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Anonymous wrote:Friends of the victim have come forward to request custody (or a variation thereof), but I have to check with (my friends) attorneys for the MA DCF system to see what the exact protocol might be.

Will have to look for the media source, from earlier today.

Unless she has a will that specifically states who will get guardianship of her children, the courts will most often defer to family members. Now, I don't believe that her husband's mother will be able to take care of the kids. From what I have read, she seems elderly and frail and in need of assistance herself. I'm not sure if he had siblings. Her family is in Serbia and it is difficult for non-us citizens to obtain custody. This will be lengthy process. My heart breaks for the kids. I hope they are getting psychological assistance while the police is searching for their Mom.

While a will can make a request that someone be given guardianship of surviving minors, the court will make the final decision on who cares for the children and there is no obligation to honor the will. Unfortunately, they join a large population of children who had to grow up knowing that Daddy killed Mommy.

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Anonymous wrote:Poor woman. Her life must have been a nightmare with this monster. May she rest in peace.

This is just terrible. So many women killed by their husbands or domestic partners. Why don’t they just divorce them? Their poor children. It’s so tragic. The woman in PA is also missing and has a son.

That's often what creates the most risk of homicide... the wife trying to leave the marriage. It's the most dangerous time for a woman.

+1. I actually think that's what got Ana killed. She bought the new house in DC, new job, she made all the money, and her friends have reported that she had the kids bedrooms all set up in DC. She told him she was taking the kids to DC with her when he eventually reported to prison as they both knew he would.

+1. I think this is exactly what happened.

So sad to think that she stayed just one day too long and now her kids are motherless.

And effectively fatherless too. They are orphans with an older, infirm grandma on one side (who raised a murderer) and their mom's side live out of the country. So so sad.

I would not say "out of the country, " per say.

I mean, the sister lives in Canada which is the same or similar to Boston for all intensive purposes, just with different money.

And for heaven’s sake, it’s “per se,” people!

She also screwed up “for all intents and purposes.”

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Anonymous wrote:Do criminals not realize that literally every inch of society (outside of rural America) is now on camera in the year 2023? Sometimes I play a mental game of how I would get away with a crime and it's really impossible to these days with GPS in phone and vehicles and surveillance cameras on every block and in every store.

I can imagine people get especially careless if a crime is not premeditated: they snap and kill a person and then have to dispose of a body. If this guy was planing on something he should have bought the supplies 6 months ago and from several different stores (add some bleach to your grocery order, etc). He is pure evil and a moron.

Most homicides go unsolved.

Not true. Current stats are a little more than 50% are SOLVED.

WOW a little more than 50% is a huge number to you??

The number is declining every year.

"In the most recent data available from the FBI, the clearance rate hit an all-time low of just over 50 percent. That means that about half of all murders in the United States today go unsolved."
For the past 60 years, U.S. detectives have gotten worse at one of the most basic jobs of law enforcement.

https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2022/07/police-murder-clearance-rate/661500/

What about the friend who spent New Years Eve with them? Anyone think he’s in on it? Maybe she was murdered on NYE and the friend came over on Jan 1 to help get rid of the body?

If you do a lot of remodeling or handy stuff you own drop cloths.

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Anonymous wrote:Friends of the victim have come forward to request custody (or a variation thereof), but I have to check with (my friends) attorneys for the MA DCF system to see what the exact protocol might be.

Will have to look for the media source, from earlier today.

Unless she has a will that specifically states who will get guardianship of her children, the courts will most often defer to family members. Now, I don't believe that her husband's mother will be able to take care of the kids. From what I have read, she seems elderly and frail and in need of assistance herself. I'm not sure if he had siblings. Her family is in Serbia and it is difficult for non-us citizens to obtain custody. This will be lengthy process. My heart breaks for the kids. I hope they are getting psychological assistance while the police is searching for their Mom.

I understand that. My specific question is under what conditions, if any, can the living relatives designate.

It's been a while since I did this in Massachusetts, but my memory is that in Massachusetts, the children will be appointed attorneys that represent the best interests of the children. In a complicated case like this, the attorney will likely request appointment of therapists that can work with the children, and help assess potential caregivers (or will coordinate with whatever service providers DCF puts in place). If the children have any relationship with the mom's friends, and they seem like a good/stable option for the kids, I think any attorney representing their best interests would advocate for that placement. The grandmother I think has the right to be heard, but in thise circumstances, I don't think it will outweight the input of the DCF social worker and the best interest attorney. A placement in Canada would not be impossible, but would definitely be more complicated and might require severing of the father's parental rights and adoption by the aunt -- I'm not sure about that.

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Anonymous wrote:Drop cloths. BOOM. He did it.

What’s more significant about drop cloths than a bloody knife or a mop?

What normal family owns those? I mean, the workmen bring those with them when doing their work, but they always clean up once they have completed the job.

We own four and are not murderers. I don’t understand not **already** owning some.

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Anonymous wrote:From Channel 5 in Boston: https://www.wcvb.com/article/arrest-made-missing-cohasset-woman-ana-walshe-massachusetts/42427449

A police report reveals that Walshe had three hours allocated on New Year's Day to drive his mother to her home after a recent surgery.

"During interviews with Walshe, he stated that his mother had recovered from the surgery quicker than expected and had driven herself home, however, he still used the time he had approved to go visit her and run errands for her," a police report states.

Brian Walsh said he left the couple's home without his phone, got lost on the way to his mother's house and later went to both Whole Foods and CVS. However, prosecutors said there's no video surveillance or receipts showing him at either of the stores.

He also reported that he only left the couple's home the next day to get ice cream for his son; however, surveillance video at Home Depot in Rockland showed him purchasing $450 worth of cleaning supplies, including mops, a bucket and drop cloths and various kinds of tape, officials said.

I also read that on the CCTV of him shopping at Home Depot, he’s wearing a mask and gloves and paid in cash.

First of all, it is winter. Gloves are a no-brainer. Second, we’re up against countless new COVID supersubvariants, so masks are absolutely understandable. Third, cash is king during periods of inflation. Nothing but hateful speculation here.

Blue surgical gloves in winter are a no brainer?!

Glad he didn't kill the kids too.

He clearly didn’t plan it but certainly killed her. Or he did plan it and as others have stated, he’s dumb. I think delusional and grandiose is more like it.

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Anonymous wrote:Apparently police searched his computer and he literally had done a recent search “how to dispose of a 115lb body” and “how to dismember a body”.

This guy killed her and may be THE dumbest criminal alive.

damn....

Gosh who is dumber, this guy or Chris Watts?

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Anonymous wrote:Friends of the victim have come forward to request custody (or a variation thereof), but I have to check with (my friends) attorneys for the MA DCF system to see what the exact protocol might be.

Will have to look for the media source, from earlier today.

Unless she has a will that specifically states who will get guardianship of her children, the courts will most often defer to family members. Now, I don't believe that her husband's mother will be able to take care of the kids. From what I have read, she seems elderly and frail and in need of assistance herself. I'm not sure if he had siblings. Her family is in Serbia and it is difficult for non-us citizens to obtain custody. This will be lengthy process. My heart breaks for the kids. I hope they are getting psychological assistance while the police is searching for their Mom.

I understand that. My specific question is under what conditions, if any, can the living relatives designate.

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Anonymous wrote:Friends of the victim have come forward to request custody (or a variation thereof), but I have to check with (my friends) attorneys for the MA DCF system to see what the exact protocol might be.

Will have to look for the media source, from earlier today.

Unless she has a will that specifically states who will get guardianship of her children, the courts will most often defer to family members. Now, I don't believe that her husband's mother will be able to take care of the kids. From what I have read, she seems elderly and frail and in need of assistance herself. I'm not sure if he had siblings. Her family is in Serbia and it is difficult for non-us citizens to obtain custody. This will be lengthy process. My heart breaks for the kids. I hope they are getting psychological assistance while the police is searching for their Mom.

Husband/kids father was an only child and his mom is old and frail (but rich.) Ana’s sister lives in Canada and the rest of the family is in Serbia. No easy solution and mom isn’t coming back. Really tragic situation thanks to another violent male.

Anonymous wrote:Friends of the victim have come forward to request custody (or a variation thereof), but I have to check with (my friends) attorneys for the MA DCF system to see what the exact protocol might be.

Will have to look for the media source, from earlier today.

Unless she has a will that specifically states who will get guardianship of her children, the courts will most often defer to family members. Now, I don't believe that her husband's mother will be able to take care of the kids. From what I have read, she seems elderly and frail and in need of assistance herself. I'm not sure if he had siblings. Her family is in Serbia and it is difficult for non-us citizens to obtain custody. This will be lengthy process. My heart breaks for the kids. I hope they are getting psychological assistance while the police is searching for their Mom.

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Anonymous wrote:Poor woman. Her life must have been a nightmare with this monster. May she rest in peace.

This is just terrible. So many women killed by their husbands or domestic partners. Why don’t they just divorce them? Their poor children. It’s so tragic. The woman in PA is also missing and has a son.

That's often what creates the most risk of homicide... the wife trying to leave the marriage. It's the most dangerous time for a woman.

+1. I actually think that's what got Ana killed. She bought the new house in DC, new job, she made all the money, and her friends have reported that she had the kids bedrooms all set up in DC. She told him she was taking the kids to DC with her when he eventually reported to prison as they both knew he would.

+1. I think this is exactly what happened.

So sad to think that she stayed just one day too long and now her kids are motherless.

And effectively fatherless too. They are orphans with an older, infirm grandma on one side (who raised a murderer) and their mom's side live out of the country. So so sad.

I would not say "out of the country, " per say.

I mean, the sister lives in Canada which is the same or similar to Boston for all intensive purposes, just with different money.

And for heaven’s sake, it’s “per se,” people!