Brendan Banfield Convicted of Double Murder in Fetish Plot

Brendan Banfield was convicted of aggravated murder after a Virginia jury determined he conspired with au pair Juliana Peres Magalhaes to kill his wife Christine Banfield and Joseph Ryan.The former Internal Revenue Service agent and Juliana Peres Magalhaes used a fetish website to lure Joseph Ryan to the family home in 2023 to frame him for the murder of Christine Banfield.Brendan Banfield faces a mandatory life sentence while Juliana Peres Magalhaes could be released with time served following her testimony against her former lover.