Welcome back to current affairs, our show about the cases of love gone fatally wrong that are in the news right now.

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Well, this week, we have two updates. There's been a major

development in the case of Brian Walsh, the Massachusetts father of three accused of killing his wife,

39-year-old Anna Walsh, who vanished around New Year's Day, 23, from their home in Cahassett.

On the first day of jury selection for his murder trial, Walsh changed

his plea on two of the charges he faced. In court, Walsh pleaded guilty to misleading police

and improperly conveying or disposing of a human body. He admitted that Anna is dead, that he

removed her body from their home, and that he disposed of her remains in trash receptacles,

knowing those contents would likely be incinerated. He did not, however, plead guilty to murder. Walsh continues to maintain a plea

of not guilty on the remaining charge of first-degree murder. That means the murder trial is

still moving forward. Jurors will now be asked to decide whether prosecutors

have proven that he killed Anna, with his admitted lies and body disposal forming part of the larger

story of what happened after she disappeared. Prosecutors allege that in the early hours of

January 1st, 2003, Walsh killed Anna, dismembered her, and discarded her remains in dumpsters

around the region. They say he made a series of chilling internet searches, including how

long a body takes to decompose, how to dispose of a body, and methods of dismemberment using

one of the couple's children's devices. Investigators also say surveillance video shows

him buying hundreds of dollars worth of

cleaning supplies and tools at a hardware store in the days after Anna was last seen. A subsequent

search of trash facilities turned up items like a hacksaw, a hatchet, Tyvec suit, and cleaning agents,

along with personal items believed to belong to Anna, some containing blood and or DNA.

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