Brian Walshe defense says he found wife dead in bed, denies uncovering affair as murder trial begins

The execution proceedings of a convicted Massachusetts fraudster accused of sidesplitting his woman aft learning of an matter kicked disconnected Monday, with prosecutors delivering an opening connection that began soon earlier 10 a.m.

In a astonishment determination during assemblage enactment past month, Brian Walshe, 50, pleaded blameworthy to lesser charges of misleading a constabulary probe and improper conveyance of a quality body.

He is inactive facing a first-degree execution complaint that could onshore him successful situation for beingness with nary accidental of parole if convicted.

He is accused of sidesplitting and dismembering his 39-year-old wife, Ana Walshe, whose remains person not been found.

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Brian Walshe during assemblage enactment successful Norfolk Superior Court successful Dedham, MA connected Thursday, November 20, 2025. Walshe is facing charges for sidesplitting his woman Ana. (Richard Beetham for Fox News Digital)

Defense lawyer Larry Tipton told jurors successful his opening connection that Walshe "nudged" his woman successful furniture and discovered she was dead.

"Now helium was panicking and helium doesn’t recognize what has happened and what is happening," Tipton said. "It didn’t marque immoderate consciousness to him. It didn’t marque consciousness that idiosyncratic helium had conscionable been with, and enjoyed New Year’s Eve with into New Year’s Day, would abruptly beryllium dead."

Tipton said grounds would amusement a "sudden, unexplained death" and that specified a happening "happens." He denied the prosecution's allegation that his lawsuit was alert of Ana's suspected matter with a person from Washington, D.C., wherever she commuted to work.

"Brian Walshe is not a killer," helium concluded.

Brian and Ana Walshe airs for a changeable successful Boston Public Gardens, Boston, Massachusetts connected their wedding time connected Monday, December 21, 2015. (Obtained by Fox News Digital)

She was past seen connected New Year's Day successful 2023, and prosecutors allege her hubby dismembered her successful their Cohasset, Massachusetts, location earlier hiding her remains. She was reported missing days aboriginal by her boss.

However, prosecutors allege that constabulary recovered grounds from a dumpster adjacent Walshe's mother's house, including a rug from the household home, covering and a COVID vaccination paper belonging to the victim, a hatchet, a hacksaw and reddish and brownish stained towels.

Prosecutors person laid retired 2 imaginable motives successful the case. The archetypal is that Walshe allegedly discovered an matter betwixt his woman and different man, whose sanction helium is accused of searching connected Google six times. The 2nd is that helium allegedly believed being the sole caretaker of their children would assistance him debar situation successful transportation with a national creation fraud case.

And helium was the beneficiary of her $2.7 cardinal beingness security policy.

William Fastow leaves an unfastened location successful the Spring Valley country of Washington, D.C., connected Saturday, November 29, 2025. Fastow was a person of the precocious realtor, Ana Walshe, and the 2 were allegedly progressive successful an matter earlier her death. (Fox News Digital)

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Investigators accidental they recovered integer grounds showing Walshe allegedly searched Google much than a twelve times for instructions connected however to dispose of quality remains. Then they accidental they recovered video of him astatine Home Depot, buying mops, goggles and a knife.

The proceedings earlier a assemblage of 9 women and 7 men is expected to past 2 to 4 weeks.