Massachusetts state and local police used police dogs to search a wooded area near the Cohasset home of a missing mother and searched the family pool Saturday afternoon.
Cohasset police gave the media a brief update on the search for Ana Walshe in the staging area along Route 3A as a helicopter circled.
It’s unclear what police were looking for in the pool, and police haven’t said what led them to two specific quadrants of the woods.
Cohasset Police Chief William Quigley told “Fox and Friends Weekend” Saturday morning that finding Walshe is the department’s “top priority.”
MISS THE MASSACHUSETTS HOUSE OF ANA WALSHE BURNED
Ana Walshe, 39, was last seen at her home in Cohasset, Massachusetts, shortly after midnight on January 1. Authorities are asking the public for help locating her.
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Massachusetts State Police and other officials searched the property, backyard, pool, and surrounding area of missing woman Ana Walshe’s Cohasset home on Saturday, January 7, 2023.
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The 39-year-old mother of three has not been seen since New Year’s Day. According to reports, she was expected to take a carpool to Logan International Airport in Boston and board a flight to Washington, DC, where he works at a real estate firm, Quigley said.
But she never made it to the airport, according to police, and her family and employer, Tishman Speyer, reported her missing on Wednesday.
As the local search continues, Quigley said detectives are heading to DC to follow up on potential leads and conduct interviews in conjunction with the DC Metropolitan Police Department.
“By the hour, we’re becoming more concerned about his well-being,” the Cohasset police chief told “Fox & Friends Weekend.”
“We have more questions than answers,” he said.
MASSACHUSETTS MOTHER ANA WALSHE DISAPPEARS, LAST SEEN ON NEW YEAR’S DAY
Ana Walshe commuted from Massachusetts to Washington, DC, every week to work in real estate, friends told WCVB.
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Massachusetts State Police searched the property and surrounding area of missing woman Ana Walshe’s Cohasset home on Saturday, January 7, 2023.
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He reiterated the statement later in the television interview when asked about the two-alarm fire at his former home, which Quigley called “very bizarre circumstances.”
The cause of the fire has not been determined and remains under investigation, according to Cohasset Fire Chief John Dockray.
But the State Fire Marshal’s Office and Cohasset police said he “does not appear to be suspicious.”
Walshe’s employer, Tishman Speyer, told Fox News Digital in an earlier interview that he was assisting authorities “in their continued search for our dear colleague, Ana, and prays for her safe return.”
Her disappearance is being treated as a missing person case so far, Quigley said, noting that “there is nothing to support anything suspicious or criminal.”
Massachusetts State Police searched the property of missing woman Ana Walshe’s home in Cohasset on Saturday, January 7, 2023.
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Officers search the property of Ana Walshe in Cohasset, Massachusetts on Saturday, January 7, 2023.
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Alissa Kirby, identified as Walshe’s friend of Walshe, told WCVB that she is worried about her friend.
“She is a loving and loyal wife and mother of three beautiful children,” Kirby told WCVB.
Walshe hasn’t left any fingerprints since she went missing and her cellphone was turned off, police said.
She was first reported missing on Wednesday, the same day she had a plane ticket out of Boston’s Logan International Airport.
However, she did not get on that plane and detectives were told that she would return to DC early on New Year’s Day to handle an emergency involving one of the properties she manages.
SCHEDULE OF STABBLINGS OF UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO STUDENTS
Firefighters battle a fire at 725 Jerusalem Road in Cohasset, Massachusetts on Friday, January 7, 2023. The home belonged to Ana Walshe, who has been reported missing. She was last seen on New Year’s Day.
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The back of the house in Cohasset, Massachusetts owned by Ana Walshe on Friday, January 6, 2023. Walshe was reported missing and was last seen on New Year’s Day.
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Another detail in the case is her husband’s criminal past.
Brian Walshe, pleaded guilty in US District Court in Boston in 2021 after being arrested a few years earlier for selling two fake Andy Warhol paintings to a South Korean buyer for $80,000, according to federal prosecutors.
Quigley said the case appears to be unrelated to the disappearance of Ana Walshe. He said Brian Walshe, who said he was asleep when Ana walked out the door early Sunday, is cooperating with investigators.
Police have asked the public to send any information or advice to tips@cohassetpolice.com.
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Police describe Ana Walshe as 5 feet 2 inches tall and around 115 pounds.
He has brown hair, brown eyes, an olive complexion and is believed to speak with an Eastern European accent, according to authorities.
