A woman begged her mother to visit her a week before she disappeared on New Year's Day, leaving the mom to believe her daughter was in trouble.
Ana Walshe, 39, from Massachusetts, was reported missing on January 4 by her company after she claimed she was heading to the airport on January 1 to go to Washington DC for work, as reported by the New York Post.
In the days between Walshe going missing and her disappearance being reported, her husband Brian allegedly spent $450 on cleaning supplies as well as reportedly lying to officials about his whereabouts on these dates, per Fox News.
Brian was arrested for allegedly misleading investigators who were looking into Walshe's disappearance and was brought before the court where he pleaded not guilty on Monday (Jan 9).
The Fox News report continued that Walshe had begged her mother to come and visit her before she vanished, leaving the grieving mom to believe her daughter was in danger.
Standing outside her apartment in Belgrade, Serbia, Milanka Ljubicic told Fox: "She just said, ‘Please, mama. Come tomorrow.' Which means that clearly, there must have been some problems."
Walshe sent Ljubicic a text message on Christmas day asking if she could fly to Washington DC the following day to meet her.
"She texted in the evening, urging me to come the next day to Washington," Ljubicic said. "I can’t get myself together in one day. I am 69 years old, I have to get my medications and a thousand other things."
Walshe gave her mother no explanation as to why the request was so urgent, and when other dates were put forward for a visit, the 39-year-old indicated that it no longer mattered and not to worry.
"Now I can’t forgive myself for not just letting things fall where they may, and just go, and whatever happens to me, happens," Ljubicic said.
The 69-year-old went on to reveal that her daughter attempted to call her at midnight on December 31, but both calls were missed. Walshe then tried to call her sister and maid-of-honor who both missed the calls.
As reported by CNN, investigators allegedly found internet searches of "how to dispose of a 115-pound woman’s body" in Brian's computer history.
Prosecutors have also revealed that blood was found in Walshe's basement alongside a bloody knife found at the property.
"In total, I spent sixteen months with my son-in-law and I never noticed anything bad about my son-in-law," Ljubicic said, indicating that her daughter loved her husband.
Walshe had reportedly become frustrated with her husband due to the limitations surrounding his movement as he awaited sentencing as a convicted art fraudster.
"I just have just one wish, and that is that my daughter is alive," Ljubicic concluded.