DEDHAM, MASS. (WHDH) – Day four of testimony continued in the Brian Walshe murder trial on Thursday, with William Fastow, Ana Walshe’s lover, taking the stand.
Fastow sold Ana her Washington D.C. townhouse. The two had met through a mutual friend looking for a home in the D.C. area.
Prosecutors first asked Fastow to describe his relationship with the married mother of three.
“We quickly became close friends, then confidants, and before long we started an intimate relationship,” Fastow said.
At the time, Ana was still married to Brian Walshe at the time, who was still in Massachusetts with their children.
Fastow detailed how their relationship had evolved to traveling together on several occasions, including holidays and spending Christmas Eve together before she was killed. He said she was going through a separation and Ana detailed how she was going through family legal trouble.
Fastow said they also talked about their future and what it would look like. He said after New Years he received a call from Brian.
“He called me on January 4,” Fastow said.
“And did you answer that call?” Fastow was asked.
“I did not,” Fastow said. “I pushed the call to my voicemail.”
“Why did you do that?”
“I was in an intimate relationship with his wife, I had not heard from her for several days, and frankly, I was concerned that maybe he had found out and was calling to confront me,” Fastow said.
In the voicemail, Walshe said he reached out to anyone who knew Ana because she was missing. Prosecutors say Walshe dismembered her body and tossed her remains into dumpsters around the region.
During cross examination, Fastow was asked if there was ever any suspicion that he was having an affair with Ana, or if there were plans to tell Brian.
“As I said, there was no plan that I was aware of,” Fastow said.
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