Dorothy Newell

Tipton described Walsh as a loving father and a loving husband, and that he had no reason to kill his wife.

Well, they were pretty solidly throughout this trial saying that Brian Walsh knew his wife, Anna, had a crush on William Fastow, but that Brian didn't know about the affair and that the two were preparing for a future together.

He showed the jury pictures of a champagne bottle Anna gave Brian on New Year's Eve and a message Anna wrote.

So this all goes back to motive.

If Brian didn't know about the affair, how could the prosecution say that was his motive to kill his wife?

What did the defense have to say about that?

Well, Brian's defense attorney focused on the timing of the Internet searches.

Remember, there was digital evidence that Brian had Googled questions like best way to dispose of a dead body.

But all those searches happened after Ana died.

According to the defense, if Brian was planning to kill her and get rid of her body, he would have started looking for that kind of information much earlier.

Anna, while dying a sudden death from natural causes, defies common sense.

She was in great shape.

And as for those grisly internet searches, according to the prosecution, that was one of Brian's biggest mistakes.

He made those searches on his MacBook, not realizing they would show up on his son's iPad.

Turns out the devices were syncing up.

Is the defendant guilty or not guilty?

Guilty of what, sir?

Well, first of all, there was no big, we have a verdict moment.

We were all just sitting on the benches right outside the courtroom when we saw the defense team walk in with no word.

One of our reporters from the NBC station in Boston just quietly told me, I hear we might have a verdict.