Brendan Banfield Found GUILTY — IRS Agent Gets Life Without Parole in Au Pair Murder Plot

Описание: A Fairfax County jury has convicted Brendan Banfield of aggravated murder in the deaths of his wife Christine Banfield and Joseph Ryan. The former IRS special agent now faces mandatory life in prison without the possibility of parole under Virginia law.
The jury deliberated nearly nine hours over two days before delivering the verdict Monday afternoon. Twelve jurors heard three weeks of testimony — including explosive accounts from Banfield's former mistress, the family's Brazilian au pair Juliana Peres Magalhães, who testified that Banfield masterminded a plot to "get rid of" his wife so they could be together.
Prosecutors argued Banfield and Magalhães created fake profiles on the fetish website FetLife, catfished Joseph Ryan into believing he was meeting Christine for a consensual violent encounter, then killed him when he arrived — framing him for Christine's murder. Magalhães testified she watched Banfield stab his wife and stage the crime scene before they called 911.
The defense attacked Magalhães as "bought and paid for" — pointing to her extraordinary plea deal that reduced her murder charge to manslaughter with time served. They challenged the digital forensics, highlighted that Banfield's DNA was not found on the murder weapon, and accused investigators of confirmation bias. But the jury didn't buy it.
Now Banfield faces an inevitable appeal. We break down the verdict, what went wrong for the defense, and the legal battles ahead — including potential grounds involving the cooperating witness, suppressed digital evidence, and a recent Virginia Supreme Court ruling that could matter.

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