Each Banfield, 37, and Ryan, 38, have been killed at Banfield’s residence in a quiet Northern Virginia neighborhood within the early morning hours of February 24, 2023. She had deadly stab wounds, whereas he had been shot. Christine’s husband, Brendan Banfield, and her household’s au pair, Juliana Peres Magalhaes, have been later arrested.

As authorities arrived on the scene in video not too long ago launched from the Fairfax Police Division, they began asking Magalhaes — a Brazilian au pair who was 22 on the time — “Who’s the shooter? Who shot who?”

“Brendan, he is an officer,” Magalhaes replied, hyperventilating as police introduced her outdoors for additional questioning.

“I do not know what occurred. The whole lot occurred too quick,” she continued, telling authorities she was bringing the Banfields’ daughter to the zoo that morning, however needed to double again to the home to choose one thing up first.

She claimed that when she returned to the house, she noticed a “unusual automotive” within the driveway and was “scared” with Christine did not decide up the telephone. Magalhaes mentioned that is when she referred to as Brendan and instructed him to return to the home.

“He got here right here, we went inside. The man, I do not know who he’s, he was spanking her,” Magalhaes then claimed, saying Brendan went “upstairs first,” earlier than she heard him saying, “Drop the knife! Drop the knife!”

“They have been yelling at one another. He was saying … ‘Drop the gun’ … after which mentioned, ‘I’ll kill her, I’ll kill her. And he began stabbing her,” Magalhaes then claimed. “I feel Brendan shot him, and he requested me assist, I shot him too.”

Extra video from Fox Information confirmed her doing respiratory workouts with police to settle down, whereas additionally ingesting water and apologizing for her demeanor.

Whereas Magalhaes was beforehand charged with second-degree homicide, in October she agreed to plea responsible to a lesser cost of manslaughter. Alongside together with her plea got here some new particulars about what allegedly led to Banfield and Ryan’s deaths.

In accordance with ABC Information, citing the plea settlement, Banfield allegedly mentioned he wished to “be rid of” his spouse within the fall of 2022, shortly after he started an affair with Magalhaes in August of that very same yr.

He allegedly saved constructing out his plans, although Magalhaes mentioned she did not consider he would observe by means of with them and did not need to be concerned. The planning, nevertheless, allegedly continued, with Brendan accused of making a profile on a sexual fetish web site, the place he began speaking with Ryan.

Per the settlement, Brendan had Magalhaes fake to be Christine whereas speaking to Ryan over a name, as they arrange a time for the pair to have intercourse with “restraints” at her residence. Per WUSA, prosecutors allege “the conversations confirmed they might be doing a violent sexual function play and Ryan introduced a knife with him.”

On the day of the murders, Magalhaes and Brendan allegedly waited till Ryan entered the house, earlier than they then entered and introduced Banfield’s youngster to the basement. They declare they discovered Ryan holding Christine down within the bed room. Per the settlement, Brendan allegedly then shouted, “Police!” and shot Ryan within the head, earlier than stabbing Christine to loss of life as Magalhaes referred to as 911. Magalhaes additionally shot Ryan, mentioned prosecutors, after seeing him transfer.

Brendan initially mentioned Ryan was an intruder who stabbed his spouse.

Below the diminished cost of manslaughter, Magalhaes faces as much as 10 years in jail. She will not be sentenced till after Brendan’s trial in February 2024, with prosecutors hoping to see how cooperative she is with them in his case.

Brendan was indicted for the aggravated murders of each his spouse and Ryan again in September, following a 19-month investigation.