Au Pair Affair Trial Of Brendan Banfield: Jenna Sands Presents Closing Arguments: The Final Push to Convict Brendan Banfield

Au Pair Affair Trial Of Brendan Banfield: Jenna Sands Presents Closing Arguments: The Final Push to Convict Brendan Banfield

Published: January 30, 2026

Duration: 21:33

Jenna Sands, Chief Deputy Commonwealth's Attorney for Fairfax County, presented closing arguments in the Brendan Banfield murder trial. Banfield, a former IRS agent, is charged with four counts of aggravated murder in the February 2023 deaths of his wife Christine Banfield and Joseph Ryan at their Herndon, Virginia home.
Prosecutors allege Banfield plotted the killings with the family's Brazilian au pair, Juliana Peres Magalhães, with whom he was having an affair. Magalhães has pleaded guilty to manslaughter and is expected to testify against Banfield. The defense maintains digital evidence does not support the state's catfishing theory.

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