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Ana Walshe originally had a flight to D.C. booked for Jan. 3, but police were informed she was attempting to head down earlier to deal with \"some type of emergency\" with a property she manages, Quigley said. There have been no signs of her in D.C. so far, he said.

Ana Walshe's husband and her employer are cooperating in the investigation, Quigley had initially said, prior to Brian Walshe's arrest Sunday.

\"At this point it's a missing person investigation. We're just trying to locate Ana and get her home safely,\" Quigley said. \"We have nothing to support anything suspicious or criminal.\"

On the three-day lag between when she was last seen and reported missing, Quigley said it's not unusual for Ana Walshe to work long hours and not contact her home.

Ana Walshe has three boys between the ages of 2 and 6, said Quigley, who suggested that between the holidays and demands of working out of state, this \"may be a case where she needed a break.\"

\"Sometimes life gets chaotic,\" he said. \"If that's the case, we need a call from her or someone who has talked to her.\"

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Though one friend said this was out of character for Ana Walshe, whom she described as a \"loving and loyal wife.\"

\"She loves her family, and I know in my heart that of her choice, she would not go a day without speaking to her husband and her kids,\" the friend, Alissa Kirby, told Boston ABC affiliate WCVB.

\"Honestly, I'm scared. Really, really scared,\" Kirby told the station.

Amid the search, a fire broke out Friday afternoon in the attic of a Cohasset home where Ana Walshe and her family used to live, authorities confirmed, with Quigley calling it a \"very strange coincidence.\" Though on Saturday, Cohasset and state fire investigators said they determined that the blaze started in the area of damaged piping connected to a natural gas fireplace insert and was not suspicious.

Ana Walshe is described by police as 5'2\" and weighing 115 pounds with brown hair, brown eyes and an olive complexion. Anyone who has seen Ana Walshe or has information on her whereabouts is urged to contact the Cohasset Police Department at 781-383-1055 x 6108.

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