Sealed search warrants were executed and returned last week relating to the search for Massachusetts mother and wife Ana Walshe, who has been missing for over two weeks.
Walshe has been missing since the early morning of New Year’s Day. Her husband, Brian Walshe, was arrested on Jan. 8 on charges of misleading police after he allegedly gave conflicting statements on his wife’s location and his whereabouts while on house arrest.
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Search warrants related to the missing person’s investigation were executed on Thursday and returned to Quincy District Court on Friday, according to WCVB 5 Investigates. That is the same court in which Brian Walshe was arraigned and put in police custody under a $500,000 bail.
The documents, between 10 and 20, were impounded and have not been made public. When asked when or if the documents will be unsealed, the court told Fox News Digital, “As far as I know, they won’t be.”
Typically, search warrants include police officers’ affidavits that detail the crime and why they believe a property is connected to the investigation and, therefore, necessary to search.
Ana and Brian Walshe’s three children are in the custody of the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families. Brian Walshe was on house arrest after being charged and convicted of wire fraud involving stolen Andy Warhol paintings and the sale of fake art, according to CBS News. He pleaded guilty in 2021 and has been awaiting sentencing.
Norfolk Assistant District Attorney Lynn Beland said the conditions of Brian Walshe’s house arrest required him to report his whereabouts if he left the house. He said at one point he had taken his son out for ice cream, but video footage showed him purchasing over $450 worth of cleaning supplies.
Evidence gathered from the Walshes’ home, a transfer station’s trash compactor, and surveillance footage has shifted investigators’ focus from a missing person search to the possibility that Ana Walshe was killed.
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A bloody knife was found in the basement of the Walshes’ home, and a hacksaw, hatchet, rug, and cleaning supplies were found in a transfer station’s trash compactor 15 minutes from Brian Walshe’s mother’s home.
A Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department police complaint filed by Ana Walshe in 2014 detailed that she had received threats from Brian Walshe stating that he was going to kill her and her friend. No charges were ever filed against Brian Walshe relating to that incident, per the complaint.
