Testimony set to continue in second day of Brian Walshe murder trial, Cohasset man charged with killing wife

The trial of Brian Walshe the Cohasset man charged with killing his wife Ana who was last seen in early began on Monday In the prosecution s opening declaration prosecutor Greg O Connor outlined several of the evidence the state will lay out including the trash bags they say Walshe threw out containing both members of the couple s DNA and Walshe s alleged Google searches from around the time of Ana s disappearance O Connor continued that Brian Walshe s online searches show he plotted and planned his wife s death On January at a m it searched best way to dispose of body parts after a murder O Connor disclosed Defense attorney Larry Tipton painted a different picture of what happened the night Ana presumably died saying she experienced sudden unexplained death after the couple went to bed on New Years Eve Tipton commented Walshe went down to their kitchen to clean dishes and returned to find Ana unresponsive Tipton announced Walshe made the Google searches in question in a panic after Ana s death not thinking anyone would believe his story You will hear evidence that it made no sense to him but he nudged Ana She didn t respond and panicked revealed Tipton He nudged her again he didn t respond He nudged her now in a frantic and panicked reaction to where she veritably rolled off the bed The lead investigator in the situation Cohasset Police Sergeant Harrison Schmidt was the first person to take the stand Monday He is expected to be cross examined Tuesday