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Brian Walshe's grisly Google search history following the disappearance of his wife Ana now forms the basis of a murder trial - despite her body not being found.

The cache of data, including searches for 'how long before you can inherit', were stored by the Silicon Valley giant - as they are with all users, even if they believe they have wiped their personal devices of any trace.

Walshe, 47, who is accused of murdering Ana in the basement of their home in Cohasset, Massachusetts, used his son's iPad to search for: '10 ways to dismember a body' and 'does baking soda make a body smell good?'

Not only does Google retain this information - but law enforcement can compel tech companies to turn over the data with warrants.

This even goes a step further with controversial 'keyword searches' where the authorities can request Google find users who have made incriminating searches.