Crime Alert 5PM 09.24.24| Latest Developments in the Au Pair Love Triangle Murders

Brendon Banfield has been charged in a double homicide for the killings of his wife, Christine Banfield and Joseph Ryan. This nearly a year after the family au pair was charged in the case. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Crime a art hourly update, breaking crime news Now.

Speaker 2 (00:04):
I'm Nicole Parton. In a case that has drawn international attention,
four months a woman was found stabbed inside an upscale
home in a neighborhood outside Washington, d C. Her husband,
who prosecutor's alleged was having an affair with their Brazilian
O pair, was a federal law enforcement officer. A second victim,

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who authorities say had been lured to the couple's home
through a sexual fetish website, had been shot, lying dead
next to the dying wife. Drew Nelson explains the latest
charges in this twisted case.

Speaker 3 (00:37):
It took nearly a year for Virginia police to make
a second arrest in connection to the murders of Christine
Banfield and Joseph Ryan. Juliana Perez Maggiles, the O pair
caring for the Banfield's daughter, is facing second degree murder charges,
but only in Joseph Ryan's murder. The person indicted in
Christine Banfield's death is her husband, Brendan Banfield. He's facing
four counts of aggravated murder and one count of felony

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fire arm use. That day, Banfield told nine one one
he shot a man who stabbed his wife.

Speaker 2 (01:04):
Prosecutors in Fairfax County, Virginia have now accused mister Banfield
of plotting to kill the two in his home about
twenty miles outside the capitol. The case was riddled with evidence,
Dave Mack explains.

Speaker 4 (01:18):
Investigators say the killings are part of a larger scheme.
Juliana Perez Maglaise and Brendan Banfield began a romantic relationship
in the months leading up to the murders, and it
is alleged they continued the affair afterwards. The day of
the murders, Maglaise called nine one one to report an emergency.
The first time she called, she hung up. More than
ten minutes later, she called again, and Brendan Bamfield spoke

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to the nine one one dispatch. He says he shot
a man who stabbed his wife. Perez, Maglaise and Banfield
reportedly entered the home to find Joseph Ryan holding a
knife to Christine Banfield's throat. According to Perez Magalaise, she
alleged Ryan stabbed Christine Banfield and that Brendan Bamfield then
shot Ryan. Magalayse also told authorities that she shot Ryan
once with the second.

Speaker 2 (01:58):
Firearms, investigators begin to dive deeper into the relationship of
the husband and his o pair, a potential motive was revealed.
Crime on Lines holding Zapple explains what investigators found out.

Speaker 5 (02:12):
Investigators working with the prosecutor have come up with a
theory that the killings were part of an elaborate plan
that would allow Brendan Banfield and Juliana Perez Magales to
live their lives together without Christine Banfield. Investigators found Juliana
Perez Magalese clothes were in Christine Banfield's closet, not her own.

Speaker 2 (02:33):
Now, Brendan Banfield has been indicted in the double murder
case and is being held without bond. Follow Nancy Grace's
coverage of this twisted murder plot by tuning into Crime
Stories with Nancy Grace on Doctor Peel's Merritt Street Media
six and nine pm Eastern. Check your local listings for
channel assignment, or subscribe to Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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on your favorite podcasting app more Crime and Justice news.
After this, Elizabeth Green leaves her home to walk next
door to the ranch that she's working at, but Elizabeth
never makes it. For more, here's Nancy Grace.

Speaker 1 (03:15):
Elizabeth Green, twenty one, grows up on a ranch in
rural Calajo, Utah. She starts working at a neighboring ranch
and gets up early to walk there along a dirt road.
She never makes it to work. Her family doesn't realize
she's missing until she doesn't come home that evening. Hu
Abb County Sheriffs search along the dirt road. No sign

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of Elizabeth. There's nothing suspicious on the ranch either. Authorities
believe Elizabeth may have gotten lost or is picked up.
Elizabeth Green last seen wearing a pink Ti Die hoodie, jeans,
black converse, and a white backpack. Five eleven, one hundred
and twenty five pounds, brown hair, green eyes, now missing

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two months. If you have info about Elizabeth Green, called
Ubub County, Utah Sheriffs eight and zero one seven nine
four three nine seven zero.

Speaker 2 (04:10):
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I'm Nicole Parton