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Brian Walshe defense says he found wife dead in bed, denies uncovering affair as murder trial begins
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The murder trial of a convicted Massachusetts fraudster accused of killing his wife after learning of an affair kicked off Monday, with prosecutors delivering an opening statement that began shortly before 10 a.m.
In a surprise move during jury selection last month, Brian Walshe, 50, pleaded guilty to lesser charges of misleading a police investigation and improper conveyance of a human body.
He is still facing a first-degree murder charge that could land him in prison for life with no chance of parole if convicted.
He is accused of killing and dismembering his 39-year-old wife, Ana Walshe, whose remains have not been found. However, according to Walshe’s defense, he found his wife dead in their bed, “nudged” her, and she fell lifeless to the floor. Then he hid her remains and lied about it.
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Brian Walshe during jury selection in Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, MA on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025. Walshe is facing charges for killing his wife Ana. (Richard Beetham for Fox News Digital)
Defense attorney Larry Tipton told jurors in his opening statement that Walshe “nudged” his wife in bed and discovered she was dead.
“Now he was panicking, and he doesn’t understand what has happened and what is happening,” Tipton said. “It didn’t make any sense to him. It didn’t make sense that somebody he had just been with, and enjoyed New Year’s Eve with into New Year’s Day, would suddenly be dead.”
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Tipton said evidence would show a “sudden, unexplained death” and that such a thing “happens.” He denied the prosecution’s allegation that his client was aware of Ana’s suspected affair with a friend from Washington, D.C., where she commuted to work.
“Brian Walshe is not a killer,” he concluded.
She was last seen on New Year’s Day in 2023, and prosecutors allege her husband dismembered her in their Cohasset, Massachusetts, home before hiding her remains. She was reported missing days later by her boss.
Cohasset Police Sgt. Harrison Schmidt, who responded to take the missing person report, was the first witness.
Brian and Ana Walshe pose for a shot in Boston Public Gardens, Boston, Massachusetts on their wedding day on Monday, Dec. 21, 2015. (Obtained by Fox News Digital)
With Schmidt on the stand, prosecutors played recordings of Walshe’s initial interviews with police, in which he acknowledged marital trouble stemming from his art fraud conviction and his inability to move with the family to Washington, where he said his wife was making $315,000 a year.
Schmidt testified that he checked the trunk of Walshe’s Volvo SUV and saw it was covered with plastic sheeting. The detective said he returned to the Cohasset police station and put a tracker on Ana’s passport. He also showed photos taken during a walkthrough of the home, which showed Walshe was sleeping in a separate bedroom that had a hole in the ceiling.
This image from the Cohasset Police Department shown in court depicts the sparsely furnished bedroom used by Brian Walshe. There was a hole in the ceiling, additional images show. (Pool)
Prosecutors have alleged that police recovered evidence from a dumpster near Walshe’s mother’s house, including a rug from the family home, clothing and a COVID vaccination card belonging to the victim, a hatchet, a hacksaw and red and brown stained towels.
Prosecutors have laid out two potential motives in the case. The first is that Walshe allegedly discovered an affair between his wife and another man, whose name he is accused of searching on Google six times. The second is that he allegedly believed being the sole caretaker of their children would help him avoid prison in connection with a federal art fraud case.
William Fastow leaves an open house in the Spring Valley area of Washington, D.C., on Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. Fastow was a friend of the late realtor, Ana Walshe, and the two were allegedly involved in an affair before her death. (Fox News Digital)
And he was the beneficiary of her $2.7 million life insurance policy.
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Investigators say they found digital evidence showing Walshe allegedly searched Google more than a dozen times for instructions on how to dispose of human remains. Then they say they found video of him at Home Depot, buying mops, goggles and a knife.
The trial before a jury of nine women and seven men is expected to last two to four weeks.
Schmidt is expected to return to the witness stand Tuesday, but prosecutors said they were already running ahead of schedule.
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PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers are likely one of the teams that will be heavily considering a wide receiver when it comes to their very valuable first-round pick in the 2026 NFL Draft.
One of the top options, and considered by many analysts to be the best overall, is Ohio State Buckeye alum Carnell Tate. Tate is a three-year starter at Ohio State, and the top wide receiver selection is likely to be between him and Arizona State’s Jordyn Tyson.
While at Ohio State, Tate was a teammate of current Steelers backup quarterback Will Howard, and was asked about him during his workout at Ohio State’s Pro Day.
“Oh, Will isn’t giving me no tips. He’s probably going to root for me to come with him to Pittsburgh,” Tate said.
“I’m happy for him. I wish him nothing but the best. Love that guy to death,” Tate also said.
Howard would not be the first person to try to get their former teammate to join them from college to their professional team, with one big example being Derek Carr and Davante Adams a couple years prior.
If Tate were to join the Steelers, he would be the third member of the 2024 Ohio State National Championship-winning team to play for the Steelers simultaneously, with Howard and surging young linebacker Jack Sawyer having played on the Steelers in 2025.
Will Tate Go To Pittsburgh?
Tate is quite unlikely to end up with the Steelers, as he is expected to be among the first players selected in the 2026 NFL Draft. With the Steelers having the No. 21 selection, they would need to make a significant trade forward to likely jump into the zone where Tate would be available.
“I think I’m a great football player,” Tate said about going into the NFL. “My speed … the combine is one time, but ultimately I’m a great football player. When you put the pads on, it’s another level.”
They could probably do that, due to the fact that they have 12 selections across the seven rounds. At this point in time, it does not see they love any particular player enough to make that big of a trade up, but trades into the late end of the top ten are quite common. Yet, their move to land Michael Pittman Jr. would make it significantly less likely that they make such a move to get another wide receiver.
While at Ohio State, Tate was always in the top half of their wide receiver room, yet played among some of the most talented wide receivers in recent history in current NFL player Emeka Egbuka and young talent Jeremiah Smith. He finished his final collegiate season with All-Big Ten honors, as well as well as being a second team All-American.
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Two people have been arrested according to Wethersfield Police in connection to an armed robbery at a Family Dollar on Silas Deane Highway Saturday night.
According to police a store clerk said one of the suspects was a male who displayed a handgun and stole merchandise from the store.
They say he was accompanied by a female when fleeing the scene in a red Hyundai Elantra before police arrived.
At 10:43 p.m. Hartford Police officers found the suspect’s vehicle and detained them where they were positively identified as 57-year-old Miguel Ramirez of New Britain and 48-year-old Susette Mendes of Hartford.
During the investigation, police say Ramirez admitted to selling the stolen merchandise in Hartford and was found in possession of a knife.
Ramirez was charged with first-degree robbery, sixth-degree larceny and sixth-degree conspiracy to commit larceny.
Mendes was charged with first-degree robbery, sixth-degree larceny, sixth-degree conspiracy to commit larceny and possession of a controlled substance.
They were each held on a $50,000 bond and scheduled to appear in New Britain Superior Court on Monday.
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