WAS ANA MARRIED BEFORE BRIAN? She met Walsh, and they were in a secret relationship

ANNA Walsh, who went missing on New Year’s Eve, met Brian Walsh in 2008. At that time she was allegedly married and her last name was Ana Ljubičić Knip and she worked at the Wheatleigh Hotel in Berkshire. Brian Walsh, the son of a famous Boston neurosurgeon, often hung out in hotels, and that’s how he met Anna Knip, writes the Boston Globe.

For Ana, it was love at first sight, she recalled in the court report she filed on his behalf in the art fraud case. However, she was married to a man who worked as a chef at the hotel, from whom she divorced in 2014, records show. Ana Knip, emigrated from Serbia and permanently moved to Boston. In 2015 and just one year after the divorce, Anna and Brian got engaged and married. A year later they had their first child.

Apparently, Anna and Brian were probably in a secret relationship when she was married. As can be seen on social networks, in 2013 she published a picture of her kissing an “unknown” man on the cheek, and cut his face so that it could not be seen. The comments on that picture are even more interesting. One person wrote to her that she knew who was in the picture, and when Ana replied inquiringly, that person’s comment followed that read: “BW”. These are the initials of her current husband Brian Walsh.

Ana’s mother told the media that her daughter met Brian when she was cleaning his apartment. The two married in Serbia and began living together in an affluent coastal suburb south of Boston. However, their relationship started to become toxic as time went on. Last March, Anna Walsh took a job at Tishman Speyer, a large real estate firm that, according to prosecutors, gave her a big raise and excellent health benefits, but also required Anna to work in Washington. That month, she bought a house in DC’s Chevy Chase neighborhood for $1.3 million. Brian Walsh’s legal problems prevented him from joining her in Washington, his attorney said in a court filing.

While his wife commuted nearly 500 miles to a new job, Walsh and his three sons moved into a house his mother rented in Cohasset. He took care of his sons during the week. He also cared for his ailing mother, who lived with them when his wife was out of town, according to a court memo filed last June. In a letter to the judge, Diana Walsh described her son: “The only reason I get up in the morning. He is the only person who takes care of me and is always there for me. Unfortunately, I do not have a good relationship with my sister-in-law.”

Still, as 2022 came to a close, the Walshes planned to spend New Year’s Eve together, inviting a friend to their home in Cohasset for dinner. The friend, Gem Mutlu, arrived at the Walsh home around 8:30 p.m., he told the Globe. A smiling Ana met him at the driveway. Brian cooked dinner. The trio took photos together and discussed future plans. At one point, one of the children got out of bed and joined the group.

The night was festive and relaxed, said Mutlu. When he left around 1:30 a.m., everything seemed fine. The next day, Mutlu said, he texted the couple to thank them for hosting them. Only Brian Walsh responded. Since then, Anna has been missing.