Fairfax County Double Murder

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:They do not charge him for shooting first because, in this case, this was self-defense. Since JR was disabled after the first shot and not more of a direct threat, the second shooting is considered murder. BB should be responsible for ordering her to get a gun, and she is guilty of shooting the men dead if this is what truly happened. But it looks like BS. My theory is that she shot first with her gun. As planned. He then shot to kill him with his work gun because since he didn't get killed with the first shot, she probably got scared and called the police too soon. They agreed to lie to the authorities. And thus the confusion. Poor little girl who was at the house. I wonder if she saw or heard anything. I hope they both get to spend long time in prison and the girl stays with her beloved mother's family.

The girl's mental health is going to be seriously screwed up regardless -- now that she's become attached to BB as her sole parent, having already lost her own mother AND the woman who stepped into the mother's place (AP). She probably has distant memories of her maternal grandparents and the longer it takes to put BB in jail, the more traumatic it is going to be to re-home the girl with the maternal relatives she no longer knows.

That's the heartbreaking part. I can be patient and wait for BB to get his justice even if it takes some years for AP to flip while sitting along in jail. But, every single day that passes, the little girl is being harmed by not having contact with the maternal relatives who will eventually have to care for her. That's a lot of psychological trauma -- for a girl to have to live with people she doesn't know and losing the father who acts as though he is the only one who loves her. Wicked torture for a child/teen.

She may be cared for by the paternal grandmother currently involved in her care.

Obviously that lady is an unfit parent - having raised a murderer herself.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If convicted she will be sentenced, minus time served and deported. Any way she could legally stay or return? Could he marry her while she is in prison and thus she could stay?

Just trying to figure out how there would be any "future" to their relationship at all.

The idea of slotting into Christine's life also requires INCOME and hard to see how BB will manage that piece.

Not only are 2 people dead but he basically blew up his own middle class life (except in the 8 months prior to her arrest). Seeing if he can get away with it has to be part of the driver for him, it's very OJish to me.

I don't get the visa and $ issues at all. OJ had money and did not have to pass a clearance to work in his field.

I do think she will be convicted re: second degree, no premeditation required. Then what?

The first night's the toughest, no doubt about it. They march you in …. and when they put you in that cell... and those bars slam home... that's when you know it's for real. A whole life blown away in the blink of an eye. Nothing left but all the time in the world to think about it.

The sentence for 2nd degree is far less than a "lifetime." She has been in a cell for 5+ months, is likely used to it. Keeps trying for bond but not going to happen.

What "future" with BB is she hoping for when she will be deported and won't qualify for a visa? Could marriage keep her here?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They do not charge him for shooting first because, in this case, this was self-defense. Since JR was disabled after the first shot and not more of a direct threat, the second shooting is considered murder. BB should be responsible for ordering her to get a gun, and she is guilty of shooting the men dead if this is what truly happened. But it looks like BS. My theory is that she shot first with her gun. As planned. He then shot to kill him with his work gun because since he didn't get killed with the first shot, she probably got scared and called the police too soon. They agreed to lie to the authorities. And thus the confusion. Poor little girl who was at the house. I wonder if she saw or heard anything. I hope they both get to spend long time in prison and the girl stays with her beloved mother's family.

The girl's mental health is going to be seriously screwed up regardless -- now that she's become attached to BB as her sole parent, having already lost her own mother AND the woman who stepped into the mother's place (AP). She probably has distant memories of her maternal grandparents and the longer it takes to put BB in jail, the more traumatic it is going to be to re-home the girl with the maternal relatives she no longer knows.

That's the heartbreaking part. I can be patient and wait for BB to get his justice even if it takes some years for AP to flip while sitting along in jail. But, every single day that passes, the little girl is being harmed by not having contact with the maternal relatives who will eventually have to care for her. That's a lot of psychological trauma -- for a girl to have to live with people she doesn't know and losing the father who acts as though he is the only one who loves her. Wicked torture for a child/teen.

She may be cared for by the paternal grandmother currently involved in her care.

Obviously that lady is an unfit parent - having raised a murderer herself.

A judge would be likely to maintain status quo. She's said by neighbors to live there or visit frequently.

[Anonymous]

Christine's family lost Christine and for all practical purposes, her daughter. Joe's mom lost her son. All so sad and for so little gain, AP and BB playing house for a few months. She will likely be in a cell until she is deported. He is unemployed. Smh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They do not charge him for shooting first because, in this case, this was self-defense. Since JR was disabled after the first shot and not more of a direct threat, the second shooting is considered murder. BB should be responsible for ordering her to get a gun, and she is guilty of shooting the men dead if this is what truly happened. But it looks like BS. My theory is that she shot first with her gun. As planned. He then shot to kill him with his work gun because since he didn't get killed with the first shot, she probably got scared and called the police too soon. They agreed to lie to the authorities. And thus the confusion. Poor little girl who was at the house. I wonder if she saw or heard anything. I hope they both get to spend long time in prison and the girl stays with her beloved mother's family.

The girl's mental health is going to be seriously screwed up regardless -- now that she's become attached to BB as her sole parent, having already lost her own mother AND the woman who stepped into the mother's place (AP). She probably has distant memories of her maternal grandparents and the longer it takes to put BB in jail, the more traumatic it is going to be to re-home the girl with the maternal relatives she no longer knows.

That's the heartbreaking part. I can be patient and wait for BB to get his justice even if it takes some years for AP to flip while sitting along in jail. But, every single day that passes, the little girl is being harmed by not having contact with the maternal relatives who will eventually have to care for her. That's a lot of psychological trauma -- for a girl to have to live with people she doesn't know and losing the father who acts as though he is the only one who loves her. Wicked torture for a child/teen.

She may be cared for by the paternal grandmother currently involved in her care.

Obviously that lady is an unfit parent - having raised a murderer herself.

A judge would be likely to maintain status quo. She's said by neighbors to live there or visit frequently.

Hopefully CB's parents have already found themselves a good lawyer. I would imagine it would be in the child's best interest to be raised by the set of grandparents who did not raise her mother's killer.

[Anonymous]

Geez what a trashy group of people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Geez what a trashy group of people.

I would rather live with trash than BB or mommy 2.0

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Geez what a trashy group of people.

I would rather live with trash than BB or mommy 2.0

I’m the PP and I was calling them trashy!

[Anonymous]

Can someone kindly confirm if my understanding of this situation is accurate? I’ve read several articles about what allegedly happened and am still a bit lost…

- Nanny / husband (BB) were having an affair
- Someone (likely the nanny or BB) pretended to be the wife, CB, on a fetish website, for the purpose of luring a random man to CB/BB house
- Random man arrives at the house to meet CB while nanny / BB were elsewhere
- Nanny returns to the house, finds random man there, and shoots him: claims she did so in self defense after seeing him murder/stab CB
- BB somehow appears at that point too and witnesses the scene?

[Anonymous]

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Carter alleges that, when he interrogated Magalhaes, she admitted to firing a second shot at Ryan but couldn’t recall if it struck him. Although Portuguese is Magalhaes’s first language, the interrogation was in English. According to Carter, Magalhaes didn’t request an interpreter and asked for only one term — “aluminum foil” — to be translated.

Please.

Second degree does not require premeditation.

Magalhaes faces charges of second-degree murder, meaning the killing was intentional but not planned. However, at the preliminary hearing, prosecutors outlined events leading to Ryan’s death and introduced new evidence they said suggests the killing might have been premeditated.

If the charges are changed due to investigation then she could be looking at more significant prison time. Maybe that will get her attention.

This article from today lays out a lot of detail in a very straightforward way. https://www.ffxnow.com/2024/04/02/murder-case-against-reston-au-pair-tied-to-fatal-shooting-moves-closer-to-trial/

I think AP's defense is that she was scared out of her mind and in a split second (or seconds) she did what her boss told her to do. She's in a different country and doesn't know much --- she didn't have time to think, etc. That's her defense.

I'm sure her team will work VERY hard to keep the info. about the affair out of the trial. Don't know if that will be successful. Might depend on whether there is any other evidence suggesting that AP was part of a plan hatched by BB. If the prosecutors can't show evidence of a conspiracy to work with BB in murdering CB and JR, then a judge might ban any evidence of AP's relationship with BB.

And even if the judge lets it into a trial, AP's lawyers can use it to their client's advantage and say that she was under BB's control and had to do whatever he said b/c she was young and impressionable and wanting to stay in the U.S. -- her boss came onto her and she had no way out -- so she was mentally subserviant to him and naturally did whatever he told her to do -- especially when he told her to get a gun and shoot this guy who appeared to have killed her other boss (CB).

You can see how AP's defense atty can spin it to her advantage either way.

If this is her defense, great. She would be flipping on BB.

Not at all.

[Anonymous]

This is a decent overview. https://www.dcnewsnow.com/news/local-news/virginia/fairfax-county/au-pair-employer-visited-shooting-range-before-reston-murder-witness-says/

VA appears to be making the case that JR was lured to the home to be the fall guy for killing CB. He was shot by BB and AP with AP's shot being fatal. She has been arrested for that killing and will likely go to trial. Her charges are explained at link.

Thus far, no one has been charged with stabbing CB. The hope appeared to be that AP would help build the case against BB in exchange for a plea deal. Thus far that has not happened.

Much of the story presented by AP's lawyer makes little sense but without her testimony or a confession is hard to get first degree charges against BB for the murder of his wife.

[Anonymous]

PP means?

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can someone kindly confirm if my understanding of this situation is accurate? I’ve read several articles about what allegedly happened and am still a bit lost…

- Nanny / husband (BB) were having an affair
- Someone (likely the nanny or BB) pretended to be the wife, CB, on a fetish website, for the purpose of luring a random man to CB/BB house
- Random man arrives at the house to meet CB while nanny / BB were elsewhere
- Nanny returns to the house, finds random man there, and shoots him: claims she did so in self defense after seeing him murder/stab CB
- BB somehow appears at that point too and witnesses the scene?

It’s not clear yet if BB and AP created profile pretending to be CB. Or if BB convinced his own wife of trying some kind of sexual fantasy using the fetish web site (in order to celebrate his birthday or whatever reason may be)

[Anonymous]

What if, AP created that profile and lure JR into the house to separate BB and CB?
The only reason why she would call him and say “hey, your wife’s meeting up w that man I told you about”, assuming she was already ploting this all