Overview

• Brendan Banfield, a 39-year-old IRS investigator, has been charged with the premeditated murders of his wife, Christine Banfield, and Joseph Ryan.
• The murders took place on February 24, 2023, in the Banfields' Herndon, Virginia home, where Ryan was shot and Christine was fatally stabbed.
• Banfield's arrest follows a 19-month investigation and new evidence that led to his indictment by a grand jury.
• The family's au pair, Juliana Peres Magalhaes, was previously arrested and charged with second-degree murder in Ryan's death, claiming self-defense.
• Prosecutors allege that Banfield and Magalhaes orchestrated the killings, luring Ryan to the home through a fake profile on a sexual fetish website.