How did Ana and Brian Walshe meet? Missing Massachusetts mom got married to 'sociopath' in 2015
COHASSET, MASSACHUSETTS: Ana Walshe, who has been missing for days now, met Brian Walshe in 2008. Named Anna Ljubicic Knipp at the time, she was working at the Wheatleigh Hotel in the Berkshires. Brian, on the other hand, is the son of the renowned Boston neurosurgeon.
According to a Serbian newspaper, Ana's mother said her daughter met Brian when she cleaned his apartment. The two tied the knot in Serbia in 2015 and began living together in a wealthy seaside suburb south of Boston. However, their relationship began to get toxic as time passed.
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In court documents, Brian’s cousin and two close friends of his father accused the convicted fraudster of stealing a million dollars from his father. He was reportedly estranged from most of his family. Ana, however, may or may not have known about this.
His father’s friend, Jeffrey Ornstein, claimed he knew Brian since he was 13. He said Brian's father told him his son had been a “long-term patient” at the Austin Riggs Psychiatric Center in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, the New York Post reported. Brian had been diagnosed as a 'sociopath'.
Brian was let out a few years ago, but his father turned him down. “You’re my son and I will always hope for the best for you, but I do not want to re-engage,” Orenstein quoted Brian's father, adding, “If I did, I know that I would be letting mayhem back into my life, and I can’t have that.”
Brian, 48, had earlier pleaded guilty to selling fake copies of Andy Warhol paintings on eBay in April 2021. He reportedly tried to sell the paintings for about $100,000 each. During the art fraud case, Ana reportedly sought leniency for him. In a letter to a federal judge last summer, she said Brian brought “joy” and “comfort” to the family.
“During these eight months, our family was able to be together during many of the milestones,” Ana wrote, referring to the time when Brian was in house confinement. She added, “Our youngest son turned one, our middle son started to speak and our eldest son who had just started kindergarten when we saw you last is now only a few weeks away from completing the year and preparing for first grade."
The disappearance of Ana Walshe
Ana mysteriously went missing on New Year's day. Brian claimed his wife took a car service to Boston’s Logan International Airport and since then she has been missing. Cohasset police were recently seen searching behind an apartment in Swampscott. Authorities have been looking for items that Brian may have disposed of while traveling. He was arrested on a charge of misleading investigators working on the case and held on a $500,000 bond. A not-guilty plea was entered on his behalf soon after.
During his arraignment, Brian told authorities that he stepped out to get ice cream with his son on January 2, according to prosecutors, The Sun reported. However, he was spotted on surveillance video purchasing cleaning supplies at a Home Depot in Rockland. Police reportedly found a broken knife and blood in the basement of the couple’s home, a prosecutor said, as reported by KKTV. However, it is unknown whose blood it was. In the latest developments in the case, law enforcement sources told CNN that materials including a hacksaw, torn-up cloth material and what appears to be bloodstains have been recovered as evidence.
Meanwhile, Brian allegedly searched online for “how to dispose of a 115-pound woman’s body" in the days surrounding Ana's mysterious disappearance. He also looked up how to dismember a body, law enforcement sources said. This led investigators to suspect Ana may have been killed. Ana, who is originally from Serbia, is described as 5′ 2″ tall and weighing approximately 115lbs. She has an eastern-European accent. Brian, who has three children aged between two and six with Ana, has not been accused of being involved in her disappearance.