This is Hidden Killers Live with Tony Bruske, Stacey Cole, and Todd Michaels.

Big developments happening as we are inching our way towards the Brian Walsh murder trial.

Big developments in terms of what Brian Walsh is saying he is responsible for and not responsible for

after now almost three years of saying I had nothing to do with any of it. We're going to break

all of this down in these new developments and these challenges. Right before jury selection,

Brian walked into court, raises his hand, and admits to two extremely serious

charges, misleading investigators and willfully conveying or disposing of Anna Walsh's remains.

The person he is also charged with murdering, his wife.

But he keeps his not guilty plea to murder.

It's an unusual split. It's big. It's strategic. And it raises a

ton of legal questions. We're going to break it all down right now. Eric Fattis, defense attorney and

former prosecutor is with us to help answer these questions. I want to break it down from both

angles, the prosecution's interpretation and what you as a defense attorney

would be thinking right now, if this were your client, let's just kind of start here and

lay out what it is we're actually looking at. What does this plea actually mean, Eric?

Sure. So, Tony, it means a few things.

One is that he will sustain convictions for those charges, misleading the police and also disposing

of the body.

And those charges are not unsurious.

I think misleading police carries approximately up to 10 years, the other charge up to three years.

So some serious prison time on the table already.

And then from there, the real question is going to be, how could these pleas affect the presentation of evidence at trial and affect what the jury hears, what they're allowed to consider, and what they're allowed to infer from them?

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