Au Pair Affair Trial Of Brendon Banfield: Justin Hugh Takes The Stand — Detective with the The Fairfax County PD
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🗓️ 13 January 2026
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Summary
Justin Hugh, Detective with the Fairfax County PD, 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 today on the Hidden Killers podcast. |
| 0:08.0 | Now, back to the courtroom. |
| 0:11.2 | Good morning. |
| 0:12.7 | Good morning. |
| 0:13.6 | Could you please introduce yourself by telling us your name and spelling your first and last name for the court record? |
| 0:19.1 | Justin Hugh, J-U-S-T-I-N, last name, Hugh H-U-G-H. |
| 0:25.0 | And how are you currently employed? I'm a detective with the Fairfax County Police Department |
| 0:29.7 | and the child abuse unit. And how long have you been with the Fairfax County Police Department? |
| 0:33.9 | Almost four years. And when were you assigned in February of 2023? I was patrol in Raston. |
| 0:41.2 | And I'm going to direct your attention to February 24th, 2023. Were you on duty in uniform and |
| 0:46.8 | displaying your badge of authority that day? Yes. And did you respond to a call for service that morning? |
| 0:52.8 | Yes. What was the call for, if you recall? |
| 0:55.7 | The call is for somebody that had been shot and then somebody else and the residents had been |
| 1:01.6 | stabbed. And where did you respond? I responded to area 521, which was my patrol area. |
| 1:09.6 | And where is patrol 521? |
| 1:12.7 | It's in Reston. It's kind of near the town of Herndon. |
| 1:16.3 | And is that a location in Fairfax County? |
| 1:18.5 | Yes. |
| 1:19.6 | Is your uniform equipped with department issued bodyworn camera? |
| 1:23.7 | Yes. |
| 1:24.3 | And how does your bodyworn camera work? |
| 1:26.6 | You click it twice in the middle and it activates the bodyworn camera and starts recording. |
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