Bombshell court announcement of glamorous au pair who helped kill lover's wife and innocent man

An au brace accused of colluding pinch her boss turned person to termination his woman and a alien successful their Virginia location has taken a plea deal.

Juliana Peres Magalhaes, 24, pleaded blameworthy to manslaughter successful nan February 24, 2023, shooting decease of Joseph Ryan connected Tuesday, reported NBC Washington.

Last month, Brendan Banfield was indicted successful nan deaths of Ryan and his wife, Christine Banfield.

Police said nan 2 worked together to lure Ryan - who had nary relationship to nan family - to their $1 cardinal Herndon location and staged the scene to make it look for illustration he killed Christine.

The position of Magalhaes' plea woody allowed her to plead blameworthy to nan lesser complaint of manslaughter successful speech for her practice successful Banfield's prosecution.

'Much of nan accusation that led to this statement cannot beryllium made nationalist astatine this time, owed to nan upcoming criminal proceedings against nan different suspect successful this matter,' Fairfax County Commonwealth's Attorney Steve Descano said.

The commonwealth's lawyer reportedly plans to urge her condemnation beryllium capped astatine clip served - though her sentencing is not scheduled until March 21, 2025, aft Banfield's proceedings is group to start.

Christine Banfield, 37, was found wrong her bedroom suffering from stab wounds alongside Ryan, 39, who was shot, successful February 2023 successful Herndon, Virginia. 

Banfield and Magalhaes, who were allegedly having an matter astatine nan time, claimed they arrived to find Ryan attacking Christine, and some changeable him.

However, Deputy Commonwealth's Attorney Eric Clingan revealed successful tribunal that humor splatter study showed nan bodies were moved.

He said constabulary received successful August 'two definitive reports from master forensic investigators' who spent much than a twelvemonth reviewing evidence.

Authorities person said nan killings were portion of a larger strategy betwixt Magalhaes and Banfield, whom officials alleged began a romanticist narration successful August 2022.

In nan six months earlier nan killings, Magalhaes and Banfield went connected a travel to New York City together, and took romanticist pictures together, Clingan said.

On nan time of nan killings, prosecutors said Magalhaes called 911 astatine slightest doubly wrong minutes, but ended nan calls earlier speaking pinch first responders.

More than 10 minutes later, prosecutors alleged successful court, Magalhes called 911 a last clip and reported nan emergency.

Banfield past said into nan telephone and said he had changeable a man because that man stabbed his wife.

Police soon arrived astatine nan Banfields' location and recovered that Ryan had been fatally changeable and Christine was suffering from stab wounds. She was taken to nan hospital, wherever she died.

Magalhaes told constabulary she had near nan family location to return nan kid to nan zoo but returned aft realizing she had near their lunches.

She said she near nan kid successful nan basement aft she and Banfield heard what sounded for illustration an intruder earlier they discovered Christine being attacked.

However, prosecutors said grounds pointed to a overmuch different story, suggesting Ryan was gunned down arsenic portion of a strategy to get free of Christine. 

Police said they uncovered grounds of a concealed lovers' getaway and pointed retired that conscionable 8 months aft nan killings Magalhaes had moved into nan main bedroom. 

They allege that personification created a clone relationship for Christine connected a BDSM tract and made plans to person 'rough sex' pinch Ryan earlier they were some killed.

Prosecutors besides pointed retired a 10-minute hold betwixt nan first 911 telephone being placed and Magalhaes' last call.