Brian Walshe, Husband of Missing Mass. Mother Ana Walshe, Charged with Extinguish

Ana Walshe, 39, has been lacking since Fresh 365 days’s Day

Prosecutors own charged Brian Walshe with murder in connection with the dying of his significant other, Ana Walshe, who mysteriously vanished on Fresh 365 days’s Day.

“The ongoing investigation has now allowed police to form an arrest warrant charging Brian Walshe with the murder of his significant other,” Norfolk County District Attorney Michael Morrissey said in a video commentary released Tuesday.

Brian Walshe, 47, already faced a charge of misleading police for the period of the investigation into Ana’s whereabouts. He pleaded now not guilty, and his bail turned into as soon as plan at $500,000.

Walshe has now not but been arraigned on the murder charge.

Ana, 39, has now not been seen since Fresh 365 days’s Day and turned into as soon as first reported lacking Jan. 4, days after she failed to label up to her job as a staunch property govt in Washington, D.C., the assign she would on an habitual basis trek to basically based entirely on more than one reports.

All the procedure in which thru a outdated court listening to for Brian, prosecutors revealed a bloody knife turned into as soon as chanced on within the basement for the period of a search of the couple’s Cohasset, Mass., home. Prosecutors also said that on Jan. 2, after Ana’s disappearance, Brian turned into as soon as captured on House Depot surveillance footage spending $450 on cleansing merchandise, together with mops and tarps.

WBZ-TV, citing legislation enforcement officers, reported a hacksaw and hatchet believed to be linked to Ana’s disappearance had been also allegedly recovered for the period of a search of a Peabody, Mass., trash position.

Want to assign with the latest crime protection? Join PEOPLE’s free True Crime e-newsletter for breaking crime news, ongoing trial protection and details of gripping unsolved cases.

Speaking with CNN, unnamed legislation enforcement officers accustomed to the investigation accused Brian of conducting cyber net searches on “pointers on how to dispose of a 115-pound girl’s physique,” and physique dismemberment.

Based entirely entirely on Washington D.C. police, Brian previously allegedly threatened to abolish Ana in August 2014.

Police relate the case turned into as soon as closed because Ana refused to press costs on the time.

Whenever you are experiencing home violence, call the Nationwide Home Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233, or sail to thehotline.org. All calls are toll-free and confidential. The hotline is accessible 24/7 in additional than 170 languages.