Massachusetts Crime

Massachusetts State Police DNA supervisor Saman Saleem testified that single‑source female DNA matching Ana Walshe was found on a hacksaw (blade and handle), a hatchet (head and handle), pieces of a blood‑stained rug, Tyvek suit pieces, slippers and "unknown tissue," with the hacksaw blade profile described as at least 39 million times more likely to be Ana’s than an unrelated person’s, though Saleem acknowledged DNA could be transferred between items if packed together. Prosecutors say those and other items recovered from trash bags and a Swampscott dumpster — including towels, cleaning agents, a Prada purse, boots matching Ana’s and her COVID‑19 card — support theories that Brian Walshe killed his wife amid an alleged affair and to secure sole custody or insurance proceeds, while the defense says he found Ana dead in bed and denies knowing of an affair; Walshe has pleaded guilty to misleading police and unlawfully conveying a human body and was awaiting sentencing in an unrelated art‑fraud case.