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Virginia man convicted in double homicide over au pair affair
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Brendan Banfield was found guilty of murdering his wife and a man prosecutors say he lured via a fetish website during an affair with the family's au pair.
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Jury begins deliberations in au pair affair double-murder trial
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Virginia man convicted in double homicide over au pair affair
By Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — A Virginia man on trial for allegedly killing his wife and another man is now testifying about his side of the story. Prosecutors say Brendan Banfield concocted an elaborate scheme to kill his wife, Christine Banfield, and another man, Joseph Ryan, in their family ho…
The Virginia man on trial for the "au pair" double murder testified Thursday that he yelled "police" when he burst into a bedroom at his home and found his naked wife on the floor with a stranger.
By Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — A Virginia man on trial for allegedly killing his wife and another man took the stand in his own defense to tell his side of the story. Prosecutors say Brendan Banfield concocted an elaborate scheme to kill his wife, Christine Banfield, and another man, Joseph Ryan, …
By Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — A jury in Virginia is now deliberating in the double-murder trial of Brendan Banfield, who allegedly plotted to kill his wife and another man in February 2023. Banfield faces life in prison if convicted of aggravated murder for what prosecutors say was an elaborate s…
A mistress nanny who testified against her former flame, ex-IRS agent Brendan Banfield, was lying when she told jurors he killed his wife, Christine, in an elaborate frame job plot, the defense argued before deliberations began.
A jury in Virginia reached a verdict at the trial against ex-IRS agent Brendan Banfield for allegedly murdering his wife and a stranger in an elaborate rape fantasy frame job.
The former IRS agent accused of conspiring with his Brazilian au pair to kill his wife and a stranger was found guilty of murder by a Virginia jury Monday
Brendan Banfield was found guilty of murdering his wife and a man prosecutors say he lured via a fetish website during an affair with the family's au pair.
A verdict was reached Monday in the murder trial for Brendan Banfield, a former IRS law‑enforcement officer turned defendant who prosecutors say had an affair with his family’s au pair and took part in a double‑murder plot to frame another man for his wife’s stabbing.
Brendan Banfield, former IRS law enforcement officer, was convicted of aggravated murder in the 2023 killings of his wife Christina Banfield and Joseph Ryan in Herndon, Virginia.
The jury in the aggravated murders trial of Brendan Banfield, accused of plotting with his family’s au pair to kill his wife and another man, returned a verdict.
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