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Man who served 27 years in prison before conviction was tossed sues Mass.
A Massachusetts man who spent nearly three decades in prison on a murder conviction that was thrown out by the courts is suing the state for $1 million, the maximum allowed by state law.
James Lucien, 50, was serving a life sentence in connection w…
Former Mass. paraeducator arrested on child sex assault charges
A former elementary school paraeducator in Easthampton, Massachusetts, was charged with sexually assaulting a child under 14, prosecutors said Tuesday.
Troy Gray, a 57-year-old from Easthampton, was arrested Thursday on five counts of indecent assa…
Mass. ratepayers fed up with high energy costs
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Police searching for missing girl, 12, last seen at Peabody hotel Sunday
A 12-year-old girl has been missing for two days from Peabody, Massachusetts, police said Tuesday.
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Revisit the Ana Walshe murder case ahead of the trial in new podcast
Just over a year ago, the search for Ana Walshe of Cohasset, Massachusetts, sparked widespread curiosity, concern and eventual heartbreak when it became apparent that the missing mother of three and real estate maven was dead, allegedly murdered by her husband, Brian Walshe.
Amid the search for Ana — one that took investigators all over Greater Boston, from Swampscott to Wareham — another set of searches surfaced that would become central to the charges brought against Brian Walshe.
“How long before a body starts to smell?”
“How to stop a body from decomposing”?
“10 ways to dispose of a dead body if you really need to.”
Those are some of the Google searches Brian allegedly made on the morning his wife supposedly disappeared, New Year’s Day 2023. Prosecutors read these and other queries, in court on Jan. 18 as Walshe was arraigned on a murder charge. The gruesome searches — allegedly made an iPad belonging to one of the couple’s children — brought a whole new level of attention to the case.
@nbc10boston Ana Walshe’s husband reportedly made 20 gruesome internet searches days after she was last seen. Visit the link in bio for more. #anawalshe #missing ♬ original sound – NBC10 Boston
Over a year later, Ana’s body has not been found. But with Walshe’s murder trial approaching, NBC10 Boston is taking a deeper look at this case — its twists and turns, the challenges prosecutors face bringing a case with no body, what happened on that New Year’s Day and what could have led Brian to killing his own wife, a charge he has pleaded not guilty to.
Pulling from our extensive archive and new reporting, we’re answering those questions and more in our new podcast, “The Searches for Ana Walshe,” hosted by NBC10 Boston anchor Colton Bradford, and Matt Fortin.
Subscribe and listen to the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get podcasts for a comprehensive look back at the search, new insights on what happened and updates on the case as they come in, right through the trial.
