Fairfax County Double Murder

[Anonymous]

So Ryan has been obsessed with CB for years, he knows when BB's Birthday is and gets triggered by that. He also knows their exact schedule or spends his time sitting in the bushes that night waiting for them to leave. Does he have schizophrenia that his friends failed to mention? That's the only thing that would make any of this believable.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:^ messed up the quotes but the gist of it is she is telling the discredited story Brendan and Juliana have been telling all along and trying to smear Christine and Joe for having sex. No mention of her daughter's own affair with Brendan Banfield.

Her daughter also told her the case was closed 3 months ago.

In her telling, Juliana is a hero, not a killer.

She mentions her "arriving for work" but in the People article she had said she and the child had been out.

I don't get the "arriving for work" thing in the article b/c she lived there! Also, she said the kid was with her. Maybe it was something lost in translation.

Yes "arriving for work" doesn't make a ton of sense unless there is some detail missing, e.g. she was given the previous day off and stayed somewhere else the previous night, or she was out on some personal errand in the morning and returned home. To me this is a minor point and not some kind of "gotcha" moment.

Her mom said that phrase a few times, maybe to make it seem more of an employment relationship and divert from the dates. Or could be some language thing. Or mom doesn't know about the Brendan affair. Although if my kid was in another country I'd keep an eye on their socials.

A neighbor posted that the night before Christine, Brendan and Juliana were all at home on Brendan's birthday. Joe arrived the next morning. I've always wondered if the child stayed with au pair the night before and the she says they were out. Likely true as could be verified.

The only thing that mom says that is interesting is that Juliana's lawyer not paid by family or Brazilian help. So, Brendan, unless she has some other sugar daddy.

Can you clarify what you mean? Stayed with the Au Pair the night before? Juliana lived in the house. That’s the benefit for being an au pair. perhaps the daughter and the aupair stayed somewhere else that night, so Christine and Brandon could “celebrate” his birthday, meaning, he stabbed her without the daughter being at home.

She could not have been stabbed much earlier since she was still alive at the hospital.

No, I meant slept in the au pair suite rather than her bedroom possibly? A neighbor said Christine, Brendan and Juliana were all home the night of his birthday. Joe came the next day, to be set up and shot.

Then au pair says she, child and Brendan were all out in the am. So, actually doesn't really matter where child slept. Likely true and verifiable as they would want that documented. And makes sense since Joe being lured into coming over had been arranged as the pretext for the whole scheme.

Not clear where child was "parked" once she and au pair arrived home and why she stayed put with her father arriving back, etc. Guess arranging a playdate would have seemed too pre-planned?

Very tight timeline for shooting and stabbing. Maybe Christine was incapacitated in some way and Joe was shot first, unclear as of yet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So Ryan has been obsessed with CB for years, he knows when BB's Birthday is and gets triggered by that. He also knows their exact schedule or spends his time sitting in the bushes that night waiting for them to leave. Does he have schizophrenia that his friends failed to mention? That's the only thing that would make any of this believable.

No. He had recently met that Banfields, I'm sure there are electronic records of that. He was set up, it's been done before.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Winger

There was some other case linked upthread where some guy killed his wife and invited his own friend, not fetlife hookup over, and framed and killed him. Easier to get divorced and split the money but some find thrill kills a rush, I suppose. Plus playing head games with LE maybe.

I really wonder if she thought he was going to marry her? By letting the visa lapse did he think she would leave and no longer be his problem?

It's not believable that Brendan and Juliana thought their plot was going to fly with LE, yet, here we are. The home invasion with no forced entry. I believe LE likely has electronic records from Joe's accounts inviting him that day.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Buckle up, the apple may not fall far from the tree

https://www.thedailybeast.com/juliana-peres-magalhaes-mom-of-alleged-killer-au-pair-makes-bombshell-claims-about-puzzling-homicide-case

Do you mind giving a quick summary? That site makes people sign up to read articles.

In an interview with Brazil’s Folha newspaper published Sunday, Magalhaes’ mother, Marina Peres Souza, said she was shaken and deeply worried about her daughter’s situation. She also gave an account of what Magalhaes said happened on the morning of the deaths.

Souza says Magalhaes was arriving for work when she saw a man entering the house and, feeling scared, called Brendan Banfield to tell him about the break-in. Magalhaes and Brendan Banfield then entered the property and found Christine wounded. It was then that Magalhaes, Brendan Banfield, and Ryan allegedly got into a dispute, and Magalhaes shot Ryan to “defend herself and her family.”

Souza also claimed that Magalhaes had told her that the case had been closed around three months ago—and that Christine Banfield and Ryan had previously been in a relationship. “She told me that the case had been closed, and that the police had concluded that it was Ryan who killed Christine, because they were ex-partners,” Souza was quoted as saying. “And then we found out about two days before the arrest that they were investigating [her]. They ambushed her on Thursday before work.”

So according to mom, BB and AP entered the house together but her daughter, a nanny, was the one who shot JR? Not the federal agent who likely had way more experience and training in dealing with these kinds of situations? Also why was your daughter part of the dispute? Wouldn’t your job as the nanny be to take the child to safety and call 911? This is why you don’t blab to the papers people.

[Anonymous]

A few comments as someone who used to have au pairs:

1. You agree with them in advance on their weekly schedule. So if Juliana is to be believed, she probably was slated to start work that morning at 8 AM. She could've taken the family's car to run an errand before her shift. I would be interested to hear if she took the child with her to run the errand. That would be highly unusual, since the au pair's "off time" means no child responsibilities. Would be quite suspicious.

2. Au pairs get a J-1 visa good for 1 year. Once her year is up (which apparently was now), they can:

1. Return home;
2. Continue staying with their host family for another year (called extending); or
3. Request to extend with a new host family (in which case they interview and hope to "match" with a family).

In the case of 2 and 3, that allows them to stay legally in the US for an additional year.

However, 2 and 3 require (1) the au pair agency to agree to the extension and (2) the Department of State to approve the extension. I'd be interested in how the agency handled this. I imagine they wanted her to leave the country right after the murder, or immediately re-match with a different family. The au pair agencies are pretty hands off, but allowing an au pair to stay in a home where the host mother was murdered seems... a lot, even for them.

Also, what BS that the au pair knows all about some sordid relationship between CB and JR but doesn't recognize his car?! Sure.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:^ messed up the quotes but the gist of it is she is telling the discredited story Brendan and Juliana have been telling all along and trying to smear Christine and Joe for having sex. No mention of her daughter's own affair with Brendan Banfield.

Her daughter also told her the case was closed 3 months ago.

In her telling, Juliana is a hero, not a killer.

She mentions her "arriving for work" but in the People article she had said she and the child had been out.

I don't get the "arriving for work" thing in the article b/c she lived there! Also, she said the kid was with her. Maybe it was something lost in translation.

Yes "arriving for work" doesn't make a ton of sense unless there is some detail missing, e.g. she was given the previous day off and stayed somewhere else the previous night, or she was out on some personal errand in the morning and returned home. To me this is a minor point and not some kind of "gotcha" moment.

Maybe her room is in the basement and arriving for work for her was when she climbed the stairs to the main floor.

But she said she pulled up to the house and saw a strange car there.

She claims they were out early that morning, her Brendan and the child.

https://people.com/au-pair-accused-murdering-man-calling-911-8364433

The murders were complete and 1st call to 911 at 7:49, so, very early.

Them being out set up the narrative that BB, trained LE, was not at home at time of fake home invasion.

[Anonymous]

If Brendan had been taking her to the firing range, would there be any record of that? I have no idea, sorry if dumb question.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A few comments as someone who used to have au pairs:

1. You agree with them in advance on their weekly schedule. So if Juliana is to be believed, she probably was slated to start work that morning at 8 AM. She could've taken the family's car to run an errand before her shift. I would be interested to hear if she took the child with her to run the errand. That would be highly unusual, since the au pair's "off time" means no child responsibilities. Would be quite suspicious.

2. Au pairs get a J-1 visa good for 1 year. Once her year is up (which apparently was now), they can:

1. Return home;
2. Continue staying with their host family for another year (called extending); or
3. Request to extend with a new host family (in which case they interview and hope to "match" with a family).

In the case of 2 and 3, that allows them to stay legally in the US for an additional year.

However, 2 and 3 require (1) the au pair agency to agree to the extension and (2) the Department of State to approve the extension. I'd be interested in how the agency handled this. I imagine they wanted her to leave the country right after the murder, or immediately re-match with a different family. The au pair agencies are pretty hands off, but allowing an au pair to stay in a home where the host mother was murdered seems... a lot, even for them.

Also, what BS that the au pair knows all about some sordid relationship between CB and JR but doesn't recognize his car?! Sure.

I thought this was an extended year with the Banfields? Am I mixing up their aps? So, then would have to rematch? And had applied to extend visa? Wonder what type and on what basis?

Hey, that girl KNOWS from sordid! And she was so in fear she did not call 911, did not go to a neighbor for help, but barged in with small child in tow? Totes plausible. But necessary tall tale to set up their discredited narrative.

[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.

Au pair is significantly more than that bc you continue to pay an agency fee monthly

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:A few comments as someone who used to have au pairs:

1. You agree with them in advance on their weekly schedule. So if Juliana is to be believed, she probably was slated to start work that morning at 8 AM. She could've taken the family's car to run an errand before her shift. I would be interested to hear if she took the child with her to run the errand. That would be highly unusual, since the au pair's "off time" means no child responsibilities. Would be quite suspicious.

2. Au pairs get a J-1 visa good for 1 year. Once her year is up (which apparently was now), they can:

1. Return home;
2. Continue staying with their host family for another year (called extending); or
3. Request to extend with a new host family (in which case they interview and hope to "match" with a family).

In the case of 2 and 3, that allows them to stay legally in the US for an additional year.

However, 2 and 3 require (1) the au pair agency to agree to the extension and (2) the Department of State to approve the extension. I'd be interested in how the agency handled this. I imagine they wanted her to leave the country right after the murder, or immediately re-match with a different family. The au pair agencies are pretty hands off, but allowing an au pair to stay in a home where the host mother was murdered seems... a lot, even for them.

Also, what BS that the au pair knows all about some sordid relationship between CB and JR but doesn't recognize his car?! Sure.

I thought this was an extended year with the Banfields? Am I mixing up their aps? So, then would have to rematch? And had applied to extend visa? Wonder what type and on what basis?

Hey, that girl KNOWS from sordid! And she was so in fear she did not call 911, did not go to a neighbor for help, but barged in with small child in tow? Totes plausible. But necessary tall tale to set up their discredited narrative.

If she was already in her extension year (i.e., this is her second year as an au pair), then there would be no way for her to extend her J-1 visa. The only way she would be able to stay in the US legally would be to switch to a student visa (difficult but not impossible for Au pairs to do) or get married. Either way, if her visa was up, it makes perfect sense that LE would make a move now to prevent her from going back to Brazil

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A few comments as someone who used to have au pairs:

1. You agree with them in advance on their weekly schedule. So if Juliana is to be believed, she probably was slated to start work that morning at 8 AM. She could've taken the family's car to run an errand before her shift. I would be interested to hear if she took the child with her to run the errand. That would be highly unusual, since the au pair's "off time" means no child responsibilities. Would be quite suspicious.

2. Au pairs get a J-1 visa good for 1 year. Once her year is up (which apparently was now), they can:

1. Return home;
2. Continue staying with their host family for another year (called extending); or
3. Request to extend with a new host family (in which case they interview and hope to "match" with a family).

In the case of 2 and 3, that allows them to stay legally in the US for an additional year.

However, 2 and 3 require (1) the au pair agency to agree to the extension and (2) the Department of State to approve the extension. I'd be interested in how the agency handled this. I imagine they wanted her to leave the country right after the murder, or immediately re-match with a different family. The au pair agencies are pretty hands off, but allowing an au pair to stay in a home where the host mother was murdered seems... a lot, even for them.

Also, what BS that the au pair knows all about some sordid relationship between CB and JR but doesn't recognize his car?! Sure.

I thought this was an extended year with the Banfields? Am I mixing up their aps? So, then would have to rematch? And had applied to extend visa? Wonder what type and on what basis?

Hey, that girl KNOWS from sordid! And she was so in fear she did not call 911, did not go to a neighbor for help, but barged in with small child in tow? Totes plausible. But necessary tall tale to set up their discredited narrative.

If she was already in her extension year (i.e., this is her second year as an au pair), then there would be no way for her to extend her J-1 visa. The only way she would be able to stay in the US legally would be to switch to a student visa (difficult but not impossible for Au pairs to do) or get married. Either way, if her visa was up, it makes perfect sense that LE would make a move now to prevent her from going back to Brazil

Also she is already under pressure from visa status, opportune time to tighten the screws with a bit of an overcharge.

Her mother claims she recently applied to extend her visa. A poster on here said she was looking for childcare work, isn't that restricted for au pairs? If she had done 1 year with Banfields and was re-matching with Brendan, why would she be looking for other work? To extend her J-1 she would have to HAVE a match, yes? Anyone who knows more re: her current/future match care to chime in?

[Anonymous]

Is this another IG associated with the AP? She liked one of BB’s mom’s posts on Oct 1, 2023 and appears to post pictures tagged in Herndon.

[Anonymous]

https://instagram.com/brazilian_culture_byjuliana?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

[Anonymous]

Brendan's mom commented on at least 1 of her posts in 7/23.

His mom, name on account, who libels victim Joe Ryan and who mused that she imagined her DIL, mother of her grandchild as "happy" in death is also quite something.

[Anonymous]

Good find, re: the account, PP.