Overview

• Norfolk Superior Court directed a 20-day evaluation at Bridgewater State Hospital to assess whether Walshe is competent to stand trial.
• The Oct. 20 trial date has been taken off the calendar; a Tuesday status conference replaces the final pretrial, and a competency hearing is set for Oct. 27.
• Defense counsel says Walshe’s mental and physical condition declined after a Sept. 11 jail stabbing, affecting his ability to assist in his defense.
• Prosecutors filed notices of completed DNA testing and outlined planned evidence, including a private investigator’s inquiry into Ana Walshe’s infidelity and limited facts from Walshe’s prior federal art fraud conviction.
• Walshe has pleaded not guilty to murder, misleading investigators, and improper conveyance of a human body, and he remains held without bail.