Prosecutors rested their first-degree murder case against Brian Walshe after calling two dear friends of his wife Ana to the stand Wednesday.

Jurors in Norfolk County Superior Court heard testimony from Gem Mutlu, a friend of the couple and former employer of Ana, as well as Alyssa Kirby, a friend Ana became close with after taking a job and moving part-time to D.C.

The friends’ testimony took up the bulk of the prosecution’s last day presenting their case against Walshe, who they say killed and then dismembered Ana in January 2023.

Walshe pleaded guilty to lying to police and mishandling Ana’s body last month but maintains that he did not kill his wife. Instead, his defense team claims she had a “sudden unexplained death.”

Prosecutors asked the witnesses to try to speak to their last

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