A detective involved in investigating Ana Walshe’s disappearance received a mysterious ransom note demanding $127,000, it has been revealed.
Details of the letter that was sent to Cohasset Detective Harrison Schmidt in Jauary were revealed in a new trove of records related to the case, it was reported.
The Massachusetts mother-of-three is presumed dead even though her body has never been found.
Her husband, Brian Walshe, 47, has been charged with first-degree murder, with police saying they found evidence linking him to the crime, including her clothes and Google searches about how to dispose of a body allegedly made on their son’s iPad.
Ana Walshe, 39, a real estate executive, disappeared around a month after allegedly spending Thanksgiving in Dublin with a mystery lover.
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It is alleged that her husband murdered her on New Year’s Eve.
He was arraigned last week in Norfolk Superior Court, where his attorney admitted that the defendant’s mother had hired a private investigator to tail Ana during a trip to DC because she suspected infidelity.
The Boston Herald reported that the mysterious ransom note sent to Schmidt said: “We have the so named Ana Walshe with us here … we had a deal worth $127,000.
“She messed up..we have her here with us and if she doesn’t pay the money..then she’ll never be back, and we know that the police and the FBI are involved.. Good luck finding us.”
The detective said he received the email from a Richard Walker just three days after Walshe’s name was entered into the National Crime Information Center database, CBS News reported.
Authorities said they immediately thought the note was suspicious because it included no instructions on how or when to respond.
Brian Walshe has pleaded not guilty to murder, misleading police, obstruction of justice and improper conveyance of a human body. He is due back in court in August.
