Juliana Peres Magalhães, the nanny for a suburban Virginia household who pleaded responsible to manslaughter final month in a double murder case, may be seen hyperventilating in new police physique digicam footage from the Fairfax County Police Division.
Magalhães, a Brazilian nationwide, apparently fell in love along with her employer, former IRS agent Brendan Banfield, and the pair have been accused of staging a fancy plot to homicide Banfield’s spouse, Christine Banfield, the mom of his 4-year-old daughter, in February 2023.
An man named Joe Ryan was additionally killed as a part of the alleged scheme after prosecutors say he was contacted on a sexual fetish web site and lured to the Banfields’ dwelling with the promise of intercourse.
Within the February 2023 video, Magalhães may be heard telling police her “husband” is downstairs.
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Juliana Peres Magalhães in new police bodycam footage calling Brendan Banfield her “husband.” (Fairfax County Police Division through AP)
“He began stabbing her,” Magalhães informed police within the video, referring to Ryan. “I believe Brendan shot him, and he requested me [for] assist taking pictures him. … I by no means noticed him earlier than.”
She was 22 when police initially arrested her in October 2023, about eight months after the killings, when authorities charged her with aggravated homicide and use of a gun in fee of a felony.
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Brendan Banfield is charged with 4 counts of aggravated homicide and use of a gun in fee of a felony. (Fairfax County Police Division)
On the time of her arrest, she had moved into the primary bed room of the Banfields’ Herndon dwelling, with a photograph of herself and Brendan collectively on a nightstand beside the mattress, in accordance with authorities.
Fairfax County Police arrested Banfield, a 39-year-old IRS worker, in September, greater than a yr after the murders. He’s charged with 4 counts of aggravated homicide and use of a gun within the fee of a felony.
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This picture offered by the Fairfax County Police Division and brought Oct. 13, 2023, was submitted as proof within the homicide case towards Brendan Banfield. It reveals a framed picture of Banfield and Juliana Peres Magalhães on his bedside desk in Herndon, Va. (Fairfax County Police Division through AP)
Banfield faces a possible life jail sentence for the alleged crimes, whereas Magalhães faces a most sentence of 10 years for the manslaughter cost, in accordance with FOX 5.
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When police responded to a 911 name from the Banfield residence Feb. 24, 2023, they discovered Christine with stab wounds to the neck and Ryan with deadly gunshot wounds within the upstairs bed room of the house. Authorities took Christine to the hospital, the place she was later pronounced useless.
Christine Banfield was stabbed to demise within the bed room of her Fairfax County, Virginia, dwelling. (Fb)
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Officers recovered a knife and two weapons from the home.
It stays unclear precisely what transpired inside the house that Friday morning, however Magalhães and Brendan apparently each admitted to taking pictures Ryan whereas the person was holding a knife to Christine.
Magalhães is charged with second-degree homicide and use of a lethal weapon throughout the fee of a criminal offense. (Instagram)
Viviane Magalhães, Juliana’s stepmother, informed The Related Press she hopes her stepdaughter can return dwelling to Brazil quickly.
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“We nonetheless cannot determine this out. I imagine she was fooled by this man. He brainwashed her,” Viviane Magalhães informed the AP in Portuguese, referring to Banfield. “She was by no means a gold digger in Brazil. For a few years, she dated a person who was as humble as she was. We may by no means consider her dwelling a state of affairs like this.”
Banfield is not employed by the IRS.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
