Husband Convicted In Murder Of Tishman Speyer Exec Ana Walshe

Nearly three years after Tishman Speyer Regional Manager Ana Walshe went missing, her husband has been found guilty of her murder.

After roughly six hours of deliberation, a jury of six women and six men found Brian Walshe guilty of murder in the first degree Monday morning, WCVB reported. The Cohasset father was accused of killing and dismembering his wife around New Year's Day in 2023. Ana Walshe was last seen alive on New Year's Eve 2022.

The conviction carries an automatic sentence of life without the possibility of parole.

Ana Walshe was a 39-year-old mother of three and experienced property manager who worked as the D.C. and Baltimore regional general manager at Tishman Speyer. She took the role in February 2022.

She traveled from Boston to D.C. every week and would come back to her home in Cohasset, Massachusetts, on the weekends. She was reported missing by her employer on Jan. 4, 2023, after failing to show up for work.

The trial, which took place over the last two weeks, was a deep dive into Brian Walshe's movements following the disappearance of his wife, including incriminating internet searches, the purchase of cleaning supplies and tools, and discarded items covered in the couple's DNA.

Prosecutors argued that Walshe dismembered his wife's body after killing her and scattered her remains in dumpsters across Greater Boston, including one near his mother's home in Swampscott, Boston.com reported.

In the days leading up to the trial, Walshe pleaded guilty to willfully misleading a police investigation and illegally disposing of his wife's body.

Walshe's defense argued that he discovered his wife's body after he climbed into bed New Year's Eve and found her dead due to a "sudden unexplained death." Defense attorney Larry Tipton argued that there is no evidence that Walshe killed his wife, only evidence of his reaction to her death, CNN reported.

Several internet searches were revealed on Walshe's personal devices during the investigation, including "how do you dispose of a body?" His defense argued that Walshe feared no one would believe that Ana Walshe was "alive one minute and dead the next," leading him to hide her body.

The prosecution argued there were cracks forming in their relationship leading up to the murder as Ana Walshe’s frequent trips to D.C. added stress to her personal life. Her husband and their three children had to remain in Massachusetts as he faced federal art fraud charges at the time.

Potential motives came to light as well.

Walshe was the sole beneficiary of his wife's $2.7M life insurance policy, which prosectors put forth as motivation to kill her, and Will Fastow, a D.C. real estate broker, testified about a romantic affair that began brewing between him and Ana Walshe. Walshe's defense argued he had no knowledge about the affair.

Walshe was indicted in January 2023 under three charges: first-degree murder, misleading a police investigation and the improper conveyance of a human body.