'how To Saw A Body.': Brian Walshe's Search History Detailed At Murder Trial

Prosecutors trying a Massachusetts man successful nan execution and dismemberment of his wife traced his gruesome online tracks successful tribunal Tuesday done dozens of net searches conducted aft Ana Walshe vanished 3 years ago.

The searches, which authorities extracted from Brian Walshe’s laptop, are cardinal pieces of grounds successful a lawsuit pinch nary body. Ana Walshe has ne'er been found.

The searches began conscionable earlier 5 a.m. Jan. 1, 2023, hours aft nan mates celebrated nan vacation pinch a friend astatine their location southbound of Boston.

According to grounds presented by a authorities trooper who examined nan data, astatine 4:52 a.m. this word was typed into Google connected Brian Walshe's computer: “best ways to dispose of a body.”

What followed was a litany of queries that lasted 3 days and sought accusation astir dormant bodies and dismemberment, crime segment cleanup and machine disposal.

Brian Walshe, 50, pleaded blameworthy past month to misleading a constabulary investigation and improper conveyance of a body. He is charged pinch first-degree murder.

In his opening connection Monday, Brian Walshe’s lawyer said that Ana Walshe died a sudden, unexpected death. He described his client’s net hunt for grim accusation arsenic a frantic and tragic consequence arsenic he “wrestled pinch nan truth that Ana was dead.”

The lawyer, Larry Tipton, acknowledged that Brian Walshe lied to authorities astir what happened to Ana Walshe — he told constabulary that she'd vanished aft she traveled to Washington, D.C., for a activity emergency connected nan greeting of Jan. 1 — but he said Brian Walshe "never thought astir sidesplitting Ana." He said his customer concluded that nary 1 would judge that his woman was “alive 1 infinitesimal and dormant nan next.”

Prosecutors contend that nan execution was motivated by money — Brian Walshe was nan sole beneficiary of his wife’s $2.7 cardinal life security argumentation — and that he believed she was having an affair.

According to nan grounds of Massachusetts State Police Trooper Nicholas Guarino, astir of nan net searches extracted from Brian Walshe's machine were done via Google and Yahoo. Among them:

• 4:55 a.m. Jan. 1: "How agelong earlier assemblage starts to smell."
• 9:35 a.m. Jan. 1: "Can recognition beryllium made connected partial quality remains."
• 11:50 a.m. Jan. 1: "Can I usage bleach to cleanable my wood floors from humor stains."
• 12:10 p.m. Jan. 1: "What does bleach to do dormant bodies."
• 1:43 p.m. Jan. 1: "Can nan FBI show erstwhile you accessed your phone."
• 12:27 p.m. Jan. 2: "How to saw a body."
• 1:12 p.m. Jan. 2: "Can you place a assemblage pinch surgery teeth."
• 1:12 p.m. Jan. 3: "Can a assemblage decompose successful a integrative bag."
• 7:30 p.m. Jan. 3: "Can constabulary get your hunt history without your computer."

Two videos connected nan aforesaid taxable were viewed connected YouTube, Guarino said. A webpage viewed connected Jan. 1 called "6 ways to dispose of a body" came from a website called "murdermurdermurder.com," Guarino said.