Brian Walshe, husband of missing woman Ana Walshe, charged with murder

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View online January 17, 2023 1/ Brian Walshe, husband of missing woman Ana Walshe, charged with murder   Brian Walshe, the husband of missing Massachusetts woman Ana Walshe, has been charged with murder after her New Year's Day disappearance.   Michael Morrissey, the Norfolk District Attorney, said in a video statement on Tuesday that his office has "been involved in an intensive investigation into the fate of Anna Walshe" since she was reported missing on 4 January.   The DA added that earlier in the probe, police found sufficient evidence "to believe that her husband Brian Walshe, age 47, had misled police investigators on material matters important to the search for Anna Walshe".   "He has pled not guilty to those charges and is currently being held at the Norfolk County House of Corrections," Mr Morrissey said. "The continued investigation has now allowed police to obtain an arrest warrant charging Brian Walshe with the murder of his wife."   Ms Walshe was last seen alive in the early hours of New Year's Day. 2/ President dodges questions on classified documents as poll shows DeSantis 2024 advantage At halfway point of his presidency, a new poll shows that Biden would handily beat Donald Trump but lose if he faced Ron DeSantis in 2024. 3/ Police hunt man who tried to kidnap barista via drive-through window Suspect seen trying to 'drag victim through window using looped ziptie device,' police say 4/ How strong is the case against Brian Kohberger? A prominent attorney tells Rachel Sharp what to expect for the next moves from the defence and the prosecution. 5/ National Hurricane Center issues rare January tropical weather system outlook for the Atlantic Warnings in place for area of weather system as 20-foot waves possible.   Enjoying this newsletter? Unlock unlimited, ad-free reading on the website and in The Independent app when you subscribe – plus, benefit from our welcome offer when you join today. The Big Question Emanuela Orlandi vanished 40 years ago. Why is the Vatican just now opening an investigation? The motivation behind most kidnappings emerges without much digging. But nearly 40 years after Emanuela Orlandi went missing, her family is still on a quest to find out why she was targeted one fateful evening in 1983. The 15-year-old daughter of a Vatican employee, Emanuela vanished on her way home from a flute lesson in Rome and her whereabouts remain unknown to this day, writes Andrea Blanco. The myriad of unsubstantiated theories behind her kidnapping range from a supposed plot by the KGB to release a man who tried to assassinate Pope John Paul II, to claims that the abduction was orchestrated by senior staff at the Vatican and executed by members of the Italian mafia Banda Della Magliana— right after Emanuela allegedly told a friend that "someone close to the Pope" made sexual advances towards her. The case and first-hand testimonies from witnesses, none of which have yielded concrete leads for investigators or brought definitive answers for the family for decades, were revisited in the Netflix documentary Vatican Girl: The Disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi, released last October. Read the full story > Watch/ Man attempts to kidnap barista from drive-through window NUMBER OF THE DAY 70 – Nepalese authorities used drones and rappelled down a 200-metre-deep gorge in search of the unaccounted passengers after two more bodies were recovered, taking the toll in the deadly plane crash to 70.  Read more here.  QUOTE OF THE DAY "In short he should get an F in criminology class." – Suspected mass killer Bryan Kohberger should "get an F in his criminology class" after the damning affidavit laid out evidence linking him to the murders of four University of Idaho students, according to a prominent criminal defence attorney. 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