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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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Husband’s Secret Affair Turns into Twisted Double Murder Plot
A Virginia man will spend the rest of his life behind bars after prosecutors said he murdered his wife and an innocent stranger in a twisted plot tied to his affair with the family’s au pair. Brendan Banfield was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Friday, June 5, four months...
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