The mystery of the disappearance of Ana Walshe, 39, is finally coming to a conclusion. 

Brian Walshe, the husband of the Massachusetts woman who went missing around New Year’s Day, is being accused of killing her, dismembering her body, and discarding her remains. The man also made some disturbing Google searches, including ways to dispose of a dead body, just a few minutes before he told police about the last time he saw her, prosecutors said.

Prosecutors accused 47-year-old Brian Walshe of killing his wife, Ana Walshe, 39, and disposing of her body in the trash. They said that Walshe searched what the best state for a man to file for divorce was on December 27, but rather than divorce his wife, he opted to murder her.

According to a murder warrant for Walshe, he is accused of physically assaulting his wife with the intention of murder and moving her remains. He entered a not-guilty plea in both charges.

The Assistant District Attorney for Norfolk County Lynn Beland said that detectives found DNA matching the couple, a vaccination card belonging to Ana Walshe, cutting shears, a hacksaw, and a hatchet, all hidden in trash bags and thrown in a dumpster in Swampscott, at Walshe’s mother’s apartment, about 40 miles from their home in Cohasset.

In the early morning of New Year’s Day, about one hour before he told investigators that he last saw his wife when she left to catch a flight to Washington, DC, he made several Google searches using his son’s iPad.

The searches included, “How long before a body starts to smell,” “How to bound a body,” “How to stop a body from decomposing,” “How long for someone to be missing to inherit,” “10 ways to dispose of a body,” and “Can you throw away body parts?”

Later that day, Walshe made several other Google searches, including how long DNA lasts, if partial remains can result in identification, the best ways to clean the blood off of a wooden floor, the best ways to dispose of a body and dismemberment, the results of putting body parts in ammonia, and if it is better to throw away or wash crime scene clothes.

Walshe continued his chilling internet searches on January 2. He asked Google if a hacksaw is the best dismemberment tool, if police can charge someone with murder if they don’t have a body, and if a body can be identified if it has broken teeth.

He acquired quite an education, but it won’t do him any good. 

That same day, the suspect purchased over $100 worth of cleaning supplies, including a Tyvek suit and a hatchet.

Surveillance cameras recorded Walshe traveling to two different dumpsters on January 3, carrying and discarding what seemed like heavy items.

By the time police tracked them down, they had already been incinerated.

Nowadays, with online tracking, cell phone data and video surveillance everywhere,  it’s hard to get away with murder.