Au Pair Affair Trial Of Brendon Banfield: Alicia Dale Takes The Stand — Recordings of the 911 Calls Are Put Into Evidence
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🗓️ 13 January 2026
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
Alicia Dale, Custodian of Records in Fairfax County, 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 Bantfield from True Crime |
| 0:05.3 | Today on the Hidden Killers podcast. Now, back to the courtroom. |
| 0:10.5 | I'm going to first ask you to state and spell your name for the court record. |
| 0:16.6 | My name is Alicia Dale, A-L-I-C-I-A-D-A-L-E. |
| 0:21.6 | And what is your occupation? |
| 0:23.6 | I'm the custodian of records for the Department of Public Safety Communications in Perfects County. |
| 0:28.6 | And how long have you been employed in that capacity? |
| 0:30.6 | Since May of 2021. |
| 0:32.6 | Can you explain your duties and your responsibilities in that position, please? |
| 0:36.6 | I am to maintain the records within the custody of our department, whether that's retention, |
| 0:44.1 | disbursement, or destruction. And can you explain the 911 call system in the Fairfax |
| 0:51.2 | County Police Department and how it operates? |
| 1:00.1 | Once a call is placed, a 911 call is placed within the confines of the Fairfax County, the telephone system actually routes it to the corresponding public safety answering point, |
| 1:06.2 | and we are that within Fairfax County. |
| 1:08.8 | The call is then dispersed to a call taker in its process. |
| 1:14.1 | And is the recording of each call that is, that each call taken, is that, is that recording made |
| 1:20.6 | in the ordinary course of business and then maintained for a period of time? Yes. And are these |
| 1:26.6 | recordings created when the call is made? |
| 1:29.3 | Yes. |
| 1:30.3 | Is it part of your job to keep and maintain these recordings? |
| 1:33.3 | Yes. |
| 1:34.3 | And were you asked to pull recorded calls made on February 24th, |
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