Brian Walshe, husband of missing Cohasset woman Ana Walshe, arrested for misleading police. A timeline of the case. - Boston.com

1 year ago 45

Crime

Brian Walshe is acceptable to look successful tribunal Monday morning.

The hubby of Ana Walshe, the missing Cohasset woman who disappeared connected New Year’s Day, was arrested Sunday, according to the Norfolk District Attorney’s office.

Brian Walshe, 46, of Cohasset, was taken into custody and charged with misleading a constabulary investigation, officials said.

As officers conducted their investigation, they had probable origin to judge Brian Walshe misled investigators, the DA’s bureau said. Cohasset constabulary antecedently said that helium was being “fully cooperative” successful the investigation.

Brian Walshe is expected to beryllium arraigned Monday greeting successful Quincy District Court.

Update: Brian Walshe pleaded not blameworthy and was held connected $500,000 bail. Prosecutors said successful tribunal investigators discovered humor and a bloody, damaged weapon successful the basement of the couple’s home.

Brian Walshe pleaded blameworthy successful 2021 to scamming a Los Angeles purchaser by selling 2 fake Andy Warhol paintings for $80,000.

Ana Walshe was initially reported missing connected Jan. 4, 3 days aft she was reportedly past seen by a household member. Brian Walshe told constabulary helium was sleeping erstwhile his woman got up and near the location astir 4 a.m. connected Jan. 1.

Investigators accidental she planned to instrumentality a thrust stock to Logan Airport successful bid to alert down to Washington, D.C. Ana Walshe regularly commuted betwixt the 2 cities, and owns a location successful Washington.

In the days since, investigators successful Cohasset and Washington person conducted an intensive search, including K-9 units, divers, and drones. A occurrence broke retired astatine a Cohasset location connected Friday that Walshe owned until March 2022. Authorities aboriginal said the occurrence was accidental and not considered suspicious.

Read connected for a afloat timeline of the lawsuit and the events surrounding it:

Timeline of the Ana Walshe case

Thursday, April 1

2021
Brian Walshe, hubby of Ana Walshe, pleads guilty to charges related to an effort to scam a Los Angeles purchaser utilizing fake Andy Warhol paintings. Walshe initially acquired the existent paintings from a person successful South Korea, and told the person that helium could merchantability them for a bully price. The person agreed, but was not capable to interaction Walshe afterwards.
A idiosyncratic successful Los Angeles recovered the paintings listed connected eBay successful 2016, and agreed to bargain them for $80,000. Once the paintings were transferred, the purchaser examined them and recovered aggregate indications that the paintings were not authentic. Walshe is awaiting sentencing.
Tuesday, December 27

2022
Ana Walshe plans to sojourn longtime person Carrie Westbrook to spot her caller condo adjacent Washington, D.C., The Boston Globe reported. Walshe texts Westbrook to accidental that she has to enactment precocious and volition beryllium delayed.
After 2 hours, Walshe tells Westbrook that her telephone died and she could not usage GPS to get directions, truthful she returned home. Walshe’s household has a location successful Washington successful summation to their Cohasset residence.
The 2 friends hold to reschedule their sojourn to Jan. 5, 2023.
Wednesday, December 28

Ana Walshe texts her person Carrie Westbrook and tells her that she got a caller SIM paper for her telephone and that the instrumentality was moving decently again.
Sunday, January 1

2023
Walshe is reportedly past seen by a household subordinate astir 4 a.m. connected New Year’s Day. Police accidental Walshe, who regularly commuted betwixt Massachusetts and Washington, had a formation booked for Jan. 3 but told others that she had to alert down connected Jan. 1 to grip an exigency astatine a spot that she manages.
Police were told Walshe had bags with her arsenic she near the house, and that her hubby was sleeping astatine the time. Her program was supposedly to instrumentality a thrust stock to Logan Airport earlier flying to Washington. Police confirmed she ne'er boarded a flight, but are inactive moving to find if she successfully called a driver. Police accidental Walshe has not utilized her cellphone since New Year’s Day.
Wednesday, January 4

Ana Walshe is reported missing. Officials person simultaneous reports of her disappearance from her leader and from Brian Walshe.
Thursday, January 5

Cohasset constabulary denote that Ana Walshe is missing. Authorities behaviour a hunt of Walshe’s location connected Chief Justice Cushing Highway successful Cohasset and the surrounding areas. Detectives besides analyse Walshe’s location successful Washington. They bash not find immoderate signs of her. Police accidental Brian Walshe is cooperating with the investigation.
Friday, January 6

Police motorboat different hunt from the parking batch of a Stop & Shop adjacent the Cohasset residence. Units from the Massachusetts State Police trained successful hunt and rescue efforts comb the area, with assistance from 3 K-9 teams and the State Police Air Wing.
Friday, January 6

A occurrence breaks retired astatine a location that Ana Walshe utilized to own. The spot is located astatine 725 Jerusalem Road successful Cohasset. Walshe bought it for $800,000 successful 2020 and sold it for $1.385 cardinal successful March 2022, the Globe reported.
The occurrence connected Jerusalem Road started adjacent damaged piping adjacent to a earthy state fireplace insert, Jake Wark, a spokesperson for the authorities Department of Fire Services, told the Globe. Officials accidental the occurrence is not suspicious, and Cohasset Police Chief William Quigley says it is “a precise unusual coincidence.”
Saturday, January 7

The hunt of Walshe’s Cohasset location and the surrounding areas launched Friday resumes again. Authorities hunt until astir 4:30 p.m. Again, K-9 teams, the MSP Air Wing, and different specialized units assistance successful the search. Police divers hunt a tiny watercourse and a excavation with “negative results.”
Police accidental that “the crushed hunt volition not resume unless constabulary make caller accusation that truthful warrants it.”
Sunday, January 8

Investigators instrumentality to Walshe’s Cohasset home. They statesman moving astatine astir 9 a.m.
State Police K-9 units are erstwhile again involved. Police instrumentality photographs of a car parked adjacent the home, according to Boston 25. Uniformed officers are seen carrying what appeared to beryllium hiking cogwheel arsenic they look from a wooded country adjacent the house.
A drone hovers implicit the spot Sunday afternoon. An researcher is seen carrying a ample integrative instrumentality retired of the location Sunday evening, according to the Globe. Around 7 p.m., an researcher is seen shining their flashlight astatine the beforehand of the building, scanning the siding and roofline for astir a minute.
Sunday, January 8

Police arrest Brian Walshe for misleading a constabulary investigation. Authorities said that, arsenic they conducted their investigation, they had probable origin to judge that helium misled investigators. He is expected to beryllium arraigned Monday greeting successful Quincy District Court. WCVB cameras seizure constabulary starring Brian Walshe into the Cohasset Police Department successful handcuffs.