Ex-Lover Testifies in Virginia Double Murder Plot
Jan 16, 2026•2 min
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Episode description
A Brazilian au pair, Juliana Peres Magalhaes, testified this week that her affair with former IRS agent Brendan Banfield pulled her into what prosecutors describe as a calculated plot to murder his wife, Christine Banfield, and Joseph Ryan, inside the family’s Virginia home in 2023.
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