Скачать или смотреть Brendan Banfield Case: Police Expert Said Prosecution Was WRONG — Then They Transferred Him

The Brendan Banfield case is one of the most controversial murder investigations in Fairfax County history — and the prosecution's own digital forensics expert says their theory doesn't hold up.

Brendan Banfield, a former IRS agent, is charged with four counts of aggravated murder in the February 2023 deaths of his wife Christine Banfield and Joseph Ryan. Prosecutors allege Banfield conspired with the family's au pair, Juliana Peres Magalhaes, to lure Ryan to their Herndon home through a fake FetLife profile, then kill both Ryan and Christine in an elaborate staged home invasion.

But here's what prosecutors don't want you to focus on: Officer Brendan Miller, the Fairfax County Police digital forensics expert who analyzed 60 devices in this case, concluded that Christine Banfield — not her husband — appeared to be the one running that FetLife account. His findings were peer-reviewed by the University of Alabama and confirmed. Shortly after, Miller was transferred out of the digital forensics unit. The lead homicide detective who also reportedly disagreed with command staff's theory was moved off the case too.

Defense attorney John Carroll called it "a theory in search of facts rather than a series of facts supporting a theory." Judge Penney Azcarate found the transfers concerning enough to order prosecutors to hand over related communications.
Now the prosecution's case rests heavily on Juliana Peres Magalhaes — who changed her story after nearly a year facing murder charges and took a plea deal offering time served and deportation to Brazil in exchange for testimony against Banfield.
In this episode, we break down the defense perspective, the digital evidence that contradicts the catfishing theory, and why this case may come down to whether a jury believes a witness whose freedom depends on conviction.
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