Brian Walshe to be sentenced for murdering, dismembering wife who disappeared on New Year's Day 2023

Brian Walshe is acceptable to beryllium sentenced aft helium was convicted of murdering his wife, Ana, aft she disappeared connected New Year's Day successful 2023.

Nearly 3 years aft prosecutors accidental helium killed, dismembered and disposed of Ana's body, Brian volition beryllium sentenced Thursday greeting pursuing his condemnation for first-degree execution connected Monday. Brian antecedently pleaded blameworthy to lying to constabulary officers and improper disposal of a assemblage aft Ana disappeared. 

Brian made a bid of incriminating net searches connected Jan. 1, 2023, which was presented successful court, and included "how agelong for idiosyncratic to beryllium missing to inherit," "best mode to dispose of a body" and "best mode to dispose of assemblage parts aft a murder."

His attorney, Larry Tipton, said during closing arguments that his lawsuit "loved Ana Walshe, the parent of his 3 children."

BRIAN WALSHE DEFENSE SAYS HE FOUND WIFE DEAD IN BED, DENIES UNCOVERING AFFAIR AS MURDER TRIAL BEGINS

Brian Walshe appears astatine Quincy District Court connected a complaint of murdering his wife, Ana Walshe, successful Quincy, Massachusetts, connected Jan. 18, 2023. (Ana Walshe, Craig F. Walker/Pool via REUTERS)

Brian Walshe entered the courtroom clutching papers and a rosary during his execution proceedings successful Norfolk Superior Court, Dedham, Mass., Dec. 1, 2025. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool)

"There's nary grounds that helium deliberately premeditated the murder. There's nary grounds that helium ever intended to termination Ana Walshe. None whatsoever. Brian Walshe is not guilty. He's not guilty," helium said connected Friday during closing arguments.

Meanwhile, Assistant Norfolk County DA Anne Yas said Brian killed his woman past tried to fell her assemblage to debar accountability.

"Ana Walshe is dormant due to the fact that helium murdered her and helium intended her death. And Walshe was not missing," Yas said. "Dying a abrupt decease from earthy causes defies communal sense. She was successful large shape."

Prosecutors had alleged 2 imaginable motives successful the slaying. The archetypal was choler implicit an matter that Ana was having with a Washington, D.C., realtor, whose sanction Walshe had searched for.

The 2nd was due to the fact that helium allegedly believed helium would person a amended accidental of avoiding situation successful an unrelated creation fraud lawsuit if his woman were retired of the representation and helium was the lone caretaker for their 3 children.

BRIAN WALSHE DECLINES TO TESTIFY AT MURDER TRIAL AS HE'S ACCUSED OF DESTROYING DAD’S WILL BEFORE MURDER CASE

Brian Walshe arrives astatine Norfolk Superior Court successful Dedham, Mass., Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. (David McGlynn for Fox News Digital)

Brian chose not to instrumentality the basal successful his ain proceedings and his defence squad rested their lawsuit connected Thursday, Dec. 11. He volition besides beryllium sentenced for amerciable disposal of a assemblage and misleading police.

Legal expert Greg Henning told WCVB that Brian volition apt person a beingness sentence.

"There won't beryllium excessively overmuch drama. There’s a mandatory beingness successful situation condemnation that Brian Walshe volition receive," Henning said. "The justice has nary jurisdiction, nary wiggle room."

Jurors were presented with grounds from a forensic idiosyncratic that DNA accordant with Ana's illustration was recovered connected a hatchet and hacksaw recovered from the trash.

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Ana Walshe commuted from Massachusetts to Washington, D.C., each week to enactment astatine a existent property job, her friends told WCVB. (Cohasset Police Department)

Saman Saleem, a DNA portion supervisor astatine the authorities constabulary transgression lab, said that respective items recovered astatine a trash postulation tract successful Peabody, Massachusetts, that had Ana's DNA connected it, including pieces of a rug, a Tyvek suit, chartless insubstantial and slippers.

Brian's woman had a $2.7 cardinal beingness security argumentation which helium was the beneficiary of, tribunal records show. He owed astir $500,000 successful restitution for his national case.

Fox News Digital's Michael Ruiz and Sarah Rumpf-Whitten contributed to this report.