DEDHAM, MASS. (WHDH) - Brian Walshe, 48, a Cohasset man accused of murdering his wife, was stabbed in jail, his attorney confirmed.
SKY 7 HD was over the Norfolk County Corrections center in Dedham Friday morning where the sheriff’s office confirmed someone in custody was assaulted inside a housing unit just before 10 p.m. Thursday.
The sheriff’s office statement says the person who was assaulted, who we now know to be Walshe, was conscious and alert. He was taken to Beth Israel Hospital in Boston where he was treated and then returned to jail overnight.
Officers intervened quickly during the assault and administered first aid. They were not injured. A makeshift blunt instrument has been recovered inside the facility, according to officials.
Walshe has been held without bail at the county jail since his arrest and indictment. He is accused of killing his wife Ana at their home back in January of 2023.
Prosecutors say Walshe had multiple online searches in the days after the murder including “How to dispose of a body.”
His attorneys argue those searches were obtained without a search warrant and they also have concerns about state police investigators who were involved in the case, specifically Trooper Michael Proctor, who was fired after the first Karen Read trial.
Officials say despite the stabbing, Walshe is scheduled to appear in Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham for a pre-trial hearing on Monday.
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