'Easier if she was not in the picture': IRS agent's plot with au pair to set up wife's death blows up when she starts talking

Joe Ryan's parent is speaking retired to reclaim her son's estimation aft prosecutors said helium was unknowingly lured into a deadly execution crippled disguised arsenic a consensual intersexual fantasy.

"Joe was astir consent and I knew helium was astir relation play. He was a bully person. And helium wasn't conscionable this feline who had intersexual kinks. So I knew these things were untrue," Deirdre Fisher said.

Fisher's affectional comments successful a caller interrogation are featured successful the latest occurrence of A&E's Killer Investigations, which examines the probe and conviction of erstwhile IRS transgression researcher Brendan Banfield for orchestrating the murders of his wife, Christine Banfield, and Ryan with the assistance of the family's au pair, Juliana Peres Magalhaes.

The episode, titled "Sex, Lies and Murder," premieres Thursday astatine 10 p.m connected A&E.

The lawsuit began connected Feb. 24, 2023, erstwhile Banfield called 911 claiming helium had changeable an intruder who was attacking his woman wrong their Virginia home.

"My sanction is Brendan Banfield, I'm a national agent. This is my house. There's idiosyncratic here. I changeable him," Banfield told the dispatcher.

When Fairfax County constabulary arrived, they recovered Ryan dormant from aggregate gunshot wounds. Christine Banfield was critically injured and aboriginal died astatine a hospital.

Juliana Peres Magalhaes, who had been surviving with the household arsenic their Brazilian au pair, initially told officers she saw a alien onslaught Christine earlier Banfield changeable him successful defence of his wife.

Magalhaes appeared successful a authorities of daze aft witnessing the killing. In a country recorded connected constabulary assemblage cameras, the young pistillate described to constabulary however she saw the alien attacking Christine earlier Brendan took action:

"Brendan said delight driblet the knife, driblet the weapon due to the fact that helium had a weapon and past helium said, driblet the weapon to Brendan, they were yelling. I couldn't understand. It was ace fast."

Fairfax County homicide investigators uncovered a way of integer messages connected a intersexual fetish website betwixt Joe Ryan and idiosyncratic named "Anastasia9", who appeared to beryllium Christine Banfield. The messages discussed acting retired a convulsive rape phantasy successful the Banfield bedroom.

Christine's friends and household were shocked by what constabulary said they found, saying it was retired of quality for the highly respected caregiver and mother. Joe Ryan's mother, Deirdre Fisher, said she was alert of her son's involvement successful intersexual relation play but knew helium believed powerfully successful consent and would ne'er harm different person.

Detectives discovered societal media photos of Brendan and Juliana sitting intimately unneurotic successful a bathtub, starring them to judge the brace were having an affair. Investigators learned that aft Christine's decease Juliana had moved into the maestro bedroom, hanging her apparel successful Christine's closet.

Investigators believed Brendan and Juliana had acceptable up an elaborate catfishing scheme, posing arsenic Christine, successful bid to lure the unsuspecting Joe Ryan into their twisted execution plot. They wanted to termination Christine and framework Joe Ryan for her death. Both were yet arrested and charged with the murders.

At first, Juliana refused to attest against Brendan, but agreed to plead blameworthy to manslaughter, facing 10 years. As she became the Commonwealth's prima witness, she recounts however Brendan urged her to assistance termination his wife.

"You privation to divorcement her?" Juliana said she asked Brendan.

"I don't privation to stock my custody," she said helium responded. "It'll beryllium easier if she was not successful the picture."

Banfield took the basal astatine his ain execution trial, refuting Juliana's mentation of events.

"I deliberation that it's an absurd enactment of questioning for thing that is not serious, that were—that a program was made to get escaped of my wife. That is perfectly crazy."

Brendan Banfield was recovered blameworthy and sentenced to beingness for the sidesplitting of Christine Banfield and Joe Ryan. Danielle Hawker, sister of Christine spoke astatine the sentencing.

"I volition everlastingly transportation some the grief of losing her excessively soon and the gratitude of having loved her for 37 years and being loved by, successful return."

Deirdre Fisher, Joe Ryan's mom, spoke astatine some Juliana Peres Magalhaes' and Brendan Banfield's sentencing; she spoke astatine magnitude what his bequest volition be.

"I judge it's bully for him to unrecorded the remainder of his beingness reasoning astir the transgression that helium committed. And his bequest volition conscionable beryllium situation and that helium was a atrocious murderer."

The A&E bid "Killer Investigations" examines large homicide cases crossed the country. Senior producers for this occurrence are Beth Carey, Jennifer Tintner and Diane Kaye. Written by Brian Ross. Executive producers for Law&Crime Productions are Brian Ross and Rhonda Schwartz. Executive producers for A&E are Brad Abramson, Michael Frontain-Bryant and Elaine Frontain-Bryant.