COHASSET – Cohasset Police want people to be aware of any fundraising scams claiming to help the children of missing mother Ana Walshe.
Walshe, 39, was last seen in the early hours of January 1 after a New Year’s Eve dinner with her husband and a friend at their Cohasset home.
Her husband Brian, 47, is being held on $500,000 bond on a charge of misleading investigators in the case. He pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Monday in Quincy District Court. Prosecutors said a bloody knife was found in the family’s basement and Walshe purchased $450 in cleaning supplies after his wife’s disappearance.
The couple has three young sons, ages 2, 4 and 6. They are currently in the custody of the Department of Children and Families.
Friends of Ana Walshe say they’re working with state social workers trying to keep the three boys together while their mother is missing and father behind bars.
They say Ana Walshe was an active member of a Newton-based organization for immigrants in America called the Sky International Center, now circulating a fund to raise money for the Walshe children.
“For the long-term care, probably they will need therapy and private schools or whatever the needs are will go to the three boys, and our community’s responding quickly,” organizer Natasha Sky said.
But Cohasset Police are sending out a warning.
“Cohasset Police has not been informed of, nor are we aware of any official fundraising accounts to support the children of Ana Walshe,”…
