On New Year’s Day 2023, Ana Walshe vanished without a trace. What began as a missing persons case in the quiet coastal town of Cohasset spiraled into a macabre mystery involving bloodstains, broken alibis, and Google searches that seemed ripped from a horror movie.
Her husband, Brian Walshe, a convicted art swindler on house arrest, was soon charged with her murder, accused of dismembering her body and discarding the pieces like evidence of a forgotten crime.
But behind the headlines lies another layer to this saga: the investigators themselves. Massachusetts State Police Troopers Michael Proctor, Yuri Bukhenik, and Nicholas Guarino—already facing scrutiny for their roles in the explosive Karen Read case—also appear in the Walshe investigation.
Their involvement, along with whispers of prior misconduct, raises troubling questions about whether this case, too, could be tainted by bias, missteps, or worse.
As echoes of the Sandra Birchmore tragedy add to the backdrop of mistrust in Massachusetts law enforcement, the Walshe case becomes more than a murder trial. It is now a test of public faith in the very system tasked with delivering justice.
This Trial Hub examines the Brian Walshe case in depth—from the timeline of Ana’s disappearance to court filings, evidence battles, and the broader systemic issues now threatening to overshadow the pursuit of justice.
The court, residing Judge Peter Krupp, took up defense access to former MSP Trooper Michael Proctor’s communications (the “Proctor files”) and the defense’s push tying those materials to discovery and dismissal issues. Joint Hearing Context The hearing was...
Brian Walshe’s defense team announced plans to seek a change of venue in his upcoming murder trial. No doubt that he will argue that extensive media coverage may make it impossible to seat an impartial jury in Norfolk County. Walshe is charged with killing his wife,...
In a detailed 31-page decision that’s equal parts procedural chess match and courtroom drama, Judge Diane Freniere has denied Brian Walshe’s motion to suppress data extracted from his phone and iPad. The ruling, handed down following a multi-day evidentiary hearing...
In a pivotal hearing on July 24, 2025, Norfolk Superior Court Judge Hon. Diane Freniere presided over a critical challenge by Brian Walshe’s defense team, who argued that the indictment against Walshe for first-degree murder should be narrowed. Specifically, the...
On January 1, 2023, Ana Walshe disappeared from her Cohasset, Massachusetts home—only for the investigation to unearth chilling clues pointing to her husband, Brian Walshe. Now standing trial, Walshe, a federal art fraud convict, is accused of murdering and...