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Brendan Banfield double-murder case
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Brendan Banfield was prosecuted in Fairfax County, Virginia, for the 2023 deaths of his wife, Christine Banfield, and Joseph Ryan. Prosecutors said he and the family’s au pair, Juliana Peres Magalhães, plotted the killings; Banfield denied the allegations. A jury later convicted him, and he was sentenced to life without parole. [1][2][3]
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