Nanny suspect in suburban double murder strikes plea deal as tax agent employer faces trial

Juliana Peres Magalhaes, nan Brazilian who was charged on pinch her Virginia employer successful relationship pinch the murders of his woman and an chartless man successful February 2023, has pleaded blameworthy to a lesser crime, according to section news.

The then-22-year-old au brace and Brendan Banfield, a hubby and nan begetter of a then-4-year-old daughter, are accused of sidesplitting Christine Banfield — Brendan's woman and Fairfax County NICU worker — and Joseph Ryan, nan 38-year-old man who showed up astatine nan Banfields' location equipped pinch a knife, in Herndon, Virginia, successful February 2023.

Magalhaes, now 24, pleaded blameworthy to manslaughter connected Tuesday morning, according to FOX 5 D.C. She was scheduled to guidelines proceedings successful November.

She was initially arrested successful October 2023, astir 8 months aft nan killings, erstwhile authorities charged her pinch aggravated execution and usage of a firearm successful committee of a felony.

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Juliana Peres Magalhaes was charged astir 8 months aft she fatally changeable Joseph Ryan – the man had conscionable stabbed her matter partner's woman to death. (Fairfax County Police)

Virginia authorities arrested Banfield, a 39-year-old IRS employee, successful September, much than a twelvemonth after nan murders took place. He is charged pinch 4 counts of aggravated execution and usage of a firearm successful committee of a felony.

Banfield faces a imaginable life situation condemnation for nan alleged crimes, while Magalhaes faces a maximum condemnation of 10 years for nan manslaughter charge, according to FOX 5.

Prosecutors allege nan murders stemmed from a strategy orchestrated by Banfield and Magalhaes, who were successful a romanticist narration at nan clip of nan crime and for months afterward, earlier their arrests.

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Magalhaes was charged pinch second-degree execution and usage of a deadly limb during nan committee of a crime. (Instagram)

Ryan's relationship to nan family aliases their au brace remains unclear.

"On Feb. 24, 2023, I stood successful nan mediate of a cul-de-sac thoroughfare successful Fairfax County and described nan deaths of 2 persons wrong of a residential home. Now, 570 days later, we cognize nan deaths of Joseph Ryan and Christine Banfield are, successful fact, murders," Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis said during a September property conference.

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When constabulary responded to a 911 telephone from nan residence that day, they recovered Christine pinch stab wounds to nan cervix and Ryan pinch fatal gunshot wounds successful nan upstairs chamber of nan home. Authorities took Christine to nan hospital, wherever she was later pronounced dead, Davis said.

Brendan Banfield is charged pinch 4 counts of aggravated execution and usage of a firearm successful committee of a felony.  (Fairfax Co. PD)

Officials recovered a weapon and 2 firearms from nan scene.

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"We cognize Brendan Banfield and Juliana Magalhaes were progressive successful a romanticist narration astatine nan clip of nan murders," Davis said during nan September property conference. "I will not picture our victim, Joseph Ryan's, engagement pinch anyone successful nan lawsuit astatine nan infinitesimal because this investigation continues."

Christine Banfield was stabbed to decease successful nan chamber of her Fairfax County, Virginia, home. (Facebook)

Initially, Magalhaes told constabulary that she and Banfield saw an chartless man, Ryan, holding Christine astatine knifepoint connected nan greeting nan murders took place. She allegedly described him arsenic an intruder. Ryan was apparently afloat clothed while Christine was naked successful nan main chamber of nan house.

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It remains unclear precisely what transpired wrong nan location that Friday morning, but Magalhaes and Brendan apparently some admitted to shooting Ryan while nan man was holding a weapon to Christine.

A framed photograph of Brendan Banfield and Juliana Magalhaes and nan mistress's lingerie were recovered successful nan room wherever nan double homicide occurred, according to prosecutors. (Fairfax County Commonwealth Attorney's Office)

Prosecutors allege that a machine astatine nan Banfield location was tied to an relationship connected a intersexual fetish website, nan Post reported.

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Ryan, nan man who reportedly held Christine astatine knifepoint, besides apparently had an relationship connected nan website and had been communicating pinch whoever was accessing nan tract from nan Banfield computer.

Fairfax constabulary apprehension Brandon Banfield. (Fairfax County Police Department)

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Authorities arrested Magalhaes successful October 2023 aft she moved successful to nan Banfields' main chamber and placed a framed photograph of herself pinch Brendan connected a nightstand beside nan bed. A expansive assemblage indicted nan 23-year-old successful April.

Banfield is nary longer employed by nan IRS.