Au pair testifies in Virginia murder case, claims husband stabbed wife and framed stranger
TL;DR
In Fairfax County, Virginia, au pair Juliana Peres Magalhães testified that Brendan Banfield stabbed his wife Christine Banfield and, with Magalhães’s help, lured a stranger from a fetish site to their home to frame him, part of a broader double-murder plot prosecutors say stemmed from the couple’s relationship and custody concerns as Banfield goes to trial.
Topics:nationlocal#assault#fairfax-county-virginia#homicide#local#northern-virginia#virginia-united-states
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