Affluent Virginia suburb rocked as trial begins for ex-federal agent husband in nanny love-triangle murders
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Opening statements are expected to begin in trial of Brendan Banfield, a former IRS agent accused of orchestrating murders of wife Christine Banfield and Joseph Ryan to conceal affair.
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Banfield is charged with aggravated murder in the February 2023 killings of Christine Banfield and Joseph Ryan at the Banfields’ home in the idyllic Washington, D.C., suburb of Herndon, Virginia.
According to court records, Banfield and then-22-year-old Brazilian au pair Juliana Peres Magalhães were present when his wife and Ryan were killed in the home's primary bedroom. At the time, the au pair told investigators they had discovered Ryan — a stranger — stabbing Banfield's wife and had both opened fire to stop the intruder.
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