Overview

• The presiding judge denied most defense attempts to suppress digital evidence, including alleged Google searches for body disposal.
• Judge Diane Freniere disclosed a possible conflict of interest tied to a personal relationship with a state-appointed attorney and invited the defense to consider her recusal.
• Norfolk County prosecutors are arranging for out-of-state witnesses to testify, among them a Washington D.C. private investigator allegedly hired by Walshe’s mother.
• Brian Walshe is set to appear remotely at Plymouth Superior Court for a motions hearing scheduled for early August.
• Jury selection for his first-degree murder trial is scheduled to begin October 20, 2025, on charges of killing and dismembering his wife, Ana Walshe.