Missing Ana Walshe claimed husband Brian was 'taught to lie and hide' as a child by his abusive parents
COHASSET, MASSACHUSETTS: Less than two years before she went missing, Ana Walshe, wife of Brian Walshe, wrote a letter to a federal judge stating her spouse had a rough upbringing as a child. She told the judge her husband suffered from an “ever-present” trauma and had been “taught to lie and hide” during his childhood.
Ana Walshe wrote the letter on September 7, 2021 to Judge Douglas P Woodlock to help her husband avoid prison time after he pleaded guilty in April 2021 to selling fake Andy Warhol paintings for $80,000. The letter describes Brian Walshe's traumatic childhood with Ana Walshe saying the trauma had a deep impact on his life.
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"When I met Brian, I witnessed his kindness and generosity on many occasions. However, I also saw the level of suffering in his life. He was afraid of relationships and for years did not allow anyone to get close to him, including me. He was clearly in doubt that he could be loved for who he truly was. Brian has been deeply affected by his childhood and relationship with his parents," the letter states. "He was taught to lie and hide. He was told that he was a loser, that his parents should have not had him, that he had no chances of making anything of himself in life, and that he was a lost cause. A deep feeling of shame governed his life," Walshe wrote. "This trauma has been ever-present in Brian's life, brought deep sadness for years and was the determining factor of how he showed up for himself and others in the past." Ana also praised Brian for supporting their family of five and participating in charity work in the letter.
Few years before writing this letter to the judge, in 2014, Ana reported to the Washington DC police that Brian had threatened to kill her and her friends. This happened before they got married. The couple got married in 2015 and Ana moved to Boston with Brian that same year. The case didn't move forward. Ana Walshe "refused to cooperate in the prosecution," the police report states.
Brian Walshe has been accused of misleading police in the disappearance of his wife last week. The last time Ana Walshe was seen was on New Year's Day. She was supposed to take a cab ride to Logan International Airport in Boston, where she was scheduled to board a flight to Washington, DC, according to police. Her family and employer reported her missing after she didn't make it to the airport.