Au Pair Murder Trial Begins: Brendan Banfield Accused of Killing Wife & Man | Closing Arguments Podcast
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🗓️ 14 January 2026
⏱️ 44 minutes
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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. |
| 0:16.9 | In the early morning darkness of November 20th, 2018, an expensive New Jersey mansion stood quietly in horse country Coltsneck until it erupted in flames and horror. |
| 0:28.6 | Inside were the charred bodies of Keith Canaro, his wife Jennifer Canaro, and their two young children found dead after the fire consumed their home. |
| 0:38.3 | Authorities say Keith was shot outside the house. His wife shot and stabbed and their children brutally stabbed all before the fire was set. |
| 0:47.3 | Prosecutors say hours earlier, his brother Paul Canero allegedly set fire to his own home in a nearby town. A rushed blaze, prosecutors |
| 0:56.4 | argue, was a ruse to mask the real atrocity. Today, Paul Canero sits in a courtroom facing first |
| 1:03.8 | degree murder, aggravated arson, and weapons charges, and tonight the shocking allegation |
| 1:09.7 | made by the defense about the person they say is the real killer. |
| 1:16.4 | But first, Brendan Banfield, the former IRS criminal investigator, is accused of masterminding a twisted and calculated plot to murder his wife, Christine, inside their Herndon, Virginia home. |
| 1:30.3 | Prosecutors allege that Brendan seeking to escape his marriage and pursue a secret affair |
| 1:35.3 | with the family's Brazilian au pair, Juliana Magalise, posed online as Christine to lure a man, |
| 1:43.3 | Joseph Ryan, under false pretenses of a sexual encounter. |
| 1:48.2 | Once Ryan arrived, Brendan allegedly shot him in the head, then turned the knife on his own |
| 1:54.5 | wife, stabbing her to death. The O'Pair, who later pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter, |
| 2:00.5 | claimed she participated under Brendan's influence. |
| 2:03.6 | Authorities say the murder scene was staged, but Brendan maintains his innocence. |
| 2:08.6 | Was this a chilling act of betrayal, seduction, and premeditated violence fueled by lust and deception? |
| 2:16.6 | Or is the husband the victim of a lying opair lover |
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