COHASSET, Mass. – One of the last people to see missing Massachusetts mother Ana Walshe before she went missing shed light on the woman’s final hours and her suspicions “that there may have been foul play,” according to a recent report.
Gem Mutlu ringed in the New Year with Brian and Ana Walshe at their home in Cohasset, Massachusetts, and last saw the woman, a friend she had met through her husband, as he hugged her goodbye around the 1:30 a.m. on January 1. one.
“We hug, celebrate and toast, just like on New Years,” Mutlu told local news station WBZ-TV. “There was a lot of anticipation for the new year. There was no indication of anything other than celebrating the new year, problems awaiting.”
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Gem Mutlu, real estate consultant, outside her home in Nahant, MA on Monday, January 9, 2023.
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Gem Mutlu, real estate consultant, outside her home in Nahant, MA on Monday, January 9, 2023.
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Mutlu declined to comment when contacted by Fox News Digital on Tuesday and said he was working with a spiritual healer in the wake of his friend’s continued disappearance.
Speaking to WBZ, Mutlu said he and the Walshe family had a “festive” New Year’s Eve that consisted of an “elaborate meal” that Brian cooked.
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Brian and Ana Walshe seen in September 2016.
(Anna Walshe/Facebook)
He recalled how Ana Walshe was “texting with friends” and “sitting next to me on her kitchen counter stool.”
“There was absolutely no indication that any minimal tragedy, disappearance or anything else could have occurred that night,” he said.
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Ana Walsh, left, has been missing since New Year’s Day. Her husband, Brian Walshe, right, was seen leaving her home in Cohasset, Massachusetts, on Sunday as police returned to search the property.
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Mutlu added that he found out about Ana’s disappearance on January 4, when Brian called him.
“I said, what’s wrong? Is something wrong?” he remembered. “He said, ‘Yes, Ana is missing.'”
Ana and Brian Walshe blow out the candles on a birthday cake with their children in an April 2020 Instagram post.
(Anna Walshe/Instagram)
Walshe, a mother of three young children, was last seen in the early morning hours of January 1, when she was supposed to take a shared shuttle to a local airport to board a flight to Washington, DC.
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The Tishman Speyer real estate executive was previously scheduled to leave for DC on January 3, but reportedly said there was an emergency that required her to fly there earlier than expected.
Ana Walshe pictured in an Instagram post from November 2022.
(Anna Walshe/Instagram)
Her company reported her missing to the police on January 4, after Brian Walshe’s defense attorney said he contacted the firm asking for Ana’s whereabouts.
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But in the days between Ana’s disappearance and the missing person’s report, Brian Walshe allegedly lied about his own whereabouts. Investigators said Walshe told investigators that he traveled to stores, such as CVS and Whole Foods, where he actually might not have been.
People could be seen emptying the pool at Ana Walshe’s house; Walshe has been missing since New Year’s Day.
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But he allegedly forgot to mention that he spent about $450 in cash buying cleaning supplies at a Rockland, Massachusetts Home Depot store.
According to court documents and officials, Walshe was seen on surveillance video “wearing a black surgical mask, blue surgical gloves and making a cash purchase” of items including mops, duct tape and cloths.
Investigators also discovered blood and a bloody and damaged knife in the basement of the couple’s home, and traced Ana’s cell phone to the area of the family’s Cohasset home on January 1 and 2. Meanwhile, Brian’s cell phone rang in other parts of Massachusetts, such as Brockton and Abington, despite his lack of permission to be in the areas under his home confinement terms.
Police removed the dumpster, located at Diane Walshe’s home, to inspect for evidence on Tuesday, January 10, 2023 in Swampscott, MA.
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On Tuesday, officials revealed that investigators had recovered even more evidence related to the search for Walshe. They also appeared to have removed, then replaced, a dumpster taken from the Swampscott home of Brian Walshe’s mother, located nearly 35 miles from the couple’s residence.
Police and investigators return to Walshe’s home in Cohasset, MA. Police appear to have removed the family from the home to investigate the contents.
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Brian Walshe was arrested Sunday and charged with misleading a police investigation.
Police said the charge stems from Walshe’s alleged “intentional, deliberate and direct responses to questions about his whereabouts on Sunday, January 1, 2023, and Monday, January 2, 2023.” Furthermore, they called it “a clear attempt to mislead and delay investigators.”
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Walshe’s defense attorney, Tracey Miner, argued that her client was otherwise forthcoming with authorities, but did not mention his trip to Home Depot. She noted that he had been “incredibly cooperative.”
Police/investigators bring equipment to Walshe’s home at 516 Chief Justice Cushing Highway, Cohasset, MA, after Brian Walshe and the children have left.
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Walshe, a previously convicted art fraudster, was ordered to hold $500,000 cash bail plus $5 million bail.
Mutlu told WBZ that Ana and Brian Walshe, 46, have been “individually and together very impactful in my life.
Brian Walshe arrives at the Quincy District Court in Massachusetts on Monday, January 9, 2023.
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“Both Ana and Brian have had a huge impact individually and together on my life. Part of me was suspicious all along that there might have been foul play and somehow the story didn’t fit,” Mutlu told WBZ. . .
“My biggest fear had shifted to the children,” Mutlu said. “I was wondering if the children were safe.”
Brian Walshe of Cohasset faces a Quincy court judge charged with impeding an investigation into the disappearance of his wife Ana from their home on Monday, January 9, 2023.
(Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool)
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A spokesperson for the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families told Fox News Digital on Tuesday that the couple’s three children were in state custody, but did not provide additional details.
Fox News Digital’s Rebecca Rosenberg contributed to this report.
