Fairfax County Double Murder

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Anonymous wrote:This has gone too far when people are conjecturing about how they afford their lifestyle. FYI - Tesla's can cost less than a Jeep.

Stop it with the nanny language police.

And you make no sense. "Teslas can cost less than a Jeep." Uh, ok, and both still are a financial stretch for a fed, a nurse and a family with expensive in home childcare. Never mind when ONE EARNER IS NOW DEAD, cutting income significantly.

I think it "went too far" when BB and au pair started swanning around like "the last of the real ones" IRL in public and on socials, not to mention it was WAY TOO FAR when 2 human beings were MURDERED IN COLD BLOOD, but that's just me. Gossip about the neighbor's stuff and what it costs? It's called keeping up with the Joneses!

I don't think you know how much things cost and how much these people make. A PICU nurse probably makes $100K. A GS-15 probably makes $175. A Tesla costs $35K, and if he's leasing it, it's maybe $300/month. The Au pair costs maybe $1500/month (cheaper than daycare). His mortgage (inc. tax and insurance) is probably less than $3500 a month. He could easily afford these things even on his salary alone.

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Anonymous wrote:Is it confirmed that the child was in the house during the attacks? Given that it was BB’s birthday the day before, maybe the parents had sent the little girl to a friend’s house or relative’s house so they could have a night alone.

If BB was planning his wife’s murder, the very least he could do is ensure that his child was not in the house.

If the child was in the house, I wonder how that went down. Was she sleeping? Awake but in her room - and I doubt terrified? Really, really awful. I hope they rot in jail.

Confirmed by LE she was in house at the time. Maybe they gave her Benadryl or something?

What in the world?

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I don't but people give Benadryl to kids on car trips and on airplanes. They could hardly risk the preschooler walking IN on her mommy being stabbed to death. If she was in the house, had to be very unlikely to not get up and come looking for the au pair.

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Anonymous wrote:The husband doesn't appear very smart, but I'll give him some credit in the sense that this case doesn't seem to have been particularly easy for law enforcement.

What did the husband do for a living? Appears from the house and the au pair and everything else they were well off enough. Did Christine work?

Husband is/was FBI, Christine was a nurse. Seems like lifestyle would be a stretch on one income. Don't think he came from $, not sure about her. Even on fed/nurse income seems a bit of a stretch, but little girl started school this year so childcare costs almost over.

Not especially well off for this area, middle class. AP may have worked best for child care due to shift work.

If he's a GS-15, he's making at least $170. He had maybe a $600K mortgage at 2.75% interest. Easily affordable on that salary.

Why do you think he's a GS15? (not being snarky, seriously curious)

Age and experience.

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Anonymous wrote:The husband doesn't appear very smart, but I'll give him some credit in the sense that this case doesn't seem to have been particularly easy for law enforcement.

What did the husband do for a living? Appears from the house and the au pair and everything else they were well off enough. Did Christine work?

Husband is/was FBI, Christine was a nurse. Seems like lifestyle would be a stretch on one income. Don't think he came from $, not sure about her. Even on fed/nurse income seems a bit of a stretch, but little girl started school this year so childcare costs almost over.

Not especially well off for this area, middle class. AP may have worked best for child care due to shift work.

If he's a GS-15, he's making at least $170. He had maybe a $600K mortgage at 2.75% interest. Easily affordable on that salary.

Why do you think he's a GS15? (not being snarky, seriously curious)

Age and experience.

Public records show before he moved to DC he was making $63,743 as a tax compliance officer. That was 2018/9ish.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't but people give Benadryl to kids on car trips and on airplanes. They could hardly risk the preschooler walking IN on her mommy being stabbed to death. If she was in the house, had to be very unlikely to not get up and come looking for the au pair.

Yes, thank you, Captain Obvious.

Now I understand why people were obsessed with the Madeleine McCann case for decades. They make stuff up and convince themselves it's true.

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Stop it with the nanny language police.

And you make no sense. "Teslas can cost less than a Jeep." Uh, ok, and both still are a financial stretch for a fed, a nurse and a family with expensive in home childcare. Never mind when ONE EARNER IS NOW DEAD, cutting income significantly.

I think it "went too far" when BB and au pair started swanning around like "the last of the real ones" IRL in public and on socials, not to mention it was WAY TOO FAR when 2 human beings were MURDERED IN COLD BLOOD, but that's just me. Gossip about the neighbor's stuff and what it costs? It's called keeping up with the Joneses!

You sound unhinged. You should step back from coverage of this and recalibrate. The fact remains, as others have posted, that the couple likely made enough to easily cover the expenses cited. Obviously, that income has now been reduced to one, but when the purchase decisions were made they were a dual income family. I agree with PP who suggested you don’t understand the costs involved - for many families, an au pair is the most economical option. This can all be true AND the actions of the murderers can be heinous. It’s called a dialectic.

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Anonymous wrote:Apparently Brendan's mother has taken down her posts. I'm sorry to have missed them. From other posters I get the sense she was one delusional mama.

Her bizarre interactions here reminded me of the pedo Beauvoir teacher on the lam posting here. Anyone else remember that? And some mom from Chevy Chase recognized him at a party in Central America from the bus stop wanted poster by the Starbucks on Connecticut and FBI nailed him. DC Urban Mom sometimes is a real outlet for those who lack the impulse control to stay offline.

His mom is sad, another, albeit minor victim in all this. Her vehemence seemed a sign of how hard it was to stay in denial.

I cannot imagine how Christine's family is coping.

OK loony tune. I am the poster that you think is Brandon Banfield's mom. I am not. I live in NoVa and don't know the Banfields or anyone involved in this case. You are clearly nuts and obsessed with this case. I think every other post on this thread is yours.

And guess what? All your crazy swinging speculation was WRONG.

Lady, you're the loony tune. There are handfuls of people (at least!) posting on this thread. You think its one person?

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On reddit, someone said that BB left for work only 15 mins before the incident/call (which accounts for how quickly he got back home before the next 911 call). They pointed out that this may mean that JR was already there when BB left for work. Otherwise, the time for BB to leave for work, JR to arrive, Christine get brutally stabbed, AP to coincidentally arrive home and call BB all in time to make 2 911 calls seems too tight. Time between 1st and 2nd 911 calls was 13 mins.

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Anonymous wrote:This has gone too far when people are conjecturing about how they afford their lifestyle. FYI - Tesla's can cost less than a Jeep.

Stop it with the nanny language police.

And you make no sense. "Teslas can cost less than a Jeep." Uh, ok, and both still are a financial stretch for a fed, a nurse and a family with expensive in home childcare. Never mind when ONE EARNER IS NOW DEAD, cutting income significantly.

I think it "went too far" when BB and au pair started swanning around like "the last of the real ones" IRL in public and on socials, not to mention it was WAY TOO FAR when 2 human beings were MURDERED IN COLD BLOOD, but that's just me. Gossip about the neighbor's stuff and what it costs? It's called keeping up with the Joneses!

I don't think you know how much things cost and how much these people make. A PICU nurse probably makes $100K. A GS-15 probably makes $175. A Tesla costs $35K, and if he's leasing it, it's maybe $300/month. The Au pair costs maybe $1500/month (cheaper than daycare). His mortgage (inc. tax and insurance) is probably less than $3500 a month. He could easily afford these things even on his salary alone.

BS. My husband is a GS15 and although he makes about 184k/year, he brings home only about 7200k/month - net, after taxes, 401k, flex spending, etc.

Out mortgage is $2100k/month, but that is only because we had inheritance money to pay a bigger down payment (our house is worth about 900k, in Reston and when we bought it, it cost us 675k, with about 50% down payment).

No way we could have afford an aupair, a preschool tuition, student loan, tesla car payment, etc only on his salary alone.

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15 minutes. Multiple stab wounds to the upper body. She wasn't dead when EMS arrived. I don't think CB was killed until after the call.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This has gone too far when people are conjecturing about how they afford their lifestyle. FYI - Tesla's can cost less than a Jeep.

Stop it with the nanny language police.

And you make no sense. "Teslas can cost less than a Jeep." Uh, ok, and both still are a financial stretch for a fed, a nurse and a family with expensive in home childcare. Never mind when ONE EARNER IS NOW DEAD, cutting income significantly.

I think it "went too far" when BB and au pair started swanning around like "the last of the real ones" IRL in public and on socials, not to mention it was WAY TOO FAR when 2 human beings were MURDERED IN COLD BLOOD, but that's just me. Gossip about the neighbor's stuff and what it costs? It's called keeping up with the Joneses!

I don't think you know how much things cost and how much these people make. A PICU nurse probably makes $100K. A GS-15 probably makes $175. A Tesla costs $35K, and if he's leasing it, it's maybe $300/month. The Au pair costs maybe $1500/month (cheaper than daycare). His mortgage (inc. tax and insurance) is probably less than $3500 a month. He could easily afford these things even on his salary alone.

BS. My husband is a GS15 and although he makes about 184k/year, he brings home only about 7200k/month - net, after taxes, 401k, flex spending, etc.

Out mortgage is $2100k/month, but that is only because we had inheritance money to pay a bigger down payment (our house is worth about 900k, in Reston and when we bought it, it cost us 675k, with about 50% down payment).

No way we could have afford an aupair, a preschool tuition, student loan, tesla car payment, etc only on his salary alone.

Sorry you can't manage your money well. The truth is, we don't know anything about their financial situation - maybe their parents helped them buy the house, maybe his parents are helping him continue to pay for the au pair or the mortgage on his house. Maybe they did really well in the stock market (we own stock in Tesla, it's increased by 1000% since we bought it). Maybe he inherited money from his grandparents. You have no idea, but clearly he CAN afford to stay there.

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Anonymous wrote:15 minutes. Multiple stab wounds to the upper body. She wasn't dead when EMS arrived. I don't think CB was killed until after the call.

But how was there time for JR to "arrive" after BB left, and for BB to get alerted to an issue, return home and get on that 2nd 911 call? That's a very fast crime.

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I think JR must have been shot by AP before CB was stabbed.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't but people give Benadryl to kids on car trips and on airplanes. They could hardly risk the preschooler walking IN on her mommy being stabbed to death. If she was in the house, had to be very unlikely to not get up and come looking for the au pair.

Yes, thank you, Captain Obvious.

Now I understand why people were obsessed with the Madeleine McCann case for decades. They make stuff up and convince themselves it's true.

You don't think a child disappearing would in and of itself generate ongoing interest? Odd stance on a parent chat board.