Brian Walshe was charged with the death of his wife, whom he beat to death, because he wanted to end their marriage. It is also believed that he dismembered and discarded her body. The couple share three children together. Walshe told law enforcement that his wife left on a business trip to Washington D.C. on New Year's Day, but there is no proof that she left, her phone continued to ping at their home at 3am on January 2nd, a day after she supposedly left the area. Walshe's phone records show that he traveled to many different apartment complexes in the area where it is believed that he disposed of the pieces of his deceased wife's body. Ten trash bags of evidence were found which contained apparent blood stains, a hacksaw, hatchet, towels, rags, gloves, a heavily stained rug and a Tyvek suit. A search of their home was done where blood stains and a knife were found in the basement.