FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. – Brendan Banfield returned to court Wednesday as newly released body-worn camera footage showed the moments he was told about his wife’s death.
Banfield is charged with aggravated murder in the February 2023 killings of his wife, Christine Banfield, and Joseph Ryan at the couple’s northern Virginia home. He has pleaded not guilty.
What we know: — According to court records, Banfield and the family’s au pair, Juliana Peres Magalhães, were with Christine and Ryan in the bedroom the morning the victims were killed.
Authorities say Banfield and Magalhães initially told investigators they saw Ryan, a stranger, stabbing Christine after entering the home, and that both of them then shot him.…