Investigators later took the contents to a facility for searching, where they found the clothing items Brian said Ana was wearing when she left, as well as a COVID-19 vaccination card with her name on it, rugs, the Tyvek suit, a hammer, shears, a hatchet and hacksaw.

But prosecutors said digital forensic experts found divorce-related searches on his devices between Christmas and New Year's, including: "best divorce strategies for men" and "Washington, D.C. divorce lawyers."

Tipton said Brian's Google searches in the hours that followed were "conducted by a man that is in disbelief and confusion." In closing arguments, he said the fact that the searches happened after Ana's death showed that Brian didn't kill her, let alone plan to.

"Ask yourself: Why is the man searching now if he had intended to kill his wife?" he... See more