Questions arose about key witnesses and evidence during Brian Walshe’s final pre-trial conference on Monday at Norfolk Superior Court, ahead of jury selection.

Prosecutors allege Walshe killed his wife, Ana, on New Year’s Day 2023. Ana, a mother of three from Cohasset, went missing around the holiday, with investigators claiming Walshe killed, dismembered, and disposed of her remains.

Walshe has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder, misleading police, and improper conveyance of a human body.

At Monday’s hearing, prosecutors faced scrutiny over their decision to leave Walshe’s mother, Diana Walshe, off the witness list despite questions about whether Brian Walshe knew she had hired and paid a private investigator to look into his wife’s alleged infidelity. Diana Walshe was present

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