Overview
- Brian Walshe’s attorneys rested Thursday without calling witnesses, and he waived his right to testify before jurors were sent home for closings Friday.
- The Commonwealth presented roughly eight days of testimony from about 48–50 witnesses, including state crime‑lab experts who said DNA tied blood‑stained items and basement samples to Ana Walshe.
- Evidence shown to jurors included surveillance and receipts of cash purchases for tools and cleaning supplies on Jan. 1, plus video of trash bags tossed in multiple dumpsters.
- Prosecutors highlighted device searches on Jan. 1 referencing disposing of a body and inheritance timing, arguing they show consciousness of guilt.
- Judge Diane Freniere ruled the jury will not be told of Walshe’s earlier guilty pleas to misleading police and improperly disposing of a body as deliberations will focus solely on the murder charge.