Disappearance of Ana Walshe: Date set for murder trial of Brian Walshe

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According to FOX News, Judge Diane Freniere set Walshe’s trial date for October 21, 2025 during a hearing in Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham on Monday. The judge said she expected the trial to last no longer than four weeks.

Last year, investigators found blood in the basement area of ​​the Walshe home as well as a partially damaged knife that also contained some blood. Prosecutors say Walshe went to an area hardware store and purchased $450 worth of painting and cleaning supplies.

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What do we know about Brian Walshe?

Walshe was indicted by a federal grand jury in 2018 for attempting to sell two fake Andy Warhol paintings on eBay. He pleaded guilty in April 2021 to one count each of wire fraud, interstate transportation in a scheme to defraud, possession of exchanged goods and unlawful monetary transaction.

He allegedly picked up two authentic Andy Warhol “Shadow Paintings” from a friend in South Korea and later put the artworks up for sale on eBay for $100,000. A buyer on eBay received the paintings but found no Warhol Foundation authentication stamps and also noted that the canvases and staples looked new, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts. When the buyer compared the paintings to the photos from the eBay listing, they did not look identical and the buyer concluded that the paintings were not authentic.

Walshe was under house arrest and wearing a location monitoring device while awaiting sentencing in the wire fraud case.