On the fourth day of Brian Walshe’s first-degree murder trial, Ana Walshe’s lover spoke about their relationship and the tension in the Walshe marriage.

Walshe is accused of killing his wife Ana Walshe in January 2023. He pleaded guilty last month to lying to police and illegally disposing of her body, but claims he had nothing to do with her death.

9:40 a.m.: Defense attorney Larry Tipton confirms with Keefe that a user can turn off apps which would then turn off phone location tracking. Keefe clarifies that would only turn off app-specific tracking and not tracking across the device.

Tipton also has Keefe read a number of searches done on Walshe’s devices which appear to be about champagne and wine and a movie called “I’m Good.” Tipton says that searches don’t have great meaning without context. Another is a search on Dec. 25, 2022, at 12:28 p.m. for “X-mas day plane crash.”

“You have no idea, do you, as you sit here today what the user was thinking when he or she inputted that search that you just testified to, do you?” Tipton asked.

“I do not. I know the content of it, I don’t know the intent of it,” Keefe said.

9:20 a.m.: Keefe, prompted by prosecutor Greg Connor, reads a number of text messages sent from Brian Walshe to Ana Walshe’s phone. One is sent at Dec. 30, 2022, at 6:33 p.m. The next is from the afternoon of Jan. 2, 2023, after Ana Walshe is already gone, blaming the text on the couple’s children with a “Haha. Ok call anytime” included.

Other texts would follow, like “Where are you? I just called and it went straight to voice mail,” sent at 6:39 a.m. on Jan. 3. Then, on Jan. 4, 2023, at 10:15 a.m. an indication that Brian Walshe had reported Ana Walshe missing to her workplace: “I am calling Jeff now”.

9:15 a.m.: Massachusetts State Police Trooper Connor Keefe returns to the stand.