Brendan Banfield Trial Day: Surveillance Video Corroborates Timeline — But DNA Evidence Has Problems
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Tony Brueski
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🗓️ 20 January 2026
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Summary
Day three of the Brendan Banfield murder trial shifted the focus from the au pair's testimony to the investigators who processed the scene — and what they presented may be the prosecution's strongest corroboration yet. McDonald's surveillance video shows Banfield in the parking lot on the morning of the murders. At 7:37 AM, he's seen exiting the bathroom with his phone to his ear — the precise moment phone records confirm Juliana Peres Magalhães called him. According to her testimony, that was the signal that Joseph Ryan had arrived. The timeline holds. Detectives revealed the murder knife was found hidden under blankets — not in Ryan's hand, not positioned to support the defense claim that Ryan attacked Christine.
Christine's cell phone was tucked away in a kitchen drawer while she slept, allegedly hidden so she couldn't call for help when Ryan arrived. But the forensic testimony also raised questions for the prosecution. Brendan Banfield's DNA was not found on the knife. The explanation? Police allowed him to wash his hands before collecting samples. Former FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer joins True Crime Today to analyze how that kind of investigative gap happens, what the placement of the murder weapon tells us, and whether the blood evidence — Christine's blood on Brendan's jeans — can compensate. We also examine the premeditation evidence: the firearm purchased weeks before the murders, the gun range trips with Juliana, the alleged $30,000 spent on triple-pane windows to soundproof the house. The defense has attacked Juliana's credibility. But day three brought evidence that doesn't rely on her word. Does that undercut their strategy?
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| 0:00.0 | This is Hidden Killers Live with Tony Bruske, Stacey Cole, and Todd Michaels. |
| 0:08.5 | Day three on the Brendan Banfield murder trial, and there's already a lot that's come out. |
| 0:14.2 | The murder trial shifted from the au pair's testimony to investigators who process the scene |
| 0:20.4 | and what they presented could be the prosecution's |
| 0:23.3 | strongest corroboration yet. |
| 0:25.6 | McDonald's surveillance video showing Banfield waiting in the parking lot in the morning of the |
| 0:30.6 | murders and at 7.37 a.m. he's seen leaving the bathroom with his phone to his ear. The |
| 0:35.9 | exact moment phone records show that Juliana Perez Mogadles called him. phone to his ear, the exact moment phone record, show that Juliana Perez |
| 0:38.6 | Mogulis called him. According to her testimony, that was the bat signal that Joseph Ryan had |
| 0:46.2 | arrived. Detectives also revealed the murder knife was found hidden under blankets, not in Ryan's |
| 0:51.8 | hand, and that Christine's cell phone had been tucked away in a kitchen drawer while she slept. |
| 0:58.2 | The forensic testimony raised questions, too. |
| 1:00.2 | Banfield's DNA wasn't on the knife. |
| 1:02.5 | The police had allowed him to wash his hands before collecting samples. |
| 1:07.2 | Here to break down what this evidence means in the case. |
| 1:11.8 | Jennifer Coffin-Daffer retired FBI special agent. |
| 1:15.6 | Before we get into a lot of the questions, I want to begin with something that you pointed out |
| 1:19.5 | because a lot of people don't understand the level of training that this man had. |
| 1:25.0 | Yes, he was an IRS agent. |
| 1:26.7 | He was a criminal investigative IRS agent, |
| 1:29.4 | meaning he wasn't the one that's sitting at the desk sending the letters. He was out there |
| 1:33.3 | investigating the crimes themselves. He had a gun. He wasn't just to be encounter with guns, |
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