study indicates that helium told officers his woman was leaving for Washington, D.C., aboriginal connected the greeting of Jan. 1. Ana Walshe was reported missing connected Jan. 4 by her employer, Washington, D.C.-based existent property institution Tishman Speyer."Police were notified astir Jan. 4 by her employees successful Washington, D.C., that she had not shown up for enactment connected Jan. 4. That was the archetypal clip that (anyone) was notified that she was missing," Norfolk Assistant District Attorney Lynn Beland said successful tribunal connected Monday. "She really had a level summons for Jan. 3 that she did not usage and did not amusement up astatine the airport."Prosecutors said during Brian Walshe's tribunal quality that humor and a bloody weapon were recovered successful the basement of the family's Cohasset location soon aft helium spent astir $450 connected cleaning supplies. A constabulary study revealed that helium wore a surgical disguise and gloves astatine the store, and utilized currency to wage for the purchase. Also according to that constabulary report, Brian Walshe said helium and his woman hosted a person for New Year's Eve meal and that person near astir 1 a.m. oregon 1:30 a.m. He further told constabulary that his woman told him aboriginal successful the greeting that she had a enactment exigency that required her to alert to Washington, D.C.While constabulary said they were told Ana Walshe was expected to instrumentality a ride-share to Boston Logan International Airport connected Jan. 1, prosecutors said nary thrust was scheduled for that day.5 Investigates has learned, done tribunal documents, that Brian Walshe is awaiting sentencing successful a national lawsuit involving fake Andy Warhol paintings, and helium is expected to petition support to permission his location and specify the clip required for each trip.Prosecutors said that investigators could not substantiate his claims of getting mislaid connected the mode to his mother's location oregon going to 2 stores connected Jan. 1. Brian Walshe said helium was without his telephone that day. Brian Walshe besides reported that helium lone near the couple's location connected Jan. 2 to get crystal pick for his son; however, surveillance video astatine Home Depot successful Rockland showed him purchasing the cleaning supplies, including mops, a bucket and driblet cloths and assorted kinds of tape, officials said."He's connected surveillance astatine that clip connected Jan. 2, adjacent though helium said helium ne'er near the house. Police obtained a hunt warrant and really searched the location with transgression country services. During that time, they recovered humor successful the basement. Blood was recovered successful the basement area, arsenic good arsenic a knife, which besides contained immoderate blood," Beland said.Furthermore, constabulary recovered that Walshe's telephone traveled to Brockton and Abington, communities wherever helium is not approved to travel.There was constabulary enactment Monday astatine the Swampscott flat analyzable wherever Brian Walshe's parent lives. NewsCenter 5 spotted transgression country portion astir wherever a dumpster erstwhile stood astatine that flat complex.Following the constabulary enactment adjacent the location of Brian Walshe's mother, investigators arrived astatine the trash transportation presumption successful Peabody, wherever they meticulously combed done garbage for hours 1 dump motortruck astatine a time. Those investigators yet appeared to benignant items onto a bluish tarp.NewsCenter 5 has besides learned that portion of the hunt involves a dumpster that was brought successful from an flat analyzable successful Swampscott, wherever Walshe's mother-in-law lives. The landlord of the Cohasset location the Walshe household rents told NewsCenter 5's Emily Maher that the basement has a factual level with adjacent abstraction connected some sides but that it is not a surviving area.On Monday, determination was yellowish constabulary portion blocking disconnected the doors to the location that lies disconnected the Chief Justice Cushing Highway, which is besides known arsenic Route 3A.A hunt of the family's Washington townhouse recovered nary motion of Ana Walshe there. Friends said she commutes during the week for enactment astatine a occupation she started past year. Ana Walshe's cellphone pinged successful the country of the couple's location connected Jan. 1 and Jan. 2, which is aft the clip that the suspect said his woman near the area, Beland said.She is progressive connected societal media, but friends accidental those accounts went soundless connected New Year's Day.A defence lawyer said her lawsuit has been "incredibly cooperative" with police. "He is not charged with murder. He's charged with misleading investigators by not saying, arsenic I recognize it, if helium went to a Home Depot," Walshe's lawyer said.Brian Walshe was held connected $500,000 and is acceptable to instrumentality to tribunal connected Feb. 9. Ana Walshe — who was calved successful Belgrade, Serbia — was moving astatine the Wheatleigh, a deluxe edifice successful Lenox, erstwhile she met Brian Walshe — the lad of a doc who attended boarding schools and apical universities — successful 2008.The mates joined successful 2015 and person 3 young sons unneurotic betwixt the ages of 2 and 6.Ana Walshe is present a dual national of Serbia and the United States and has household members who unrecorded successful Serbia, according to Acting Consul General Olga Vlacic of the Republic of Serbia's consulate successful New York.Vlacic said members of the consulate had met Walshe done the people of their work."The full (of) Serbia is pursuing media reports connected Ana’s disappearance and we are each joined successful hoping and praying for Ana’s harmless return, contempt the latest grim developments," Vlacic wrote. "Our hearts spell retired to her household and particularly to her young children, who merit to beryllium reunited with their mother."Police said Ana Walshe is 5 feet, 2 inches gangly and weighs 115 pounds. She has brownish hair, brownish eyes and an olive complexion and speaks with an eastbound European accent.Anyone with accusation astir Ana Walshe's whereabouts is asked to interaction Detective Harrison Schmidt astatine 781-383-1055 hold 6108 oregon email hschmidt@cohassetpolice.com.Cohasset constabulary person besides acceptable up a caller email for tips astatine tips@cohassetpolice.com.