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Au Pair Becomes Prosecution's Star Witness in Brendan Banfield Trial | Closing Arguments Podcast

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4.61K Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2026

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Au pair, Juliana Peres Magalhães, delivers testimony against Brendan Banfield detailing an alleged murder conspiracy involving a fetish website plot. Plus, updates on the arrest of Michael McKee for the Ohio dentist murders.

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0:00.0

The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are simply that.

0:04.8

Opinions.

0:05.8

All are presumed innocent until proven otherwise in a court of law.

0:09.8

Sensitive topics are discussed.

0:11.8

Discretion is advised.

0:17.2

The murders of Monique and Spencer Teppi shattered a quiet Ohio neighborhood and left two young children without parents.

0:25.6

The couple was found shot to death in their bedroom after Spencer failed to show up for work,

0:30.6

prompting frantic calls and a welfare check.

0:33.6

Investigators quickly ruled out a murder suicide noting no weapon was found and there

0:39.2

were no signs of forced entry. For weeks, the case haunted the community with more questions

0:44.9

than answers. Then came a stunning development. Police arrested Monique's ex-husband accusing

0:50.3

him of carrying out the execution-style killings while the children slept nearby.

0:56.2

Their divorce was finalized in 2017, but there was a court date in 2025.

1:03.0

Tonight, we are live from Columbus with the details.

1:06.7

But first, Brendan Banfield, a former IRS criminal investigator, is accused of masterminding a twisted and calculated plot to murder his wife, Christine, inside their herndon Virginia home.

1:20.0

Prosecutors allege that Brendan's seeking to escape his marriage and pursue a secret affair with the family's Brazilian opere Juliana Magalise posted online

1:30.3

as Christine to lure a man named Joseph Ryan under false pretenses of a sexual encounter.

1:39.3

Once Ryan arrived, Brendan allegedly shot him in the head, then turned the knife on his own wife, stabbing her to death.

1:47.6

The O'Pair, who later pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter, claimed that she participated under Brendan's influence.

1:56.0

Authorities say the murder scene was staged, but Brendan maintains his innocence.

2:00.6

Today, day one of the trial, and the opair takes the stand.

2:05.5

Tonight, you will hear her shocking testimony.

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