Murder of Ana Walshe

Ana Ljubičić was born in Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia, She was raised in Belgrade where she attended the and obtained a BA in French language and literature from the University of Belgrade. She emigrated to the United States in 2005, eventually becoming a dual citizen. She found work in the hospitality industry, including at The Inn at Little Washington. According to Boston 25 News, she is thought to have met Brian Walshe during her two years working at the Wheatleigh Hotel in Lenox, Massachusetts. She and Brian married in 2016 and she took his surname. They subsequently had three sons, who at the time of her disappearance were ages two, four, and six. After working at several more hotels, Ana Walshe became a regional general manager at the real estate company Tishman Speyer in February 2022, splitting her time between her home with Brian in Cohasset, Massachusetts, and a residence in Washington, D.C., where she worked. == Disappearance ==

The Walshes and their friend had dinner together on New Year's Eve 2022. In the first hours of 2023, Ana called her mother, sister, and maid of honor, all of whom were unavailable. She was last seen around 4am. Brian says he spent the following day in Swampscott with his mother. On January 4, both Tishman Speyer and Brian Walshe reported Ana missing. Brian told the police that Ana had left the house early for a flight from Boston's Logan International Airport to Washington, D.C., after a work emergency caused her to move up a trip scheduled for January 3. Police could not confirm whether she had gotten on a flight or gotten a ride to the airport on January 1; they found that while she had indeed previously booked a flight for January 3, she had not boarded the flight, and that her credit and debit cards had not been used since January 1. == Investigation and charges ==

Brian Walshe was arrested on January 8 on the morning of January 1 in Rockland, Massachusetts, and spent $463 on cleaning supplies, a hammer, and wire snips. Police received a search warrant for the Walshe residence and in the basement found blood and a damaged, bloody knife. He pleaded not guilty. On January 18, Brian Walshe was arrested again On March 30, Brian was indicted on the charges of first-degree murder, misleading a police investigation, and "improper conveyance of a human body". The event gained significant public attention in the United States and Serbia. Serbia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has communicated, through the Serbian consulate-general in New York, with the Norfolk District Attorney's office, in order to provide Ana Walshe's mother with non-publicly available information about the course of the investigation. == Trial ==

On November 19, 2025, Brian changed his plea to guilty for the two lesser charges of misleading a police investigation, and improper conveyance of a human body, but maintained his innocence on the murder charge. On December 15, he was found guilty of the first-degree murder of Ana. Three days later, he was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. ==See also==