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How did the jury find Brendan Banfield guilty for killing wife, another man? | Vargas Reports
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5:04Now PlayingNewsNation legal analyst Jesse Weber breaks down the "au pair affair" double‑murder case after a Virginia jury found Brendan Banfield guilty on all charges following nine hours of deliberations. The former IRS agent was convicted of killing his wife, Christine Banfield, and a stranger, Joseph Ryan, in what prosecutors described as a scheme to frame Ryan so Banfield could start a new life with the family’s au pair.
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