Ana Walshe Murder Trial Impacted by Karen Read Mistrial?
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
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🗓️ 8 February 2025
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Will the Ana Walshe murder investigation be derailed by the Karen Read mistrial? Trooper Michael Proctor investigated both the John O'Keefe's murder trial of which Karen Read is accused, and the Ana Walshe disappearance and investigation. In the Read trial, Proctor faced allegations of misconduct. During the trial, highly offensive text messages were revealed, sent by Proctor to colleagues, friends, and family members while investigating John O'Keefe's death.
Trooper Michael Proctor is facing a trial board hearing. The outcome could affect the prosecution of Brian Walshe, indicted for the murder of his wife, Ana. Prosecutors say the 48-year-old husband dismembered Ana Walshe and discarded her body in multiple trash cans in the area. Police have recovered blood-stained items from the home, including a hacksaw.
Walshe has pleaded 'not guilty' to first-degree murder.
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| 0:00.0 | Crime Stories with Nancy Grace. |
| 0:06.6 | Bombshell in the Brian Walsh murder case charged with the brutal murder of his wife, Anna, the mother of their little boys, and the likely dismemberment of her. |
| 0:23.7 | Oh, the bombshell. |
| 0:25.3 | It's so upsetting. |
| 0:27.3 | You recall the Karen Reed case, right? |
| 0:30.4 | The girlfriend accused of running over her boyfriend in the snow and killing him. |
| 0:38.5 | How could we forget it? |
| 0:41.5 | That case ended in mistrial. |
| 0:45.1 | A hung jury, |
| 0:46.8 | what does the Karen Reed prosecution have to do with Brian Walsh, |
| 0:53.8 | reportedly murdering his wife. |
| 0:57.3 | I'm Nancy Grace. |
| 0:58.5 | This is Crime Stories. |
| 0:59.9 | Thank you for being with us. |
| 1:03.1 | In the last days, there have been hours and hours of motions in court regarding the |
| 1:09.7 | Brian Walsh murder case. |
| 1:12.0 | Some of those motions dealt with DNA results. |
| 1:16.3 | There's been a delay in the DNA results because the DNA samples went through a private lab, |
| 1:23.7 | and there's a holdup over who's going to pay for that testing. |
| 1:28.0 | But now all focus is on Massachusetts State Police Trooper Michael Proctor, who led the investigation into the Anna Walsh murder case. |
| 1:41.0 | Why? Why is all the focus on him? |
| 1:50.2 | Proctor is set to face a trial board next week due to allegations of misconduct in the Karen Reed murder case. Proctor was the lead investigator in both cases. His testimony at Karen Reed's first trial, |
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