An accused killer pleads guilty, but not to murder. The next chapter in the Dulos case. Plus, a NXIVM story.
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What are the latest developments in the Brian Walshe case?
Hey, there we go. You're listening in to the Dateline story meeting. We will just dive in. Our team is catching up on breaking crime news.
I'm curious about the rest of the investigation. You know, everybody's talking about mom blowing him a kiss in the courtroom.
The cops are like, why were you acting so strange? You were there the whole time. Welcome to Dateline True Crime Weekly. I'm Blayne Alexander. It's November 20th, and here's what's on our docket. In Connecticut, Michelle Traconis wants a new trial. The woman convicted of conspiring with her boyfriend to murder his estranged wife filed a 1,000-page appeal. We'll boil it all down.
The defense claims that those police interviews should have never been let in.
In Dateline Roundup, we've got details on Karen Reid's explosive new lawsuit. And we'll bring you the latest in the murder of the Last Chance U football coach.
The two men were aware of each other in some capacity, but they were not closely connected.
Plus, Smallville actress Allison Mack breaks her silence on the sex cult NXIVM.
I feel like I at least have to say it out loud for myself, like once, you know?
But before all of that, we're heading to the Norfolk County Courthouse in Massachusetts, where there has been a stunning development in the case of Brian Walsh. 39-year-old mother of three, Anna Walsh, has been missing since New Year's Day 2023. Her husband, Brian, initially told police that Anna had taken a rideshare early New Year's Day to catch a flight to Washington, D.C., where she worked, but there was no record that she ever took a flight and no evidence that she ever used her credit cards or her phone after that morning. When they searched Brian's home, investigators found blood in the basement and a knife. A week after Ana's disappearance, Brian was arrested and charged with misleading an investigation.
And a few days after that, prosecutors hit him with two new charges, first-degree murder and improper conveyance of a body. Brian denied it all, and in the almost three years since his arrest, he has maintained his innocence. That is, until Tuesday, when this happened.
Do you wish to offer a change of plea from not guilty to guilty? I do.
How did Michelle Troconis file her appeal in the Jennifer Dulos case?
Brian did not plead guilty to Ana's murder, but he did plead guilty to all the rest. Joining us now is Dateline producer Dorothy Newell, who has been following this case. Dorothy, thanks so much for joining us. Happy to be here. Dorothy, did you get any sense that something was brewing, or did all of this come as a complete surprise to you?
Absolutely no idea that this was brewing. Yeah, it was a complete surprise. But I have to think that this was in the works for a while.
Now, quickly remind us, who was Anna Walsh? Tell us a little bit more about her.
So Anna was an immigrant from Serbia, and she came to the United States in her early 20s. She was talented, ambitious, charming by all accounts. She met Brian. They had three young kids. She started working in real estate. She worked in Washington, D.C. during the week while Brian took care of their three kids in their home in a Boston suburb. Now, the reason he could take full-time care of the kids is because he was on house arrest awaiting sentencing for art fraud. He pleaded guilty to selling some fake Andy Warhols.
How did investigators start piecing together this case against Brian Walsh?
It all sort of started when her employer reported her missing when she didn't show up for work. So police went to the home to do a welfare check, and they met with Brian. And according to prosecutors, Brian seemed cooperative at first. He handed over his cell phone and his electronic devices for them to check out. That's when the missing persons case became a murder investigation because right there on one of the kids' iPads, there were some strange Google searches with titles like 10 ways to dispose of a body and how to stop a body from decomposing.
Oh, gosh. And those searches were on the kids' iPad? Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
Wow.
What evidence links Fotis Dulos to Jennifer Farber Dulos's disappearance?
They also learned from Brian's phone that he had visited some places that he had not told them about in the days after Ana's disappearance, right?
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What are the latest developments in the Brian Walshe case?
0:01–2:17
2
How did Michelle Troconis file her appeal in the Jennifer Dulos case?
2:17–4:01
3
What evidence links Fotis Dulos to Jennifer Farber Dulos's disappearance?
4:01–6:21
4
What are the implications of Brian Walshe's guilty plea?
6:21–8:26
5
How did Karen Reid's lawsuit claim she was framed for murder?
8:26–10:47
6
What happened in the tragic killing of coach John Beam?
10:47–13:09
7
What insights does Allison Mack share about her time in NXIVM?
13:09–15:04
8
How are criminology students solving cold cases in Texas?
15:04–28:34
Speakers
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