DEDHAM, MASS. (WHDH) – Proceedings continued Wednesday in the Brian Walshe murder trial.
Walshe is charged with murdering his wife Ana, who was last seen in early 2023.
Gem Mutlu, the man who spent New Year’s Eve with the Walshes, who is believed to be the last person to have seen Ana alive besides Brian, testified after a short voir dire.
On direct examination, Mutlu testified he and Ana had spoken in person on the phone a few days prior to New Year’s Eve, saying she told him she was having a hard time with her commute from Cohasset to D.C., and that she missed her children. She also struggled with Brian’s ability to leave Massachusetts due to an ongoing federal issue.
Mutlu said he joined the couple for a celebration in their kitchen on New Year’s Eve, and jurors were shown pictures of a champagne box the three of them signed.
One message from Ana read, “let’s make 2023 the best one yet.”
Mutlu testified that he left around 1:30 a.m., the last time he saw Ana. He said he received a call several days later from Brian, who said Ana had left for a work emergency in D.C. on New Year’s Day and asked if he’d heard from her.
“I was incredulous,” Mutlu said. “I said what work emergency could there be on New Year’s Eve? What could it be? I said listen, did you guys have an argument or something? Did you have a fight?”
“What was his response?” Mutlu was asked.
“His response was, I do remember this vividly as well… His response was ‘No, did it look like we had an argument? You were there.’” Mutlu said.
On Tuesday, the jury saw further surveillance video showing Walshe shopping for rugs, bath mats, and towels at HomeGoods in Norwell and heard from state forensic experts who said blood on a hacksaw found by police contained DNA matching Ana’s.
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