Fairfax County Double Murder

[Anonymous]

For those who were thinking CB actually made the account to lure JR, nope:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/10/29/au-pair-manslaughter-plea-banfield-herndon-slaying/

"Clingan told a new, more detailed version to Chief Fairfax Circuit Court Judge Penney S. Azcarate after Magalhães quietly pleaded guilty to the reduced charge. Clingan said that after Magalhães and Brendan Banfield entered into a relationship, “Brendan Banfield told Peres Magalhães he desired to be rid of his wife” and “began planning to kill his wife and Joseph Ryan.

Clingan said Banfield opened an account on FetLife, a website for devotees of sexual fetishes, began communicating with others on the site and “settled on Joseph Ryan, and lured him to the Banfield home” on the morning of the double homicide.

After chatting with Ryan online, Brendan Banfield “directed Peres Magalhães to participate in a call with Joseph Ryan using the Telegram app” a few days before the shootings, to persuade Ryan to come to the house, Clingan said. He said that Banfield had bought a pistol and given it to Magalhães and that she would later use it to shoot Ryan.

Brendan Banfield’s plan for the slaying, Clingan said, was for Magalhães to call him when she saw Ryan enter the house. Then both Magalhães and Brendan Banfield were to call Christine Banfield, supposedly to alert her, the prosecutor said. But Brendan Banfield had turned his wife’s phone off and placed it in a kitchen drawer, Clingan said. So when Magalhães called Brendan Banfield, and he called his wife, that purported alert went unanswered, too, “as he knew it would,” the prosecutor said.

Brendan Banfield and Magalhães entered the house with his young daughter and placed the child in the basement, the prosecutor said. Clingan said both Banfield and Magalhães held guns; Magalhães had not retrieved one later, as she told police.

“Brendan Banfield called out ‘Police officer!’” Clingan said, “and shot Joseph Ryan in the head.” Magalhães called 911, and Ryan can be heard moaning in the background, Clingan said.

Then “Brendan Banfield stabbed Christine Banfield,” Clingan said. Soon after, Magalhães saw Ryan moving in the bedroom “and shot him,” Clingan said. “Joseph Ryan died in the Banfields’ bedroom.” "

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For those who were thinking CB actually made the account to lure JR, nope:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/10/29/au-pair-manslaughter-plea-banfield-herndon-slaying/

"Clingan told a new, more detailed version to Chief Fairfax Circuit Court Judge Penney S. Azcarate after Magalhães quietly pleaded guilty to the reduced charge. Clingan said that after Magalhães and Brendan Banfield entered into a relationship, “Brendan Banfield told Peres Magalhães he desired to be rid of his wife” and “began planning to kill his wife and Joseph Ryan.

Clingan said Banfield opened an account on FetLife, a website for devotees of sexual fetishes, began communicating with others on the site and “settled on Joseph Ryan, and lured him to the Banfield home” on the morning of the double homicide.

After chatting with Ryan online, Brendan Banfield “directed Peres Magalhães to participate in a call with Joseph Ryan using the Telegram app” a few days before the shootings, to persuade Ryan to come to the house, Clingan said. He said that Banfield had bought a pistol and given it to Magalhães and that she would later use it to shoot Ryan.

Brendan Banfield’s plan for the slaying, Clingan said, was for Magalhães to call him when she saw Ryan enter the house. Then both Magalhães and Brendan Banfield were to call Christine Banfield, supposedly to alert her, the prosecutor said. But Brendan Banfield had turned his wife’s phone off and placed it in a kitchen drawer, Clingan said. So when Magalhães called Brendan Banfield, and he called his wife, that purported alert went unanswered, too, “as he knew it would,” the prosecutor said.

Brendan Banfield and Magalhães entered the house with his young daughter and placed the child in the basement, the prosecutor said. Clingan said both Banfield and Magalhães held guns; Magalhães had not retrieved one later, as she told police.

“Brendan Banfield called out ‘Police officer!’” Clingan said, “and shot Joseph Ryan in the head.” Magalhães called 911, and Ryan can be heard moaning in the background, Clingan said.

Then “Brendan Banfield stabbed Christine Banfield,” Clingan said. Soon after, Magalhães saw Ryan moving in the bedroom “and shot him,” Clingan said. “Joseph Ryan died in the Banfields’ bedroom.” "

So f'ed up!

[Anonymous]

Sing little birdie, sing!

[Anonymous]

The terror and confusion CB must have gone through….
You see all of that and is able to have sex and sleep in the very same bedroom? This brings me so much rage.

[Anonymous]

I can’t imagine how confused Christine must have been. I think that’s the only part that’s really unanswered, was he in the bedroom with her doing “his part” of the role play and she had no effing clue why he was there? Scared as hell? How did all of that play out without, both of them realizing something terrible was going on?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand, and maybe I’m too stupid but why is she getting manslaughter only if she was part of the whole plot? Why isn’t she charged with 1st degree murder?

Because they need her testimony to get Banfield.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For those who were thinking CB actually made the account to lure JR, nope:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/10/29/au-pair-manslaughter-plea-banfield-herndon-slaying/

"Clingan told a new, more detailed version to Chief Fairfax Circuit Court Judge Penney S. Azcarate after Magalhães quietly pleaded guilty to the reduced charge. Clingan said that after Magalhães and Brendan Banfield entered into a relationship, “Brendan Banfield told Peres Magalhães he desired to be rid of his wife” and “began planning to kill his wife and Joseph Ryan.

Clingan said Banfield opened an account on FetLife, a website for devotees of sexual fetishes, began communicating with others on the site and “settled on Joseph Ryan, and lured him to the Banfield home” on the morning of the double homicide.

After chatting with Ryan online, Brendan Banfield “directed Peres Magalhães to participate in a call with Joseph Ryan using the Telegram app” a few days before the shootings, to persuade Ryan to come to the house, Clingan said. He said that Banfield had bought a pistol and given it to Magalhães and that she would later use it to shoot Ryan.

Brendan Banfield’s plan for the slaying, Clingan said, was for Magalhães to call him when she saw Ryan enter the house. Then both Magalhães and Brendan Banfield were to call Christine Banfield, supposedly to alert her, the prosecutor said. But Brendan Banfield had turned his wife’s phone off and placed it in a kitchen drawer, Clingan said. So when Magalhães called Brendan Banfield, and he called his wife, that purported alert went unanswered, too, “as he knew it would,” the prosecutor said.

Brendan Banfield and Magalhães entered the house with his young daughter and placed the child in the basement, the prosecutor said. Clingan said both Banfield and Magalhães held guns; Magalhães had not retrieved one later, as she told police.

“Brendan Banfield called out ‘Police officer!’” Clingan said, “and shot Joseph Ryan in the head.” Magalhães called 911, and Ryan can be heard moaning in the background, Clingan said.

Then “Brendan Banfield stabbed Christine Banfield,” Clingan said. Soon after, Magalhães saw Ryan moving in the bedroom “and shot him,” Clingan said. “Joseph Ryan died in the Banfields’ bedroom.” "

I don't understand the point of planning to call CB to "alert"her - why?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Type the url of the article into the bar

Sorry can you please explain again in different words?

This forum won't let me post the exact address for some reason.

Try visiting "archive DOT is"

Or "12ft DOT io"

Type these addresses in exactly, except put a period instead of the word DOT

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For those who were thinking CB actually made the account to lure JR, nope:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/10/29/au-pair-manslaughter-plea-banfield-herndon-slaying/

"Clingan told a new, more detailed version to Chief Fairfax Circuit Court Judge Penney S. Azcarate after Magalhães quietly pleaded guilty to the reduced charge. Clingan said that after Magalhães and Brendan Banfield entered into a relationship, “Brendan Banfield told Peres Magalhães he desired to be rid of his wife” and “began planning to kill his wife and Joseph Ryan.

Clingan said Banfield opened an account on FetLife, a website for devotees of sexual fetishes, began communicating with others on the site and “settled on Joseph Ryan, and lured him to the Banfield home” on the morning of the double homicide.

After chatting with Ryan online, Brendan Banfield “directed Peres Magalhães to participate in a call with Joseph Ryan using the Telegram app” a few days before the shootings, to persuade Ryan to come to the house, Clingan said. He said that Banfield had bought a pistol and given it to Magalhães and that she would later use it to shoot Ryan.

Brendan Banfield’s plan for the slaying, Clingan said, was for Magalhães to call him when she saw Ryan enter the house. Then both Magalhães and Brendan Banfield were to call Christine Banfield, supposedly to alert her, the prosecutor said. But Brendan Banfield had turned his wife’s phone off and placed it in a kitchen drawer, Clingan said. So when Magalhães called Brendan Banfield, and he called his wife, that purported alert went unanswered, too, “as he knew it would,” the prosecutor said.

Brendan Banfield and Magalhães entered the house with his young daughter and placed the child in the basement, the prosecutor said. Clingan said both Banfield and Magalhães held guns; Magalhães had not retrieved one later, as she told police.

“Brendan Banfield called out ‘Police officer!’” Clingan said, “and shot Joseph Ryan in the head.” Magalhães called 911, and Ryan can be heard moaning in the background, Clingan said.

Then “Brendan Banfield stabbed Christine Banfield,” Clingan said. Soon after, Magalhães saw Ryan moving in the bedroom “and shot him,” Clingan said. “Joseph Ryan died in the Banfields’ bedroom.” "

I don't understand the point of planning to call CB to "alert"her - why?

So it could look like he tried to warn her that there was an intruder, thus making himself look innocent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For those who were thinking CB actually made the account to lure JR, nope:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/10/29/au-pair-manslaughter-plea-banfield-herndon-slaying/

"Clingan told a new, more detailed version to Chief Fairfax Circuit Court Judge Penney S. Azcarate after Magalhães quietly pleaded guilty to the reduced charge. Clingan said that after Magalhães and Brendan Banfield entered into a relationship, “Brendan Banfield told Peres Magalhães he desired to be rid of his wife” and “began planning to kill his wife and Joseph Ryan.

Clingan said Banfield opened an account on FetLife, a website for devotees of sexual fetishes, began communicating with others on the site and “settled on Joseph Ryan, and lured him to the Banfield home” on the morning of the double homicide.

After chatting with Ryan online, Brendan Banfield “directed Peres Magalhães to participate in a call with Joseph Ryan using the Telegram app” a few days before the shootings, to persuade Ryan to come to the house, Clingan said. He said that Banfield had bought a pistol and given it to Magalhães and that she would later use it to shoot Ryan.

Brendan Banfield’s plan for the slaying, Clingan said, was for Magalhães to call him when she saw Ryan enter the house. Then both Magalhães and Brendan Banfield were to call Christine Banfield, supposedly to alert her, the prosecutor said. But Brendan Banfield had turned his wife’s phone off and placed it in a kitchen drawer, Clingan said. So when Magalhães called Brendan Banfield, and he called his wife, that purported alert went unanswered, too, “as he knew it would,” the prosecutor said.

Brendan Banfield and Magalhães entered the house with his young daughter and placed the child in the basement, the prosecutor said. Clingan said both Banfield and Magalhães held guns; Magalhães had not retrieved one later, as she told police.

“Brendan Banfield called out ‘Police officer!’” Clingan said, “and shot Joseph Ryan in the head.” Magalhães called 911, and Ryan can be heard moaning in the background, Clingan said.

Then “Brendan Banfield stabbed Christine Banfield,” Clingan said. Soon after, Magalhães saw Ryan moving in the bedroom “and shot him,” Clingan said. “Joseph Ryan died in the Banfields’ bedroom.” "

I don't understand the point of planning to call CB to "alert"her - why?

I think it was just part of the ruse to make the au pair's story seem credible. BB knew it would go unanswered as he had put her phone in a drawer.

[Anonymous]

So the fetish guy never spoke to the wife, just corresponded with some anonymous online account, went to the address provided, and busted in and started attacking her? WTF.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So the fetish guy never spoke to the wife, just corresponded with some anonymous online account, went to the address provided, and busted in and started attacking her? WTF.

He spoke to Juliana , thinking it was the wife.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So the fetish guy never spoke to the wife, just corresponded with some anonymous online account, went to the address provided, and busted in and started attacking her? WTF.

He spoke to Juliana , thinking it was the wife.

I guess I'm assuming the fetish guy was an innocent who was set up, but he could've been a criminal they were paying. I just don't see how you wouldn't question a nice looking lady inviting you to her huge house in a fancy ass neighborhood at like 7am to attack her. It's not anything close to normal.

[Anonymous]

I wonder if Banfield's mother will continue to pay the au pair's legal fees now that the au pair has provided testimony implicating her son.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So the fetish guy never spoke to the wife, just corresponded with some anonymous online account, went to the address provided, and busted in and started attacking her? WTF.

He spoke to Juliana , thinking it was the wife.

I guess I'm assuming the fetish guy was an innocent who was set up, but he could've been a criminal they were paying. I just don't see how you wouldn't question a nice looking lady inviting you to her huge house in a fancy ass neighborhood at like 7am to attack her. It's not anything close to normal.

Really?