Overview
- A panel of 16 jurors was seated after three days of selection, though the jurors have not yet been sworn.
- Walshe earlier pleaded guilty to conveying a human body and misleading police, leaving the first-degree murder charge for trial.
- Judge Diane Freniere has signaled a three- to four-week trial timeline following the Dec. 1 opening of presentations.
- Ana Walshe’s body has not been found, and prosecutors point to early Jan. 1 Google searches on a family tablet, a damaged bloody knife, and alleged disposal in area dumpsters.
- Jurors are ordered to avoid news and social media during the trial, and potential witnesses include several Massachusetts State Police troopers, with former Trooper Michael Proctor listed by the defense.