Overview
- Sixteen jurors — nine women and seven men — were selected over three days; twelve will deliberate and the judge expects a three‑ to four‑week trial.
- On the first day of selection, Walshe pleaded guilty to conveying a human body and misleading police, leaving only the first‑degree murder charge for trial.
- Prosecutors point to alleged pre‑dawn Google searches on a family tablet, a damaged bloody knife in the home, and disposal of remains in dumpsters, with material believed incinerated.
- Judge Diane Freniere ordered jurors to stay off social media and avoid all news for the duration of the proceedings.
- With no body recovered, prosecutors must first establish that a killing occurred before linking it to Walshe, a hurdle underscored in jury questioning and legal analysis.