‘How to saw a body’: Police testify on Brian Walshe browser searches
Prosecutors spent majority of of the first day of Brian Walshe s murder trial playing tapes of his lies but on Tuesday they let a series of gruesome computer searches speak for themselves In the days and hours after Walshe has admitted his wife Ana died his computer history shows searches for how to saw a body hacksaw the best tool for dismembering a body and options to dispose of body parts after murder according to Massachusetts State Police Trooper Nicholas Guarino Guarino took the stand for the Commonwealth Tuesday morning at Norfolk Superior Court as prosecutors tried to prove Walshe murdered Ana in January of Walshe pleaded guilty last month to lying to police and mishandling a body but maintains he wasn t involved in his wife s death Instead his defense club is arguing that Ana died of sudden unexplained death and that Walshe covered it up for fear he could lose his sons if people presumed he killed her But before Walshe s defense gang can lay out their situation prosecutors are detailing what searches police determined on his computer before and after his wife disappeared Guarino sat on the stand with what appeared to be a three or four inch white binder containing printed versions of the computer records From the early hours of Jan just after Walshe s association disclosed Ana died Walshe s computer logged searches for how long before body starts to smell and how long for someone to be missing to inheritance Guarino testified while prosecutors indicated computer logs to the jury The searches continued throughout New Year s Day including queries on how to dispose of a cell phone and computer and how to use a spouse s credit card or file for a divorce when a spouse is missing Guarino revealed Walshe s computer s history also manifested searches for tips on how to clean blood and two videos titled cleaning up a dead body and how to clean blood stains with hydrogen peroxide On Jan and Jan before Ana had been shared missing or Walshe was interviewed by police his computer history shows searches for can you identify a body with broken teeth and can baking soda make a dead body smell good as well as a question about whether police can track searches without someone s physical computer In court earlier in that morning when Cohasset Police Sgt Harrison Schmidt was still on the stand prosecutors played a tape of officers asking Walshe why a device in his home would have queried how to dispose of a body I don t I have no idea Walshe disclosed Related Articles Watch Brian Walshe Trial Live How to clean blood from a wood floor Karen Read investigator Michael Proctor mentioned at Brian Walshe trial Defense indicates Ana Walshe died from sudden unexplained death Watch Live Police testify in Brian Walshe murder trial Norfolk County ready for real change from embattled DA Michael Morrissey as race grows Guarino also testified to searches on Walshe s device days before Ana s death regarding divorce Best divorce strategy for men a user on Walshe s computer searched on the night of Dec The court took a break before Guarino could finish his examination by the prosecution Walshe s defense could cross examine Trooper Guarino as early as Tuesday afternoon Advancing
