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Boston Herald
Boston Herald
National
Sean Philip Cotter

Husband charged in Massachusetts slaying of wife even though body remains elusive

BOSTON — Brian Walshe is now set to be charged with the murder of his wife, Ana, in the high-profile missing-persons case out of Cohasset in a turn that comes even as her body hasn’t been found — though there’s precedent out of the local district attorney’s office for such a prosecution to work.

Norfolk District Attorney Michael Morrissey took the unusual step Tuesday of releasing a video announcing a murder warrant against Brian Walshe, the 47-year-old Cohasset man who is already charged with misleading cops in the investigation into his wife’s disappearance.

“The continued investigation has now allowed police to obtain an arrest warrant charging Brian Walshe with the murder of his wife,” Morrissey said.

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