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Brian Walshe held connected bail; Prosecutor says humor and weapon were recovered successful missing woman's basement

Brian Walshe held connected bail; Prosecutor says humor and weapon were recovered successful missing woman's basement 10:41

COHASSET – Prosecutors said a bloody weapon was recovered successful the basement of Brian Walshe, the hubby of missing Cohasset pistillate Ana Walshe, and helium allegedly purchased hundreds of dollars successful cleaning supplies aft her disappearance.

A justice ordered Brian Walshe held connected $500,000 currency bail Monday aft helium was arraigned successful Quincy District Court. He is charged with misleading police during the probe into his wife's disappearance.

Monday marks 8 days since Ana Walshe was past seen.

Prosecutors said Ana Walshe was reportedly past seen leaving her location astir 4 a.m. connected January 1 to instrumentality a thrust stock to Logan Airport successful Boston for a formation to Reagan National Airport successful Washington, D.C. During Monday's arraignment, prosecutors said she ne'er got into an Uber oregon Lyft.

Ana Walshe's compartment telephone pinged successful the country of the location connected January 1 and 2, constabulary said.

In 2018, Brian Walshe was charged with fraud successful U.S. District Court aft helium allegedly sold 2 fake Andy Warhol paintings. As a result, helium is connected location apprehension pending his sentencing successful national tribunal and is required to study erstwhile helium goes anywhere.

According to prosecutors, Brian Walshe said helium went to Whole Foods and CVS connected January 1, but determination is not surveillance video of receipts to amusement that helium ever went.

"It is besides important to enactment that this is the time 1 of Ana being missing," constabulary said successful tribunal documents.

On January 2, helium said the lone clip helium near the location was to instrumentality his lad for crystal cream. Prosecutors said surveillance cameras astatine Home Depot captured him purchased astir $450 of cleaning supplies.

Court documents allege that successful Home Depot, Brian Walshe was wearing a achromatic surgical mask, bluish surgical gloves, and made a currency purchase.

Investigators executed a hunt warrant astatine the location connected Sunday, and said they recovered humor successful the basement on with a breached and bloody knife.

A defence lawyer asked for nary bail successful the case, allowing for national tribunal to find if Brian Walshe violated his location arrest. Instead, the justice agreed with the prosecution's petition for $500,000 currency bail.

The I-Team has learned the couple's 3 young children are successful custody portion the hunt for their parent continues.

WBZ-TV obtained and verified audio of a voicemail near by Brian Walshe for a person of his wife's. The friend, who lives successful Washington, D.C. wherever Ana Walshe works, said the voicemail was near connected Wednesday. That is the aforesaid time she was reported missing to police.

"Good afternoon, this is Brian Walshe. I anticipation each is going well. I was conscionable reaching retired to fundamentally everybody I could. Ana hasn't been successful interaction for a fewer days," Brian Walshe said successful the voicemail. "If you cognize anyone that whitethorn person had interaction with her, you cognize I americium trying to telephone everyone. I americium atrocious to fuss you. I americium definite everything is fine."

Peter Kirby lives successful Marshfield and is simply a longtime person of Walshe family. He called Brian's apprehension and the ongoing hunt for Ana "absolutely heartbreaking."

"The net is afloat of radical who person made up their mind," Kirby said. "We were acrophobic that erstwhile they didn't find thing that Brian would go the target, the main suspect. I've known him for years. His biggest fearfulness is Ana is gone. That's truly heartbreaking."

Kirby said helium was texting with Ana Walshe arsenic precocious arsenic the Thursday earlier she disappeared.

"We person to get backmost to our lives and yet our person Ana is inactive missing," Kirby said. "Our beloved person Brian is successful this atrocious concern wherever helium is terrified and heartbroken and stuck successful an endless loop of chartless portion the net decides he's the atrocious guy."