THE MOTIVE FOR THE MURDER OF ANA VOLŠ IS NOT AS THOUGHT: Prosecutors presented new claims, Brian Volš had this goal!

Prosecutors in Massachusetts in the United States of America claim that two and a half years ago, Brian Volš did not kill his wife, Ana Volš from Belgrade, out of passion, but that it was a well-thought-out plan to protect his freedom and wealth, American media report.

Ana Volš, let’s recall, mysteriously disappeared a few hours after New Year’s Eve 2023, when she allegedly had to leave her house in Cohasset and go to Washington where she worked. While she was being searched for for days, her husband Brian Volš pretended to be worried and helped with the investigation, and then investigators discovered a gruesome murder – Volš brutally killed his wife, dismembered her body, and threw it in a dumpster. He hid the traces, or so he thought he had committed the perfect crime.

A broader and more calculated motive

-Although Brian Volš pleaded not guilty to the serious crime, i.e., first-degree murder, which also implies that he removed the body and deceived the police during the investigation, he is also facing separate federal charges for art fraud. However, prosecutors have presented a broader and more calculated motive for the murder. As first reported by Los Angeles Magazine, state prosecutors claim that Brian Volš believed that if Ana “passed away or disappeared,” he could avoid a federal prison sentence for a previous conviction for art fraud in Los Angeles – American media state.

Brian Volš, as they then stated, pleaded guilty in 2021 to an art fraud scheme that involved selling two fake Andy Warhol paintings. In February 2024, he was sentenced to 37 months in prison and was also ordered to pay $475,000 in restitution.

This theory, according to prosecutors, presents Volš’s alleged actions as a deliberate attempt to eliminate his wife in order to avoid the prison sentence he was facing at the time. Also, the prosecution claims that the defendant was convinced that custody of their children, which he would get in case of his wife’s disappearance, would help him avoid a prison sentence in that case.

-Despite objections from the defense, Judge Diane Freniere ruled that prosecutors can present digital evidence at trial, including Brian Volš’s alleged Google search history and references to his wife’s extramarital affair as part of their theory of the murder motive. According to prosecutors, in the early morning hours of January 1, 2023, just a few hours after Ana Volš was last seen, Brian allegedly used his son’s iPad and his phone to search for phrases such as “dismemberment and best ways to destroy a body,” “how long does it take for a body to start to smell,” and “hacksaw best tool for cutting.”

At a recent evidentiary hearing held on July 24, Volš’s lead defense attorney, Larry Tipton, argued that prosecutors have no evidence that Brian knew about Ana’s affair, which is a central part of the state’s theory of premeditation. Fox News contacted Tipton for comment. Without direct evidence of that knowledge, Tipton said, the prosecution’s claim about the motive is “pure speculation.”

But retired Massachusetts Superior Court Judge Jack Lu told Fox News that digital premeditation does not require a long time frame.

-The decision to murder can be formed over a period of several days, hours, or even a few seconds – Lu said.

The suspect in his wife’s murder, Brian Volš, avoided one legal bullet while the DNA analysis is pending in the murder case. He added that the legal threshold at the grand jury level is only probable cause, not proof beyond a reasonable doubt, which makes it unlikely that the defense can suppress the search data.

-These are absolutely top lawyers. Everyone knows what they are doing and no one makes stupid claims. It is demanding for the judge, but it is also easier because everything is in the record, and the legal arguments are very clean – the retired judge said, as reported by the local media.

Judge Freniere recently denied the defense’s request to exclude incriminating digital evidence, allowing jurors to consider Volš’s alleged search history for body disposal during the trial.

-It is good that the defense proposed that this be rejected for several reasons, including the legal insistence on related arguments. However, in the end, rejection for these reasons is almost impossible. Grand jurors have the right to accept or reject evidence as they see fit – he said.

Additional court filings revealed that Volš allegedly, on Christmas Day 2022, searched on Google six times for the name of Ana’s alleged lover, who was identified in court only as “WF”.

Life insurance

Prosecutors also revealed that Volš’s mother hired a private detective to follow Ana in Washington, where she lived during the work week, and that he was allegedly having an affair. The prosecution further provided as evidence Ana’s life insurance policy of $2.7 million in which Brian Volš was named as the sole beneficiary, supporting what they claim is the financial motive in the case.

Jury selection for his trial is scheduled to begin on October 20, and the proceedings are expected to last approximately three to four weeks.