US EditionProsecutors Focus on DNA and Blood Evidence Found in Dumpsters at Brian Walshe’s Murder Trial
Prosecutors showed blood-positive evidence and videos of Brian Walshe buying cleaning tools and supplies, including $460 spent at Lowe's, during the ongoing murder trial.
- On Monday, Dec. 8, 2025, prosecutors showed jurors blood-positive tools and a hacksaw photo in the murder case against Brian Walshe, defendant, accused of killing Ana Walshe, alleged victim.
- Before trial, Brian Walshe pleaded guilty to dismembering Ana and misleading police but faces a first-degree murder charge; defense attorney Larry Tipton argues Ana died from a sudden unexpected death.
- State Police analysts testified that DNA linked Ana Walshe to stains on a hacksaw, hatchet head, slippers, towels and a Tyvek suit recovered from a Swampscott dumpster and the Cohasset basement.
- The trial continues with more forensic testimony expected and Gem Mutlu, family friend and former boss, slated to be called in Norfolk Superior Court tomorrow morning.
- On cross-examination, Larry Tipton highlighted possible contamination and that Massachusetts State Police crime lab scientists cannot determine how or when DNA was deposited, while prosecutors said cleaning products and hydrogen peroxide complicate blood detection.
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Prosecutors focus on DNA and blood evidence found in dumpsters at Brian Walshe’s murder trial
Prosecutors at Brian Walshe’s murder trial continued Tuesday to present evidence they say proves he killed his wife around New Year’s Day 2023 at their Massachusetts home.
The Sun (Lowell)
Lawyers break down DNA evidence on Brian Walshe trial day 7
Prosecutors narrowed in on DNA evidence on day seven of Brian Walshe’s trial, with witnesses detailing the process of analyzing samples from blood-stained slippers to a hacksaw and hatchet. “The DNA profile from this item is at least 30 nanillion times more likely if it originated from Ana Walshe than if it originated from an unknown, unrelated individual, and this provides support for inclusion of Ana Walshe to this DNA profile,” said Salman Sa…
Ana Walshe’s blood, DNA found in basement, on discarded hacksaw, analysts tell jurors at husband’s murder trial - The Boston Globe
Brian Walshe, 50, stands accused of killing Ana Walshe shortly after they rang in the New Year together in 2023, dismembering her body, and disposing of it in several dumpsters in the region.
No body discovered but Ana Walshe’s DNA turns up on hacksaw, blood in basement
DNA pulled from blood stains on a hatchet, a hacksaw, towels and other items found in a Swampscott dumpster almost certainly came from Ana Walshe, an expert testified Tueday in her husband's murder trial.
Prosecution tries to tie Walshe's apparent purchase of hacksaw, hatchet to wife's death
DEDHAM, Mass. (WLNE) — The murder trial of Brian Walshe continues Tuesday with testimony expected from a forensic scientist. On Monday, items found in Walshe’s Cohasset home were discussed, including unused plastic buckets and hydrogen peroxide. A photo of the home’s carpet was presented by the prosecution in an attempt to link the item to others found in the trash compactor, according to authorities. Surveillance footage from multiple businesse…
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