Brendan Banfield receives life sentence in elaborate au pair double murder plot
Prosecutors said Banfield and the family’s au pair lured a man online to frame him for his wife’s killing, and the judge imposed a mandatory life term.
- Brendan Banfield received a life sentence for the aggravated murders of his wife Christine Banfield and Joseph Ryan in 2023.
- Banfield conspired with the family's au pair Juliana Peres Magalhães, with whom he was having an affair, to commit the murders.
- Magalhães received a 10-year sentence after testifying against Banfield as part of a plea deal, detailing their relationship and murder plot.
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Mastermind of nanny love triangle murders defiantly rips sentencing as judge condemns 'evil' plot
Former IRS law enforcement officer Brendan Banfield was sentenced to life in prison without parole for murdering his wife and another man to conceal his affair with the family au pair.
‘Evil’ ex-IRS agent Brendan Banfield sentenced to life in prison for murdering wife and stranger
Ex-IRS special agent Brendan Banfield was sentenced to life behind bars Friday for killing his wife and a sex-seeking stranger in a twisted plot he cooked up with his Brazilian au pair lover.
Brendan Banfield sentenced to life for elaborate double-murder plot to get rid of his wife
Christine Banfield is seen in an undated photo. (Photo obtained by ABC News.) (NEW YORK) — A Virginia man found guilty of killing his wife and a stranger lured to their home in an elaborate plot to get rid of his spouse so he could be with his au pair was sentenced to life in prison on Friday. Brendan Banfield was convicted in the 2023 murders of his wife and a man prosecutors said he “catfished” on a fetish website. Prosecutors said Brendan Ban…
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