Photos show Brian Walshe stuffing supplies into shopping cart just hours after wife Ana's disappearance
QUINCY, MASSACHUSETTS: Brian Walshe, accused of murdering his wife, Ana Walshe, was seen buying a hacksaw and heaps of cleaning supplies and throwing a heavy trash bag into a dumpster in newly released photos just hours after the disappearance of his wife. The 47-year-old was wearing a face mask as shown in the grainy black-and-white surveillance camera shots and stuffed supplies into a shopping cart at Lowe’s, which included five-gallon buckets, a hacksaw, terrycloth towels, a framing hammer, a Tyvek suit, a mop, rags, trash bags and cleaning products.
According to the New York Post, prosecutors wrote that the snaps along with location data from Brian's oldest child’s cellphone placed him “alone in Lowes where he bought items that would aid in the dismemberment and disposal of a human body and the cleanup of a murder scene." The photos came to light as pieces of evidence against Brian who is suspected of beating his wife to death in the family’s Cohasset home. He then chopped her body into pieces, bagged her remains and threw them into several dumpsters during the first week of January.
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Ana Walshe's remains have not yet been discovered
Although the authorities have been unable to find the remains of the 39-year-old mom-of-three, they claim they have a pile of circumstantial evidence that links the husband to the crime which took place on New Year's Day. It included photos, clothing of hers that he allegedly dumped and Google searches that authorities allege he performed to find out information on how to dispose of a body.
Prosecutors also provided a possible motive behind the killing which is Brian discovering Ana having an affair. As per the recently released court papers, the slain wife had spent Thanksgiving in Dublin with a mystery lover. Her unidentified lover told police that they had an affair for several months.
Ana thought her husband was going to prison
Court documents said that just days before her death, Ana told a friend that she thought her husband was going to prison due to art fraud charges. She was planning to dump him and move to Washington, DC, the documents claim.
According to the prosecutors, Brian stood to benefit from a $2.7 million life insurance payout if Ana died. However, the defense claims that his family does not need any money as they are already rich. The Massachusetts art dealer was charged with first-degree murder. He was arraigned on April 27 in Norfolk Superior Court and has pleaded not guilty. The defense’s request to set his bail at $150,000 was denied by the judge and instead was ordered that he be held before his trial. Brian will return to court in August.
