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Defense rests without Brian Walshe testifying or putting on any evidence
Brian Walshe's defense rested without witnesses after eight days of prosecution testimony alleging he killed Ana Walshe on New Year’s Day 2023 and disposed of her body, which remains missing.
- On Thursday, the defense formally rested without calling any witnesses, and Brian Walshe waived his right to testify after confirming with the judge.
- After eight days of testimony, the Commonwealth rested on Wednesday following emotional accounts and Gem Mutlu, witness and friend to the Walshe family, testifying in Norfolk Superior Court proceedings.
- The defense countered that DNA cannot establish timing or circumstances, disputing Massachusetts State Police Crime Lab experts' testimony linking DNA to Ana Walshe and Brian Walshe; they argue Ana died suddenly after New Year’s Eve.
- The jury has been sent home until Friday and will return for closing arguments, while Judge Diane Freniere denied a defense motion on Dec. 10, 2025.
- With Ana’s remains never recovered, Brian Walshe has pleaded guilty to dismembering Ana and misleading police while contesting a first-degree murder charge, and prosecutors allege motive tied to a $2.7-million life insurance policy.
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Brian Walshe murder trial: Closing arguments expected after defense calls no witnesses
Brian Walshe during the murder trial of Ana Walshe on December 9, 2025. (Photo by Suzanne Kreiter/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) (DEDHAM, Mass.) — Closing arguments are expected to be delivered Friday in the murder trial of Brian Walshe, a father of three accused of killing and dismembering his wife. The Massachusetts man is accused of killing his wife, 39-year-old Ana Walshe, around New Year’s Day in 2023. He pleaded guilty last month, ahea…
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Jurors are deliberating in murder trial of Brian Walshe, whose wife disappeared 2 years ago
Jurors are deliberating in the murder trial of Brian Walshe, the Massachusetts man accused of killing and dismembering his wife in 2023.
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