Overview
- A Norfolk County Superior Court jury in Dedham returned the first-degree murder verdict Monday after roughly six hours of deliberations over two days.
- Ana Walshe’s body has not been found, yet prosecutors secured the conviction with digital searches, receipts for cutting and cleaning tools, surveillance of dumpster trips, blood in the home, and DNA on discarded items including a rug.
- Walshe had pleaded guilty before trial to misleading police and improper conveyance of a body, exposing him to up to 20 years and up to 3 years respectively in addition to the mandatory life term.
- The defense said he discovered his wife dead, panicked, lied, and disposed of the body; the defense called no witnesses and Walshe did not testify.
- Prosecutors argued motive tied to finances and marital strain, citing his federal fraud case pressures and his status as sole beneficiary of his wife's $2.7 million life insurance policy.