FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. (DC News Now) — A decide discovered Monday that there’s possible trigger within the case towards an au pair who is accused of murdering a man in Reston in February 2023.
Fairfax County police arrested Juliana Peres Magalhaes months after the killing of Joseph Ryan, 39, of Springfield. Investigators stated Peres Magalhaes, now 24, shot Ryan inside a house within the 13200 block of Secure Brook Manner on Feb. 24, 2023.
The house was that of Christine Banfield, 37, and her household. Peres Magalhaes was an au pair who labored there.
Police officers found Ryan dead inside the house. Banfield, who had been stabbed, died on the hospital.
In October 2023, the month of Peres Magalhaes’ arrest, the Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Legal professional’s Workplace stated on the au pair’s bond listening to that Peres Magalhaes and Banfield’s husband, Brendan, had an affair. Prosecutors introduced proof within the type of footage which confirmed Peres Magalhaes’ garments in Brendan’s closet and the closet in her room empty.
On the bond listening to, Peres Magalhaes’ lawyer informed the decide that Banfield had gotten Peres Magalhaes tickets to take the Banfields’ 4-year-old youngster to the zoo. The lawyer stated Christine Banfield made plans for Ryan to satisfy her on the dwelling for intercourse, stating that the 2 met on some kind of web site.
Peres Magalhaes stated she forgot the kid’s lunch and went again to the home to get it. When she did, she stated she approach Ryan pull up and go into the home. Peres Magalhaes stated she referred to as Banfield’s husband who informed her to attend and he would come dwelling.
Peres Magalhaes’ lawyer stated Peres Magalhaes went into the home with Banfield’s husband and took the 4-year-old youngster to the basement. She supposedly dialed 911 at that time however didn’t know what to say to the emergency dispatcher, so she hung up. The lawyer stated Peres Magalhaes left the basement and that she and Brendan heard some kind of interplay involving Banfield and Ryan above them. They weren’t certain if it was consensual or not. Peres Magalhaes stated Brendan, who’s a particular agent for the IRS, pulled out his service weapon and went into the bed room the place he noticed Ryan with a knife to Banfield’s throat.
Peres Magalhaes’ lawyer stated Brendan informed Ryan to drop the knife and that Ryan, in flip, informed Brendan to drop his gun. Ryan supposedly stabbed Banfield a number of occasions in her neck. Peres Magalhaes’ lawyer stated Brendan shot Ryan in his head, not killing him, however in a approach the health worker stated would have blinded Ryan. The lawyer stated Brendan informed Peres Magalhaes to seize his gun, which she acquired out of a protected within the rest room. Peres Magalhaes stated Ryan began flailing round or posed a risk of some kind, presumably transferring to stand up off of the bottom. Her lawyer stated that’s when she shot Ryan, hitting him within the coronary heart, and killing him.
At a listening to on Monday, a decide discovered possible trigger that Peres Magalhaes shot and killed Ryan. The fees towards her have been moved over to Fairfax County Circuit Courtroom. Prosecutors will current them to a grand jury, which was set to satisfy on April 15. If indicted, a trial date for Peres Magalhaes will probably be set.
A spokeswoman for the Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Legal professional’s Workplace stated through the in all probability trigger listening to, the supervisor of Silver Eagle Group taking pictures vary testified that Peres Magalhaes and Brendan Banfield visited the taking pictures vary twice collectively within the months previous to Ryan’s homicide and that Brendan returned a month earlier than the killing to purchase a Glock. That gun was within the Banfields’ dwelling the day of Ryan’s dying, verified by means of the serial quantity.
The spokeswoman for the Commonwealth’s Legal professional’s Workplace stated Brendan was referred to as to testify on the listening to. He exercised his Fifth Modification Proper, defending himself towards self incrimination, and refused to reply “a couple of dozen questions.”
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