>>> THE CASE OF A MISSING MASSACHUSETTS WOMAN HAS GOTTEN
MORE DISTURBING. PROSECUTORS NOW SAY THAT BLOOD
AND A KNIFE WERE FOUND IN THE BASEMENT OF ANNA WALSHE'S HOME.
WALSHE WAS LAST SEEN EARLY ON NEW YEAR'S DAY AND WAS REPORTED
MISSING ON WEDNESDAY. THIS NEW INFORMATION CAME DURING
A HEARING JUST A SHORT TIME AGO FOR HER HUSBAND.
BRIAN WALSHE IS CHARGED WITH MISLEADING INVESTIGATORS, AND
CNN HAS MORE ON THE DETAILS. SO A LOT HAS COME OUT TODAY.
GET US UP TO SPEED ON THE LATEST.
>> Reporter: YEAH, SO THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY
THERE IN NORFOLK COUNTY LAYING OUT THE INSTANCES WHERE THEY SAY
BRIAN WALSHE LIED ABOUT HIS WHEREABOUTS SURROUNDING THE
DISAPPEARANCE OF HIS WIFE, ANA WALSHE, AROUND NEW YEAR'S DAY.
NOW IF I COULD BACK UP FOR A SECOND FOR YOUR VIEWERS AND
EXPLAIN THAT BRIAN WALSHE WAS ACTUALLY ON PRO-PROBATION
SENTENCING FOR A FRAUD INCIDENT THAT GOES BACK TO 2020.
HE PLED GUILTY TO. AS PART OF THAT HE WAS SUPPOSED
TO BE CHECKING IN WITH AUTHORITIES ON HIS WHEREABOUTS.
SEEMS THAT THAT'S HOW INVESTIGATORS WERE ABLE TO TELL
THAT HE WAS LYING ABOUT THOSE WHEREABOUTS.
AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF INSTANCES THAT CAME OUT IN
COURT, BUT ONE THAT STICKS OUT IS HE TOLD INVESTIGATORS THAT HE
WAS GOING TO TAKE ONE OF HIS SONS OUT FOR ICE-CREAM AND
INSTEAD IT APPEARS HE WENT TO A HOME DEPOT.
I WANT YOU TO HEAR FROM THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY
ABOUT WHAT HE WAS DOING THERE. >> HE'S ON SURVEILLANCE AT THAT
TIME PURCHASING ABOUT $450 WORTH OF CLEANING SUPPLIES, THAT WOULD
INCLUDE MOPS, BUCKET, TOPS, TVEX, DROP CLOTHS, AS WELL AS
VARIOUS KINDS OF TAPE. >> Reporter: AND ACTUALLY WE GOT
THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT FROM THAT COURT HEARING, AND IT GOES INTO
MORE DETAIL ABOUT THAT VISIT TO HOME DEPOT.
IT SAYS THAT HE WAS WEARING A BLACK SURGICAL MASK, A BLUE
SURGICAL GLOVES, AND MAKING A CASH PURCHASE.
AS YOU HEARD, $450 WORTH OF CLEANING SUPPLIES.
ALSO MENTIONED A BLOODY KNIFE FOUND IN THE BASEMENT AS WELL AS
BLOOD STAINS. HE'S NOT TIED TO THE MURDER YET,
BUT A LOT COMING OUT IN COURT. HE IS BEING HELD BEHIND BARS AND
WILL BE BACK IN COURT ON THIS PARTICULAR CHARGE AT LEAST IN
FEBRUARY. >> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT UPDATE.
LET'S SPEAK NOW TO FORMER SENIOR FBI PROFILER AND FORMER FBI
SPECIAL AGENT MARY ELLEN O'TOOLE.
SO NEW DETAILS WE JUST GOT IN COURT.
HE BOUGHT $450 IN CLEANING SUPPLIES THE DAY AFTER SHE
DISAPP DISAPPEARED AND A KNIFE WITH
BLOOD ON IT WAS FOUND. I WONDER, INNOCENT IT WILL
PROVEN GUILTY BUT YOU'RE A PROFILER.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DETAILS, WHAT IS YOUR REACTION.
>> THAT WOULD ELEVATE ANY INTEREST IN THE HUSBAND AND OF
COURSE ALL OF THAT PHYSICAL EVIDENCE WOULD HAVE TO BE
ANALYZED TO CONFIRM THAT IT IS HER BLOOD ON THE KNIFE AND
CLEANING SUPPLIES ARE OFTEN USED IN CASES AND PEOPLE THINK THAT
THEY COULD CLEAN UP BLOOD OR OTHER PHYSICAL EVIDENCE THAT IS
LEFT BEHIND. THAT IS NOT TRUE.
SO IF THEY CAN CONFIRM THAT THEY DO HAVE A SCENE, THEY HAVE A
SCENE WHERE SHE WAS HURT OR MURDER AND THEY COULD CONFIRM IT
IS HER, THEN THAT CERTAINLY ELEVATES THE INTEREST IN HIM.
>> THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE ODD HERE.
SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO RETURN TO WORK ON JANUARY 3rd BUT
APPARENTLY THERE WAS A WORK EMERGENCY AND THAT IS WHY SHE
WAS GOING BACK TO WASHINGTON, D.C., SUPPOSED TO GO EARLIER.
AND THERE ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT SHE ACTUALLY GOT
IN A RIDE SHARE CAR EARLY MINUTE MORNING ON THE FIRST TO GO TO
THE AIRPORT. AUTHORITIES AREN'T REALLY
CONFIRMED THAT DETAIL. DOES THAT STRIKE YOU AS
SURPRISING? >> IT STRIKES ME AS SURPRISING
BECAUSE THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO, IF IT OCCURRED, THEY SHOULD BE
ABLE TO CONFIRM THE UBER OR THE TAXI OR SOME OTHER RIDE SHARE
THAT PICKED HER UP. SO THEY PROBABLY HAVE THAT
INFORMATION. BUT THEY'RE NOT RELEASING IT.
BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE EASY TO CONFIRM.
>> TELL US ABOUT NEXT STEPS IN AN INVESTIGATION LIKE THIS?
WHAT WILL THEY DO WITH REGARDS TO BOTH THE HUSBAND HERE, BUT
ALSO IN TERMS OF INVESTIGATING THE DISAPPEARANCE ITSELF.
>> WELL ONE OF THE PRIORITIES IS OBVIOUSLY TO TRY TO FIND -- IF
SHE'S DEAD TO TRY TO FIND HER BODY AND THEY HAVE BEEN DOING
THAT. BUT IT IS A PRETTY DIFFICULT
SITUATION TO JUST HAVE SEARCHERS OUT THERE WITH DOGS TRYING TO
LOOK IN A LOCATION WHERE A HUMAN BODY MAY OR MAY NOT BE.
SO, PROBABLY AT THIS POINT, WHAT THEY'RE DOING, IF HE'S NOT
TALKING TO THEM, IS THEY'RE TALKING TO OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE
CLOSE TO THE FAMILY, OTHER PEOPLE THAT MAY HAVE OTHER
INFORMATION AND, OF COURSE, IF THE HUSBAND HAS TRANSPORTED HER
SOMEPLACE, THEY'LL BE SEARCHING THE CAR FOR ALL SORTS OF
PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. >> STILL SO MANY QUESTIONS AT
THIS POINT. MARY ELLEN O'TOOLE, APPRECIATE
YOUR INSIGHT. THANK YOU.