New police body camera footage from the Fairfax County Sheriff's Office shows Juliana Perez Magalhães, the nanny of a suburban Virginia family who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in a double murder case last month, hyperventilating. I can confirm that there is.
Magalhães, a Brazilian national, appears to have fallen in love with her employer, former Internal Revenue Service employee Brendan Banfield, and the two are dating Banfield's wife, Christine Banfield, the mother of their four-year-old daughter. He is accused of hatching an elaborate plan to kill Mr Field. In February 2023.
A man named Joe Ryan was also allegedly killed as part of the scheme after prosecutors say he was contacted on a sexual fetish website and lured to the Banfields' home with the promise of sex.
In the February 2023 video, Magalhães can be heard telling police that her “husband” is downstairs.
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Juliana Perez Magalhães calls Brendan Banfield “husband” in new police body camera footage. (Fairfax County Police Department, via Associated Press)
“He started stabbing her,” Magalhães told police about Ryan in the video. “I think Brendan shot him, and he asked me [for] Please help me shoot him. …I had never met him before. ”
She was 22 years old when police first arrested her in October 2023, about eight months after the murder. Authorities charged her with aggravated murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.
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Brendan Banfield is charged with four counts of aggravated murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. (Fairfax County Police Department)
At the time of her arrest, she was moved to the master bedroom of the Banfields' Herndon home, where a photo of her and Brendan was placed on the nightstand next to her bed, authorities said.
Fairfax County police arrested Banfield, a 39-year-old IRS employee, in September, more than a year after the murder. He is charged with four counts of aggravated murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.
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This image provided by Fairfax County Police was taken on October 13, 2023 and was submitted as evidence in the murder case against Brendan Banfield. It shows a framed photo of Banfield and Juliana Perez Magalhães on a bedside table in Herndon, Virginia. (Fairfax County Police Department, via Associated Press)
According to FOX 5, Banfield could face life in prison on the charges, and Magalhães could face up to 10 years in prison for manslaughter.
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On February 24, 2023, police responded to a 911 call from Banfield's residence and found Christine with a stab wound to the neck and Ryan with a fatal gunshot wound in a second-floor bedroom of the home. . Authorities took Christine to the hospital, where she was later pronounced dead.
Christine Banfield was stabbed to death in her bedroom in Fairfax County, Virginia. (Facebook)
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Authorities recovered a knife and two guns from the home.
It remains unclear what happened inside the house that Friday morning, but Magalhães and Brendan appear to have admitted to shooting Ryan, who was holding a knife at Christine.
Magalhães is charged with second-degree murder and use of a deadly weapon during the commission of a crime. (Instagram)
Juliana's stepmother, Vivian Magalhães, told The Associated Press that she hopes her stepdaughter can return to Brazil soon.
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“It's still not clear. I think she was deceived by this man. He brainwashed her,” Vivian Magalhães told The Associated Press in Portuguese about Banfield. “She was never a gold digger in Brazil. For many years she dated men as humble as she was. It was inconceivable that she would be in this position.”
Mr. Banfield is no longer employed by the IRS.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
