Girlfriend who spent New Year’s Eve with missing mum says she’s ‘celebratory’

A friend who celebrated New Year’s Eve with missing Massachusetts mother Ana Walshe said there was “no indication” anything was wrong.

Ana, 39, and her husband Brian, 46, had brought people to their home in Cohasset who were “celebratory” and a “lavish meal” was served.

The couple reportedly toasted the new year just hours before the property manager’s disappearance in the early hours of New Year’s Day.

She has not been seen since when cops discovered traces of blood, a hatchet, a hacksaw, a rug and used cleaning supplies while searching dumpsters while searching for the mother-of-three.

Walshe has since pleaded not guilty to “misleading authorities” in connection with his wife’s disappearance.

He told law enforcement he got lost on his way there on January 1 – which he says was the last day he saw his wife.

Ana, 39, and her husband Brian, 46, had brought people to their home in Cohasset who were “celebratory” and a “lavish meal” was served

Walshe has since pleaded not guilty to “misleading authorities” in connection with his wife’s disappearance. Pictured: their home in Cohasset, MA

Family friend Gem Mutlu told WBZ-TV: “We hugged and celebrated and toasted what you do over New Year’s Eve.

“The anticipation for the new year was great. There was no indication of anything other than celebrating the new year, problems on hold.’

Mutlu said he was shocked after receiving a call from Walshe telling him Ana was missing.

He says they hugged goodbye at 1.30am after celebrating at the Walshe’s home.

Ana had been sitting on a bar stool in her kitchen texting her friends throughout the meal and party.

Mutlu added: “There was absolutely no indication that even the slightest hint of tragedy, disappearance or anything else could have happened that night.

Brian Walshe is accused of obstructing the investigation into his wife Ana’s disappearance on January 1

Ana had been sitting on a bar stool in her kitchen texting her friends throughout the meal and party

“Both Ana and Brian have had a huge impact on my life individually and together. My biggest fear had shifted to the children, I wondered if the children were safe.

“Part of me had a suspicion all along that there might have been a bad game and that somehow the story just doesn’t add up.”

The couple had lived in separate homes while Ana commuted to DC for work and stayed at their $1.4 million estate.

She was reported missing by her employers on January 4 because her husband failed to alert officials.

Police officers investigating the disappearance of Massachusetts mother-of-three Ana Walshe have searched dumpsters near her mother-in-law’s home and found traces of blood, a hatchet, hacksaw, carpet and used cleaning supplies.

The new development follows the revelation that Walshe had searched the internet “how to dispose of a 115-pound woman’s body”.

Police were also seen in the parking lot of an apartment complex where Walshe’s mother lives, with dumpsters being hauled with a police escort to the Peabody transfer station for search

Ana disappeared on January 1st when she couldn’t catch a flight to Washington DC for work. Her employer reported her missing on January 4

Police also found a knife in the basement of the family home with blood on it and on the floor – and reported spending $450 at Home Depot on cleaning products.

The Norfolk Attorney’s Office confirmed a “number of items” were recovered from the Peabody transfer station after they spent hours sifting through the trash.

In a statement, they said: “Search activities conducted north of Boston yesterday resulted in the collection of a number of items which are now being processed and tested to determine if they are of evidential value in this investigation.”

Police were also seen in the parking lot of the apartment complex where Walshe’s mother lives.

Dumpsters were towed with a police escort to the Peabody transfer station for a search.

It comes after Walshe told investigators he visited his mother’s home in nearby Swampscott on New Year’s Day but got lost.

Walshe googled how to dismember a 115-pound woman’s body before his wife Ana disappeared

Ana and Brian Walshe’s Washington DC home in the Chevy Chase area of ​​the city is worth over $1.4 million

The Norfolk Attorney’s Office confirmed a “number of items” were recovered from the Peabody transfer station after they spent hours sifting through the trash.

Authorities initially treated the case as a missing person, but sources say they now believe Ana may have been murdered – describing her in an appeal for her whereabouts as 5ft 2 and 115lbs.

Walshe was previously seen on surveillance video buying heavy cleaning supplies, although he told police he was home around the time Ana was last seen alive.

He told police his wife disappeared after driving her car to Boston Logan Airport around 6 a.m. on Jan. 1.

However, ridesharing services do not indicate pickups at the family home and Ana’s cell phone continued to ping at the property for two days.

Ana was only reported missing on January 4 when her office called the police when she failed to show up for work.

Since then, police have been scouring the coastal town of Cohasset for signs of her.

Authorities say Walshe gave police misleading information about his and his wife’s actions at the time of their disappearance, buying himself ample time to clean up a possible crime scene.

Police searched a nearby dumpster station after removing a container from Walshe’s mother’s property in Swampscott

Police officers searching for missing Massachusetts mother-of-three Ana Walshe have found blood, a hatchet, a hacksaw, a rug and used cleaning supplies

Walshe was previously seen on surveillance video buying heavy cleaning supplies, although he told police he was home around the time Ana was last seen alive

Prosecutor Lynn Beland told the court on Monday: “These various testimonies caused the investigation to be delayed to the point that during the time frame that he did not report his wife and made various testimonies, he had time to either clean up evidence, Eliminate evidence and cause a delay.’

The investigators seized two garbage trailers during the search. A business owner said police contacted him on Saturday night, adding that they were last emptied just before the New Year.

Art fraudster Walshe was captured leaving a Cohasset police station on Monday morning, grinning and smiling at reporters.

He was charged with fraud after allegedly selling two fake Andy Warhol paintings for $80,000 in 2016, meaning he is under house arrest pending his conviction in federal court.

That means he has to call in if he goes anywhere – but he was caught on camera walking to the Home Depot on January 2 after saying he’d never left the house except to go with his son eating ice cream.

Walshe was arrested Sunday night as detectives continued to search for his wife as a property manager.

She has not used her phone or credit cards since her disappearance and has not shown up for work.

Walshe’s bail was set at $500,000 in cash after police searched the home the couple shared and found blood on a knife and in the basement.

Prosecutors for the Quincy Circuit Court say Walshe’s statements, including alleging he did not leave the home, delayed the investigation.