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Au Pair Affair Trial Of Brendan Banfield: Brendan Banfield is Back in the Courtroom for the Verdict - Found GUILTY on All Counts!

True Crime Today | Daily True Crime News & Interviews

Tony Brueski

True Crime, News Commentary, News

4.2612 Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2026

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

The GUILTY Verdict was handed down to Brendan Banfield, the former IRS agent charged with four counts of aggravated murder in the deaths of his wife Christine Banfield and Joseph Ryan. Prosecutors allege Banfield and the family's au pair, Juliana Peres Magalhães, lured Ryan to their Herndon home through a fetish website and staged the killings as a home invasion.
The defense argues digital forensics contradict the catfishing theory and that investigators who disagreed were reassigned. Banfield faces life without parole if convicted. The four-week trial continues in Fairfax County.

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Now, back to the courtroom. I I transcribe the proceedings in this case, to bless your ability under penalty of law. Thank you. All right. I understand you can be seated. Thank you. I understand we have a verdict. Are we ready for the jury? Yes, ma'am. All right. Ladies and gentlemen, just a reminder that I cannot

0:54.6

tolerate any outbursts in the courtroom at the time of the verdict reading, please. Thank you.

1:01.7

All right. And juror number nine, you were the four-person in this case. Is that correct?

1:10.3

Yes, Your Honor. All right. And are these the verdicts of the jury yes it is and are

1:14.5

they unanimous yes it is in criminal case number F.E. 2024-66

1:26.1

count one we the jury on the issue join in the case of the Commonwealth of Virginia versus F.E. 2022-66-6-6-6-1.

1:28.3

We, the jury on the issue, join in the case

1:30.3

of the Commonwealth of Virginia versus Brendan Robert Banfield

1:33.3

defendant, find the defendant guilty of aggravated murder

1:36.3

of Joseph Ryan and Christine Vanfield as part of the same act

1:40.3

or transaction.

1:44.5

Case number F.E. FE 2004-66666.

1:49.0

Count four, we the jury on the issue joined

1:51.9

in the case of the Commonwealth of Virginia

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