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HAND THAT ROCKED THE CRADLE: AU PAIR PLOTS MURDER OF LOVE-RAT-BOSS’ WIFE, HUBBY BUSTED

It took over a year for Virginia police to make a second arrest in connection with the murders of Christine Banfield and Joseph Ryan.

Juliana Peres Magalhães, the au pair caring for Banfield's daughter, faces second-degree murder charges, but only in Joseph Ryan's death. The person indicted in Christine Banfield’s killing is her husband, Brendan Banfield. He faces four counts of aggravated murder and one count of felony firearm use. That day, Banfield told 911 he shot a man who had stabbed his wife.

Investigators say the killings were part of a larger scheme. Peres Magalhães and Brendan…

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