Watch live: Day 6 of testimony in Brian Walshe’s murder trial

DEDHAM, Mass. — The second week of testimony kicked off Monday in the Brian Walshe murder trial, where prosecutors allege Walshe killed his wife, Ana Walshe, and dismembered her body around New Year’s Day 2023.

Watch live: Testimony in Norfolk Superior Court resumes at 9 a.m.

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Monday morning featured testimony from multiple witnesses, including a state medical examiner and employees from the company where Ana Walshe worked.

Jurors heard from a woman in human resources who spoke with Brian Walshe by phone on Jan. 4, 2023, when he claimed he was looking for Ana. She also visited Ana’s townhouse and checked the garage, but was unable to enter the home.

“Initially very cordial… pretty calm,” she said of Brian’s demeanor. “But when I started asking about Ana, his demeanor changed. He got very emotional, unintelligible, to the point where I had to ask him to calm down.”

Co-worker of Ana Walshe testifies at murder trial

A state medical examiner also testified about causes of sudden, unexpected death, which the defense claims is how Ana died. However, without Ana’s body, the examiner said he could not determine the cause or manner of death.

Jurors were shown images of a bag of rugs examined by the medical examiner. He described finding:

A carpet with what appeared to be a blood clot
Another rug with red-brown stains, areas of clotted blood, and a white clumpy substance
A piece of metal embedded in one of the rugs

Since the start of the high-profile trial on December 1, jurors in Dedham’s Norfolk Superior Court have been seeing new evidence daily.

DNA evidence on tools

Before the court adjourned Friday, jurors saw a number of tools — including a hammer, hacksaw, and wire cutters — recovered from a Swampscott dumpster.

Prosecutors say these tools were used to dismember Ana’s body. Today, the state medical examiner is expected to testify that the tools contain Ana Walshe’s DNA.

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Affair and digital evidence

Jurors also learned last week that Ana was having an affair. They reviewed emails and messages exchanged between Ana and William Fastow, a D.C. realtor, including communications on New Year’s Eve, hours before Ana disappeared.

A state police trooper testified that Ana’s last message to Fastow was sent at midnight on New Year’s, and said he found no evidence Brian Walshe was aware of those messages.

“You did not see any communication between Ana Walshe and William Fastow?”“Not that I recall,” the trooper testified.

Grisly internet searches

Jurors last week heard about troubling internet searches made on a device owned by the Walshe family, which were discovered by police after Ana Walshe went missing.

The searches, made between New Year’s Day and January 4th, included queries such as "how to dispose of a body" and “how to get blood out of hardwood floors.”

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Defense claims natural causes

Walshe’s attorneys argue Ana died of natural causes and that Brian panicked when he found her dead in bed in their Cohasset home, although he has pleaded guilty to disposing of her body and lying to police. They point to earlier internet searches showing someone shopping for a 4-carat diamond ring and a Porsche as evidence that the couple was happy.

Jurors also learned Ana Walshe had two life insurance policies worth more than $1 million, with Brian listed as the beneficiary.

Walshe has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder.