RECAP: Brendan Banfield Trial - Day 4: The Commonwealth Rests
Pretty Lies And Alibis
GiGi McKelvey
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🗓️ 20 January 2026
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
Most of the day focused on blood spatter and blood transfer analysis, with a forensic expert explaining how different stains and patterns could support the prosecution’s theory that the scene was staged. Testimony covered cast-off patterns, including linear and curved linear stains, transfer stains, and areas of saturation — along with questions about what evidence was and was not tested.
The defense pressed hard on DNA testing gaps, and limitations of the analysis based on photos and body camera footage rather than physical evidence. The state’s final witness was Christine Banfield’s father, whose testimony was brief.
After the Commonwealth rested, the defense moved to dismiss the charges. The judge ruled there was sufficient evidence to proceed, and the defense case begins tomorrow.
The big question now: Will Brendan Banfield take the stand?
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Pretty Lies and Alibis. |
| 0:03.0 | Let's seek the truth and travel the long road to justice together. |
| 0:08.0 | What you know, alibis, welcome to another episode of Pretty Lies and Alibis. |
| 0:12.0 | I'm Gigi. It's Tuesday, January 20th. |
| 0:15.0 | The state rested in the Brendan Bamfield trial today. |
| 0:18.0 | They had two witnesses on. |
| 0:20.0 | This is going to be the shortest episode on |
| 0:21.8 | this trial yet because the first witness that was on the stand most of the day. She mainly |
| 0:27.4 | testified about blood spatter and transfer of blood. So the witness is Iris Dalligraf. She is a |
| 0:34.3 | forensic consulting business, but was in crime scene investigations, including |
| 0:38.8 | blood spatter analysis with the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigations. One thing I wish is that |
| 0:45.4 | the Commonwealth had asked Juliana if Brendan was wearing gloves when he stabbed Christine. I don't |
| 0:50.7 | think we heard that. If that was something that was said, please let me know in the comments. |
| 0:54.7 | I just don't remember hearing it. |
| 0:56.5 | She essentially points out that there were areas of blood transfer on Joe Ryan and also |
| 1:01.5 | blood flow showing a change in positions, which supports the Commonwealth theory that |
| 1:06.7 | Brendan staged Joe's body. |
| 1:09.1 | On Brendan's jeans, they found that cast off blood from Christine. On his |
| 1:13.5 | shoes, she points out the stains that are circular, which could indicate falling blood. On the |
| 1:19.4 | carpet, there were transfer and saturation stains. And another thing that was hard about this |
| 1:25.2 | morning's testimony is that some of the pictures that she was talking about, we were not shown. |
| 1:30.2 | So we really don't have the context of what she's talking about. |
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