Lawyer for man who admitted dismembering his wife says he found him ‘irresponsible’

The jury heard a recording of Brian Walshe’s interview with police after his wife was reported missing on January 4, 2023.

Walshe’s three children can be heard running and playing in the background of the audio, which was recorded at the family’s Massachusetts home.

At one point, Walshe tells the officers, “Look at anything that’s going to help you.”

Audio from Cohasset Police Sgt. Harrison Schmidt’s interview with Brian Walshe revealed that the investigator had asked about his missing wife’s travel habits.

Walshe told the officer, “I don’t want to hide anything from you if it helps my wife be found faster.”

Following the interview, police inspected Walshe’s home.

During the walkthrough, Schmidt said he noticed a hole in the ceiling of a bedroom.

Cohasset Police Sgt. Harrison Schmitt has taken the stand to testify in a murder trial.

Schmidt said he was the lead investigator in the case of Anna Walshe’s disappearance.

Schmidt conducted an interview with Walshe in his home on January 4, 2023, which was then played for the court.

Defense attorney Larry Tipton told jurors during opening statements that Brian Walshe did not kill his wife but found her dead in her bed.

Tipton said, “She never thought anyone would believe that Anna Walshe was alive one minute and dead the next.” “Brian Walshe never killed Ana. Brian Walshe never thought about killing Ana.”

The court took a brief recess after Tipton finished his opening statement.

Defense attorney Larry Tipton claimed that Brian Walshe found his wife unconscious in her bed and that she experienced a sudden and unexplained death.

“When he entered the bedroom, he realized something was wrong,” Tipton said. He said Walshe pushed his wife and knocked her off the bed.

“He’s panicking and can’t understand what’s going on,” Tipton said.

Tipton also told jurors that his client made those shocking searches on Google because “he was struggling with the fact that Anna Walshe was dead.”

Prosecutors plan to introduce digital evidence during the trial, including some shocking Google search queries made by Brian Walshe in the days after his wife disappeared.

Prosecutors say shocking internet searches made by Brian Walshe included “body dismemberment and best ways to dispose of it” and “can you throw away body parts”.

Assistant District Attorney Greg Connor said jurors will be shown surveillance footage of a white man purchasing cleaning supplies, a hacksaw saw and more from several retailers.

Connor also noted that both Walsh’s DNA were found on items recovered from the trash.

Assistant District Attorney Greg Connor says the jury will hear from Anna Walshe’s friends and coworkers.

At the time of Anna’s death, Brian Walshe and his children were living in Cohasset. She was living and working in DC, while he was forced to reside in Massachusetts because he was placed under house arrest in a pending fraud case.

Anna bought a townhouse in D.C., not far from her office, Connor said, and got into a romantic relationship with the man who sold her the house.

Connor said the mother of three missed Christmas Eve and most of Christmas Day in 2022 after spending time with the man in DC.

Assistant District Attorney Greg Connor delivers the prosecution’s opening statement in the murder trial of Brian Walshe.

Connor began by telling the jury how the search for Anna Walshe began when her employer reported her missing on January 4 after she got in touch with her husband.

The human resources director of Tishman Speyer, where Anna Walshe worked in Washington, DC, learned that Brian Walshe had called looking for Anna.

After speaking to Brian on the phone, the employee drove to Walshe’s townhouse in DC, but was not able to go inside to see if Anna was there.

Later that day, the company’s head of global security reported Anna missing to police in Washington, D.C. and Cohasset, Massachusetts, where she lived with Brian and their three children.

Brian did not report Anna missing to the police, Connor said.

Brian Walshe entered the courtroom Monday with shackles on his ankles and wrists.

He greeted his mother, who was sitting in the front row of the gallery, and Judge Diane Frenier, who is overseeing the trial.

Freniere swore in a panel of 12 jurors and four alternates, each of whom he asked if they were able to follow the order he had given them not to research or talk about the case.

The jury consists of nine women and seven men, including alternate members.

Prosecutors say investigators found garbage bags allegedly thrown out by Brian Walshe that contained a hacksaw, an ax and items containing DNA from both him and his wife.

He also revealed shocking Google searches he made after his wife went missing, including “dismemberment and best ways to dispose of a body” and “can you throw away body parts”.

At about 4:55 a.m. on Jan. 1, she noticed “a body odor beginning to appear before long,” prosecutors said.

The shocking discovery continued into the morning and included questions like “How to stop a body from decomposing?” Questions like were also included. and “How long does someone have to disappear before you can inherit?” Prosecutors said.

The next day, January 2, he searched, “Can you be charged with murder without a body?” “A hacksaw is the best dismemberment tool,” and “Can you identify a body with broken teeth?”

Prosecutors now say they have “binders” full of electronic evidence that they plan to present to jurors.

One report, which runs to 1,000 pages, was found on a MacBook Pro in Walshe’s home and includes new material.