Truth Unveiled: Au pair testifies in ex-lover’s plotting of a deadly double murder
TL;DR
A former Brazilian au pair testified in Virginia that her ex-lover Brendan Banfield plotted to murder his wife Christine Banfield and another man to start a life with her, including creating a Christine Banfield social-media account to lure the victim; she has pleaded guilty to a downgraded manslaughter charge and could face time served as she cooperates, while Banfield faces life in prison if convicted on murder charges and related child-cruelty counts.
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- Au pair testifies ex-lover plotted murders of wife and stranger, says she "wanted the truth to come out" CBS News
- Au Pair Testifies of Lurid Plot in Virginia Double-Murder Trial The New York Times
- Au pair testifies she flipped on Brendan Banfield because she felt guilty about the killings of his wife and another man CNN
- Au pair's jailhouse letters before plea deal questioned in ex-lover's BDSM double-murder trial NBC News
- Virginia nanny’s jailhouse letters reveal conflicting loyalties in love triangle murder trial Fox News
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