Accused Massachusetts wife killer Brian Walshe stabbed in jail

Flint McColgan, Boston Herald on Sep 12, 2025

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BOSTON – Accused Cohasset wife killer Brian Walshe was stabbed shortly before lights out at the Norfolk County Jail.

The attack on the convicted international art fraudster and indicted murder defendant happened at around 9:55 p.m. Thursday, according to the Norfolk County Sheriff’s Office, which manages the jail. That office does not name Walshe, but the defendant’s attorney, Larry Tipton, has disclosed to multiple outlets that it is Walshe who was stabbed.

Walshe’s injuries were not life-threatening, and he was treated overnight at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston and returned to jail.

The Sheriff’s Office said that its officers “acted immediately to intervene and render first aid” and that no personnel were injured in the assault. Officers subdued the suspected stabber — who authorities have not named — and recovered a “blunt instrument” likely involved in the stabbing.

Authorities are investigating the incident, but do not expect any court arraignments today.

Walshe, 49, is charged with murdering and dismembering his wife, Ana Walshe, in the early hours of Jan. 1, 2023. He was initially described as being cooperative with police when Ana Walshe went missing but was soon arrested and charged with her murder.

During his arraignment first in District Court and then Superior Court, prosecutors read a series of grisly internet searches done on an iPad found in the home.

Those searches included “Can you be charged with murder without a body?” “10 ways to dispose of a body if you really need to.” “Can you throw away body parts?” “What does formaldehyde do?” And many more.

Walshe has been housed at the Norfolk County Jail ever since his arraignment. His case has been very slow-moving, with a mere five Superior Court appearances in 2023 and seven in 2025.

The case docket has heated up this year due to the mess surrounding former Massachusetts State Police Trooper Michael Proctor, who was fired earlier this year due primarily to unprofessional behavior in the Karen Read murder case — a charge a jury acquitted her of in a trial earlier this year.

Proctor also investigated the Walshe case and other criminal cases in Norfolk County and those defense attorneys are fighting to get information from Proctor’s phone backup archives that could exonerate their clients. Proctor himself is fighting for his job back.

Walshe is next scheduled to appear in court on Monday. Tipton has not returned a Herald request for comment so it is unclear if that hearing will be rescheduled due to the stabbing.

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