'I’m worried': Brian Walshe asked his wife where she was. Prosecutors say he already knew
Text messages Brian Walshe sent to his wife, Ana, in early January 2023 depict a concerned husband growing increasingly worried when his wife fails to respond to urgent messages asking where she is.
But by the time Brian Walshe was sending the texts, he knew his wife was dead.
The messages were introduced into evidence on the 5th day of Walshe's murder trial Friday morning. Walshe is accused of killing and dismembering his wife on New Year's Day 2023, then hiding her remains in dumpsters across the state and misleading the police investigation into her disappearance.
In their opening statement, Walshe's defense claimed he found his wife dead in their home in the early morning of Jan. 1, 2023 and panicked.
With Massachusetts State Police Trooper Connor Keefe on the stand, prosecutor Greg Connor introduced the messages into evidence. Keefe, who began his testimony on Thursday, examined data pulled from Walshe's phone.
The first text message came on Dec. 25, 2022 at 11:53 a.m., when Walshe told his wife one of their sons, "asked if you were coming today." A minute later, he follows up to say, "I haven't heard from you at all."
At 12:57 p.m., Walshe read a message from his wife where she told him her flight was cancelled and she was driving to Massachusetts from Washington, D.C., where she worked.
Walshe then sent several photos to his wife at 6:33 p.m. on Dec. 30.
The next message came on Jan. 2, 2023, when Walshe texted that one of his sons found his phone, which he claimed had been lost, in one of the other son's beds. "Call anytime," he adds in the message sent at 2:33 p.m. The message was never delivered, Keefe said.
Then at 7:18 p.m. the same day, Walshe texts, "Hello Where are you Please call text or email Exhausting day with the boys and we had fun Going to bed early, big day tomorrow for everyone I still love you!!! Haha" That text was also not delivered.
At 6:39 a.m. on Jan. 3, Walshe sent several messages in quick succession. "Hello" "where are you" "I'm worried, please call, or email" he wrote.
At 8:30 a.m., he texts, "Where are you? I just called and it went straight to voice mail. Calling you in Viber now." He follows up 2 minutes later, writing "I will call after I drop the boys If I don't hear from this morning I am going to report you missing."
At 12:16 p.m., Walshe writes, "Hello, I texted your sister and Alissa I am calling Jeff if I don't hear from you? where are you?"
At 7:03 p.m. that day he texts, "hello." A minute later he writes, "where are you? the boys and I are worried I am calling working tomorrow if I dont hear from you."
At 10:14 a.m. on Jan. 4, the day he would eventually report his wife missing, Walshe texts, "where are you?????????" The final message was sent a minute later, when Walshe wrote, "I am calling Jeff now"
Connor concluded his questioning of Keefe there. Defense attorney Larry Tipton is cross-examining Keefe on Friday morning.
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