Brian Walshe pleads guilty to charges before jury selection in murder trial

Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald on Nov 18, 2025

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BOSTON — Accused wife killer Brian Walshe has pleaded guilty to lying to investigators and disinterring the body of his wife, Ana, before jury selection begins for his murder trial.

This comes after a Bridgewater State Hospital psychiatrist found Walshe to be “competent and ready to stand trial,” a finding that Judge Diane Freniere accepted last week.

Walshe, 49, pleaded guilty to the two charges Tuesday morning at Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, with jury selection slated to begin the same day. The Cohasset man is set to stand trial for first-degree murder.

Walshe was scheduled to go to trial on the murder charge last month but that was rescheduled due to competency concerns. He’s fresh off a 20-day stint at Bridgewater State Hospital in which psychiatric staff monitored him for competency to stand trial for the murder of Ana Walshe in the early hours of Jan. 1, 2023. Walshe has pleaded not guilty to the murder.

Prosecutors say he dismembered his wife and made several trips to dumpsters around Greater Boston to dispose of her body and any physical evidence.

They also argue that the implications of Walshe’s alleged internet searches on how to dispose of bodies and clean up gore are backed up by surveillance video evidence of him picking up needed supplies from Home Depot.

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