Au Pair Affair Trial Of Brendan Banfield: Saly Fayez Takes The Stand — Banfield's Daughter Asks Au Pair if She Was Her New Mommy
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🗓️ 22 January 2026
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Summary
Saly Fayez, Victim Services Division of Fairfax Co. Police Department, testified today in the Brendan Banfield murder trial. Banfield, a former IRS agent, is charged with four counts of aggravated murder in the February 2023 deaths of his wife Christine Banfield and Joseph Ryan at their Herndon, Virginia home.
Prosecutors allege Banfield plotted the killings with the family's Brazilian au pair, Juliana Peres Magalhães, with whom he was having an affair. Magalhães has pleaded guilty to manslaughter and is expected to testify against Banfield. The defense maintains digital evidence does not support the state's catfishing theory.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Aupair Affair Murder Trial of Bratton Vanfield from True Crying |
| 0:05.3 | Today on the Hidden Killers podcast. Now, back to the courtroom. |
| 0:10.9 | Good afternoon, Ms. Foyes. |
| 0:12.1 | Good afternoon. |
| 0:17.1 | I'm going to show you some text messages. |
| 0:23.6 | Judge, I would object to the witness as not yet been identified. Could you just have her... |
| 0:24.6 | Sorry, sorry. |
| 0:25.6 | Can you please say your name and spell it for the court reporter? |
| 0:29.6 | Sure. Sally F-A-V-E-Z. |
| 0:34.6 | And if I ask you any questions that don't come out right or you don't understand, |
| 0:41.2 | just please tell me and I'll repeat the question. |
| 0:42.6 | Absolutely. |
| 0:45.8 | Now, you're the head of the victim services for Fairfax County. |
| 0:51.1 | Correct. |
| 0:51.5 | For the Fairfax County Police Department. |
| 0:53.2 | Okay. |
| 0:53.4 | And in that role, |
| 0:59.4 | do you fall within their command staff, I guess, map? I do. Okay. And so who, |
| 1:07.7 | can you describe for the ladies and gentlemen of the jury of your organization and how it fits within the police department? |
| 1:14.7 | Sure. So we are a civilian unit within the police department. We fall under the Major Crimes Bureau. |
| 1:19.6 | So there's four divisions in the Major Crimes Bureau. There's a Violent Crimes Division, the Criminal Investigation Division, the Cyber and Forensic Division, which are all sworn staff, |
| 1:27.7 | and then the Victim Services Division, which is my division. |
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