Overview
- Prosecutors rested Wednesday after eight days of testimony and roughly 48 to 50 witnesses in Norfolk Superior Court.
- Family friend Gem Mutlu, the last person to see Ana Walshe alive besides her husband, described a festive New Year’s Eve and a later call in which Brian Walshe’s tone was not panicked.
- Close friend Alissa Kirby testified that Ana was at a breaking point over marital strain and told her she was falling out of love.
- Jurors saw surveillance and heard forensic evidence of body‑disposal searches, tool and cleaning purchases, dumpster trips, and DNA links to Ana, though her body has not been found.
- The defense begins presenting its case Thursday after the judge denied a motion to dismiss, and Walshe maintains not guilty to murder despite guilty pleas to moving the body and misleading police.