Brazilian Nanny Moves Into Owner’s Bedroom After His Wife Is Mysteriously Murdered

[Music]. Bada bing, bada boom. All the moms are gathered around the. school bus stop. They're Northern. Virginia parents. Nova parents. This. particular part of Nova is very upscale. It's a wealthy neighborhood that's very. family oriented. It's about 30 minutes. from Washington DC. So, a lot of the. residents, they work for the government. They're politicians or maybe they're. even lobbyists. Some people say that if. you don't find the right Nova moms or. Nova dads, the energy there is going to. be very stuck up. Newcomers are not.

welcome. Some of the moms at the school, they even rant about this on social. media. One mom wrote on a local forum of. how she's struggling because her son is. having a hard time making friends at the. school. Not because kids don't even like. him, but because of the parents. Some of. the parents will see their kid playing. with her son go over and drag their kid. away. She said, "First of all, it feels. very racist, but second of all, people. have been commenting it's been happening. to all races." A lot of people agreed. They said, "Yeah, it even happens if.

you're white," which obviously is a. crazy thing to say, but they're saying. it's just how NOVA parents are. They. don't like people that are not on their. pre-approved list. Maybe this is true, maybe it's not. But at this school bus. stop in Nova, there is probably one. woman that every single person is likely. trying to avoid. She comes every morning. to drop off this adorable girl who is. absolutely precious. It's her that's the. problem. It's not the child. She just. likely people don't want to get too.

friendly with her. I'm sure they try to. play nice. They wave. They smile. And. then they run back to their house. glancing over their shoulder. The whole. thing is eerie. She is the girlfriend of. the federal agent that lives down the. street. She moved into his bedroom just. months after the federal agent's wife, the mother of this precious girl, was. brutally murdered in that house. In that. bedroom. But it seems like everyone in. that house is trying to act like none of. that happened. And here she is just. dropping off the murdered woman's child.

at the school bus stop months later. I. mean, I'm sure the feeling is weird for. the neighbors. It feels like she's. trying to take her place. It makes you. question, did she have something to do. with the wife's murder? And what about. the other guy that was found dead in. their house? [Music].

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Today's case has mentions of suspected. essay, so please watch at your own. discretion and take care of yourself. This case is still ongoing and although. a charge has been made, the defendant is. waiting for trial. So, the trial hasn't. even happened yet. Meaning that. everybody that we are mentioning today. is legally innocent until proven guilty. And most of what we're talking about are. police nizen assumptions, speculations, ideas, theories, and pure opinions on. the case. Hopefully, the truth will come.

out during the trial that is set to. presume in November. So, with that being. said, let's get into it. February 24th, 2023, last year, a 911 call is placed. from a millionoll home in Nova at 7:49. in the morning. 911. What's the location. of your emergency? The operator is. likely already on the edge of their seat. by this point because they have an open. line. This is crucial. That means that. somebody dialed 911. The call went. through, but nobody's saying anything.

The caller may be unable to verbally. communicate for whatever reason. Maybe. it's a medical emergency. Maybe it's. domestic violence. Maybe they're being. kidnapped somewhere. So, they made that. call, but they cannot communicate with. you verbally. So, they're quickly. searching for that location. I mean, there is nothing the operator can hear. on this phone call. The call ends. Then. another call from the same number and. it's another open line. Then for 13 minutes, nothing. Then. finally, another call comes in from the. same number. So this is their third time.

calling on a random Friday morning. A. woman's voice is heard allegedly saying. that a friend had been hurt or. somebody's friend had been hurt. It it. was a little bit unclear who's the. friend, who are we talking about before. a man's voice comes over the line. So, it seems like she passes the phone to a. male or something, and he explains, "Hi, I'm the homeowner." And an unknown male. entered the home, so I shot him. Authorities are dispatched to this. million-dollar house in the safe suburbs. of Nova. And they're confused. I mean,

they're believing that this is an. intruder suffering from a gunshot wound. type of situation. But when they get. into the house, things are just weird. Instead of one person being gravely. injured, there's two people inside the. primary bedroom of the house. Christine. Banfield, the owner's wife, a mother, the wife of the 911 male caller, also a. pediatric ICU nurse, is laying in the. bed completely nude. Her upper body had. multiple stab wounds near the neck area.

She still has a weak pulse. They need to. get her to the hospital now. Laying on. the ground in the same room is this. random man shot at least twice and he's. dead. He's laying lifeless near. Christine's body. Christine, the wife of. the 911 caller, is the only one with the. weak pulse. She's rushed to the. hospital, but she is pronounced dead at. the hospital. The whole thing is. bizarre. And police, they really only. have two people's stories to go off of. The husband that spoke with the 911. operator and the lady that was on the. phone before him. The family's Opair.

Juliana is the living Opair. And I think. nanny is usually the more recognized. term in America, but there are key. differences. An OPAIR is typically there. for a cultural exchange, meaning they're. coming from abroad. They're coming to. live with the host family who provides. room and board while they exchange child. caring services. Opairs are also. financially compensated, but there's a. huge emphasis on opairs having that. cultural exchange with the family as. well as feeling more like the family.

Nannies are typically professional. caregivers who are hired to provide. child care and they may or may not have. specialized training. Nannies are. typically compensated a bit more on. average and may live in or may commute. to work depending on the agreements. So. the OPAIR typically comes on a visa of. being an OPAIR. So obviously there's. clear differences and me using the word. nanny instead of OPAIR is not to. diminish one side or one's role or the. other. I've just read so many articles. during the research of this case and the. comments are always, "What's an Opair?".

So, just to make it a bit simpler, nanny. Juliana, the nanny, she says that. morning she left the house around 7:30. a.m. She was on her way to take the. 4-year-old, the Banfield daughter, to. the National Zoo, and she's in the car. with the little girl, when she realizes. that she forgot to get the lunches that. they packed for the zoo. So, she turns. the car back around, drives into the. neighborhood, pulls up to this five-. bedroomedroom house, and she sees a car. parked outside the front that she's. never seen before. She doesn't recognize. this car, and she lives in the Banfield.

house. She's the Opair, so she lives. with this family. It's not the owners, it's not a friend of the owners that. she's familiar with. So, it's very. strange. She calls the mom, Christine. Banfield, who's the only one home. because dad, Brandon Banfield, he. already left for work. He's the federal. agent. He's an FBI agent. So, he's a federal agent that. technically Okay, so this is where it. gets confusing. Some sources identify. him as an IRS agent. Others identify him. as an FBI agent. It seems that his.

official capacity is working under the. Federal Bureau as an agent, but he is. working under the National Treasury. Department. He's an FBI agent that. basically works for the IRS. He's. fighting tax fraud with a gun. Okay. So, he is a FBI agent. I Yes, it. seems like that's his official role. Got. it. Now, she calls Christine. Christine is. not picking up. She doesn't indicate. why, but clearly Juliana, the nanny, feels so suspicious about this whole. thing or she feels very on edge about.

it. She calls Brandon, the agent, the. dad, to tell her, "Hey, I came back for. the lunches. There's this strange car. and I think I saw a man in the house.". Brandon Banfield rushes back home and he. gets back in perhaps 5 minutes. Technically, he's supposed to be on his. way to work, which is all the way in DC, but he had stopped by a nearby. McDonald's to get breakfast. This is. near the house. So, he just turns. around, comes back home, and Juliana is. waiting outside for him, and they decide. that they're going to enter the house.

There's no clear signs of a break-in or. anything too strange, but when they. enter the house, Juliana states that she. and Brandon heard some sort of noises. coming from the main bedroom. She didn't. know if it was consensual or not, but. there were some sort of interactions, she states. Brandon then goes into the. primary bedroom that he shares with his. wife, Christine. Juliana states she's. taken the kid and they're going to go. hide in the basement. Now, she calls. 911. That's the first open line of the. morning, but she doesn't really know. what to say because she doesn't know if.

anything is actually happening inside. this house. She just was so freaked out. She called 911 and then she's like, "I. don't know what to do. I don't even know. why I'm calling. I'm just paranoid." She. hangs up. Then she calls again. And then. she's like, "Ah, why am I doing this?". hangs up. And then she says that she. hears someone quote say, "Drop the. knife." And then the sound of quote. flesh being struck. What? It stated that Brandon had made his way. into the primary bedroom. He finds his. wife naked in bed and this unfamiliar, fully clothed man holding a knife up to.

his wife and he tells him to drop the. knife. Brandon, the husband, whips out. his gun, a governmentissued federal. weapon, and the man tells him to drop. the knife, and he tells Brandon, "Drop. the gun." But neither do and this. unfamiliar man starts stabbing Christine. several times near the neck area. Brandon shoots the man in the head. He. gets knocked down, but he's not dead. So, he has a bullet through his right. eyebrow, if I'm not mistaken, so he. shoots the man. Juliana hears this in.

the basement, hears some sort of. interaction, freaks out, runs upstairs, and this man is not dead. This strange. man in this house is not dead. So. Brandon, the federal agent, tells the. nanny to hurry up and grab another gun. from the safe so that they can make sure. that this man cannot harm Christine. anymore because she's about to die. They. have to defend themselves. Juliana, the. nanny, runs to the grab the gun from the. bathroom safe. He tells her the code. She punches it in, grabs the gun. She. freaks out and shoots the strange man on. the bedroom floor, piercing a bullet.

through his chest. Wait, what? They call 911 to try and explain what. was going on. And thankfully, the. Banfield's 4-year-old daughter was. physically unharmed, but was in the house, too. Yes. It's unclear if she was left in the. living room or still in the basement. when Juliana left her. It's unclear. where in the house she was. I'm sure. authorities know, but to the public, we. don't know. Wow. Now, one of the biggest questions. authorities had early on is, who is this. man that has been shot? Everybody else.

has a reason to be in this house. Christine, the wife that is now dead. She is the mother. She is the owner of. this house along with her husband, the. one with the gun that shot the man. They. own the house. Then you have the nanny. who lives in the house. You have the kid. who lives in the house. That's their. child. But who is this man that's been. shot? He's now dead. But what. relationship does he have with this. Banfield family? The people in this. house. How does he connect with them? At. first, it kind of made sense to assume. that he was an intruder. There's no.

connection. It's not a family friend. It's not someone she went to school with. or he knew or that he worked on a case. with. It's just a random guy. I mean, so. random. They have no connections. They. don't even have like a local church that. they both attend. Zero connections. So, intruder makes the most sense, but. there's no signs of forced entry, no. signs of a break-in, no signs of any. sort of intrusion. So, who the hell is. Joseph Ryan? That's his name. And why. was he killed inside the Banfield's.

bedroom? Is he just like a serial killer. that climbed in through the window or. something? The police start searching through the. computers in the family home and they. find the link. The link between this. random man, Joseph Ryan, and the. Banfields. he's not a neighbor or a. friend of a friend or even really a. stranger. There's these fetish websites that you. can create accounts on. The way it's. supposed to work is that you're an. adult. You find another consenting adult. and you can potentially, if you hit it. off, both meet up and arrange dates.

together. Prosecutors believe that. Joseph Ryan met Christine through one of. these websites, the mother of the house. And perhaps both of them bonded over. knife play. So, to give you some. context, knife play is considered part. of the BDSM world. It incorporates fear. and risks. It's supposed to evoke strong. emotions of excitement, but also um. honestly a lot of fear. There's. definitely a power dynamic at play. Someone writes, "It's a form of sensory. fear play, which side note, please do.

not try this at home randomly." Many. experts state that they use super sharp. knives as display knives. In the. beginning, they will show off how. powerful the knife is to whoever they're. engaging in consensual activities with. by cutting into fruit and show how sharp. it is, how how cold it is. But once the. consenting adult that welcomes this. activity is blindfolded, they will. replace the display knife for a dull, basically dummy knife that's been. chilled, thrown into the freezer to make. it feel sharper and colder. But even.

that, I mean, there should be rigorous. protocols and full trust from both. sides. So, please don't just randomly. try this at home. It's not really. something that you just go online and. try to meet a stranger for. Typically, people who engage in knife play, it's. after multiple times of knowing someone, meeting someone, it's not something that. you're like, "Hey, are you into knife. play? Let's hang out." So, the BDSM. community, I mean, they're very good. about making sure everything is safe. So, this is already strange. You don't. just meet someone online and be like, "Hey, bring a knife over to my house.".

There's also no evidence that Christine. Banfield was into knife play. So, this. is not me insinuating that she is. This. is just the connection they find. There's a fetish website on the family. computer under Christine Banfield's. name. It seems like her account and she. bonds with Joseph Ryan over alleged. knife play. Prosecutors do not believe. Christine Banfield set up that account. on that website. They do not believe. that she even knew she had an account on. there. They believe someone else set up.

that account, used her computer, created. it to lure Joseph Ryan to the house that. day, likely without Christine even. knowing. That's their best guess. That's crazy. Why would they think that? Exactly. And why would anyone do that? First of all, who would have a motive to. do something like that? October 2023, 7. months after the murders, an arrest is. made for the charges of use of a firearm. in the commission of a felony, basically. using a firearm to commit a felony, and.

seconddegree murder. This person is. facing 43 years in prison. 23-year-old. Juliana Perez Magalier, the Opair, the. nanny, is arrested. The medical examiner concluded that. after the first shot from Brandon, the. husband's gun, Joseph, this stranger in. the bedroom, would have been blinded. He. had been hit on his right eyebrow. He's. not dead, but he's severely. incapacitated. It is argued that he.

would have not posed any sort of. imminent threat at this point to anyone. in this condition. He would have limited. vision and mobility, meaning Juliana did. not need to go to the safe to grab that. gun and fire that second shot. At least. not in the prosecutor's belief. They did. not believe that her shot was in. self-defense. They cannot prove that. Brandon, the husband's shot, was not in. self-defense, but her shot, not. self-defense. Now, Juliana argues, and. so does her attorney, that he could have.

possibly done something in that. heightened emotional state that posed. some sort of threat to somebody. It's. unclear what they're saying, but they're. kind of insinuating, let's say, Joseph. tried to get back up. He's trying to get. help. He's holding his eye. He gets up. Maybe in that state, Juliana freaked out. and then shot him to protect the family. Regardless, it doesn't really matter. because the second shot is what killed. Joseph Ryan. And it's up to the jury now. to decide if it's self-defense or. murder. Now, there's a lot of reasons. why Juliana might look suspicious to the.

prosecutors. The timing of everything. just doesn't make sense. Brandon, assuming he works in Washington DC or. Arlington, which is where all the agents. go, there's a 25 minute to 30 minute. drive, which means if he was on his way. to work, he would have been a lot. further out unless he's casually eating. breakfast at McDonald's, even though he. might be late. He wouldn't have been. able to come home that quickly is what. they argue. To which he states he was. just grabbing breakfast. This is part of. his daily schedule. I don't know this. man's exact schedule, so I don't know if.

he was for sure going to be late or. anything, but it just seemed odd to the. prosecutors. From all that I can gather. from the sources, he was supposed to be. at work. Why is he casually eating. breakfast? Regardless, it's while he's. eating breakfast he gets that call from. Juliana stating that she went back to. the house to grab the lunches and she. saw a stranger, a man, inside the house. And she explained she tried to call. Christine, but she didn't pick up, which. is why now she's calling Brandon. And. that is still a bit odd to a lot of. prosecutors and the police. It's a. weekday morning. It's Friday morning.

Would you not just assume that maybe. it's a maintenance worker or a neighbor. or a visitor? There's no signs of forced. entry. So again, he's not actively. breaking into the house. Why is Juliana. so freaked out that she not only called. Christine but called Brandon? Some. netizens speculate that Christine might. have been having an affair and Juliana. had been suspicious. She's like, "My. boss is having an affair. I'm catching. her in the axe." She sees this man pull. up and she knew that she was right. So, she calls the husband to tattle on. Christine. So, the theory feels a bit. icky. But also, it doesn't make sense.

why Juliana would call Christine first. then, which is what she stated she did. initially to the authorities. If she. wanted Brandon to catch his wife in the. act of cheating, why call and give her a. heads up? Regardless, she allegedly. waits for Brandon to get back to the. house, which takes about 3 to 5 minutes. She then proceeds to take the baby, the. four-year-old, that her whole job is to. protect and make good decisions on. behalf of into the basement, which is. very odd. If there was something in the. house that was alarming enough for her.

to call both the mom and dad, specifically even making Brandon come. back to the house, then would you not. just wait in the car with the. four-year-old? Instead, she brings the. child into the basement to wait there. That is odd. The story is supposed to be. that Juliana and Brandon are so scared. for what's going on with Christine. Banfield, the mom. This intruder is. here. Brandon comes back home to. investigate and yet they bring the baby. into the house. It's just weird. Someone. comments, "Hiding from a potentially. dangerous situation by going indoors to.

face the unknown is bizarre." My biggest. question was you're saying the husband. went to the bedroom and saw the man. holding a knife towards the wife and. then the guy you know proceeds to stab. the wife like how many times did he. stab? Okay, that is not public but it says. multiple stab wounds. So now there's a. question of was Christine already. stabbed when Brandon walked in? Brandon. like refuses to say anything anymore. So. we don't know. I'm sure we'll find out.

during the trial. It's a question of the. way that Juliana said it happened made. it sound like she wasn't stabbed, but. then later it only makes sense that she. was already stabbed when he walked in, but even that doesn't really make sense. H So, we're just kind of unclear right. now. Mhm. Then Brandon shoots Joseph once in. the head, tells Juliana to grab the gun, she shoots Joseph in the heart. But. that's weird, too, isn't it? If Brandon. was on his way to work, his gun is. probably fully loaded. Typically, law.

enforcement weapons are fully loaded. when they're on duty. And some law. enforcement officers are even required. to carry an additional fully loaded. magazine to be fully prepared so they. can quickly put in another I I don't. know how to describe it. A magazine full. of bullets. Which means why did he need. Juliana to go to the bathroom safe and. grab another gun? And if she had that. amount of time, if you're the federal. agent, wouldn't you be like, "Give me. the gun.". Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Like he's already took. charge of the situation. Why would she. need a gun? Yeah. And why would he trust.

her to shoot Joseph when he's the. trained law enforcement officer? Either. his firearm was out of bullets, which if. he had enough time for Juliana to get. the other gun, didn't he also have time. to get them all away from Joseph Ryan, away from the situation, if it truly is. self-defense. Mhm. This part just feels even more. suspicious when you factor in that just. two months before this, Brandon, the. husband, took the nanny to Silver Eagle. shooting range in Virginia.

They allegedly went to the shooting. range a few times that month leading up. to this incident. And then on January. 28th, 2023, just a month before the. incident, Brandon went to purchase a. Glock for $558. That gun is supposedly the gun that. Juliana used to shoot Joseph Ryan. Also, if he is a federal agent, a lot of. netizens question if his wife hadn't. been stabbed yet, which is kind of how. Juliana's side of the story makes it. sound. Isn't he trying to shoot before. his wife gets stabbed? If anything, it.

would be more understandable if he's a. little overzealous if he shot too. quickly cuz that's his wife, right? You're like, I'm I'm not waiting for you. to actually visibly do something. Yeah. Then then this this is very strange. But. again, it could be that she was already. stabbed at this point. But earlier the. report was that Joseph he told Joseph to. drop the knife. Yeah. I mean, I guess you could still say that. if she was stabbed and he's just holding. the knife or he's actively stabbing, but. still, it's just a little bit odd.

Regardless, it just there's so many. things that don't make sense. When too. many things don't make sense in a case, usually the truth is that's probably not. how it happened. And what about the. missing 13 minutes? 911 is called twice. in the basement. There's an open line. both of those times. And then 13 minutes. later, they call 911 again. And this. time, Brandon tells dispatch what. happened. So, what happened during those. 13 minutes? What does all of this mean?

Does that mean that instead of shooting. for self-defense, Brandon shot in anger. because his wife is having an affair in. his bedroom? Not exactly. So, the next. reasonable theory is, okay, maybe he. didn't shoot the intruder in. self-defense. Maybe it's not an. intruder. Maybe his wife, Christine. Banfield, is having an affair with this. man that she met on this fetish website, and he catches them in the act. He's. upset. He's angry. Somehow, Christine. gets stabbed by that man, and she he. shoots the man just in pure anger. Well,

that theory doesn't even make sense. And. again, these are just allegations, theories, and opinions. But people. believe that Christine Banfield. absolutely did not know Joseph Ryan. Authorities believe someone else in the. house had set up that account pretending. to be Christine. And they even say, "Sure, you like never really know what. somebody's interests are in their. private lives." But the way the account. messaged Joseph sounded nothing like the. way that Christine communicated. And I'm. sure the authorities are somewhat smart. I'm sure it's not just, "Oh, well, she. never talked about bondage at work, so.

why is she doing it now?" I don't think. it's that. It's probably more so the way. she spells things, capitalizes things, her punctuations, things that typically. don't alter too much unless you're going. from a very professional to a very. personal setting. Those types of things. They say it's not consistent with. Christine Banfield. We do not believe it. is Christine Banfield. But the weirdest. part would have to do with the fact that. when authorities came to arrest Juliana. the Opair, she was still living in the. family home, still taking care of the. 4-year-old daughter. But instead of all.

of her clothes being hung in her room, she had moved out. She had moved out of. her room and moved into the primary. bedroom. Her clothes were found hanging. inside of Christine Banfield's closet. She had all of her things in the master. bedroom. Wow. Netzens dug up this picture that Juliana. allegedly posted onto her Instagram. stories a while back. Allegedly posted. after the death of Christine and Joseph, but it's a picture of her and Brandon.

Allegedly, the two look like they're on. some sort of restaurant date. Listen, I. could be just too demure. But I. personally would not be comfortable. wearing that type of shirt around my. male boss that I live with. The pose of. his arm is around her waist. It just. feels very intimate. And beyond that, if. we translate the words on the story, it. reads, "She asked people on Instagram to. ask her questions." You know how you can. do the question feature? Q&A. Yes, a Q&A. She said that the most. frequently asked question was, she.

literally writes, "This question is from. a few days ago that I posted but never. answered. This was the one that most. people sent me. Smiley face. Smiley. face." The question reads, "Are you. dating a Brazilian or an American? Tell. us more." Licking face emoji. Licking. face emoji. Heart. She responds, "No, he's American and it's been a month. I'm. just living a bit more lowprofile.". Laughing emoji, heart emoji. He's 38. years old, which is consistent with. Brandon's age. Treats me like a princess. and is handsome. He's a hottie. Laughing.

emoji, heart emoji. This is after. Christine Banfield's murder. Yeah. She. writes, "To satisfy your curiosity, laughing emoji." She also writes that. both of them are crazy about the band. Fallout Boy. The song that she used on. the Instagram story is the last of the. real ones by Fallout Boy. The lyrics go, "I was just an only child of the. universe and then I found you. And then. I found you. You are the sun and I'm. just the planet spinning around you. You.

were too good to be true cuz you're the. last of a dying breed. You're just the. last of the real ones. Be for real." Yet, after the initial. incident, Juliana denied that she ever. had an affair with her boss. I mean, with Brandon. I'm sure he probably. denied it, too. But after Christine. passed, like I said, when authorities. went to arrest Juliana, all of her. clothes are now hanging in the closet of. the master bedroom. On top of that, they. found really, really alarming stuff. They found frame pictures of her and.

Brandon placed on the nightstand next to. the bed that was originally Christine. Banfield's bed that she was murdered in. This is crazy. Wow. Prosecutors said that both Brandon, the. dad, and Juliana, the nanny, got rid of. their old phones and purchased new. phones just 4 days before the attack. Why is that? You think? Probably getting rid of text message. I. don't know, metadata. pictures. They're. like, "We don't even know if it's going.

to get rid of it if we just delete it. So, we might as well just get new. phones." So, if they take our phones in. during that time, there's nothing. So, both of them getting new phones 4 days. before the attack is very odd. Now, after getting arrested, Juliana lawyers. up. She said that she shot Joseph. because Brandon told her to, so that she. could defend Christine and the family. Her attorney states that aside from. Juliana's own statements to the police, the police have nothing to prove that. she shot and killed Joseph. At this. point, Brandon Banfield has not been.

charged with any sort of crime. I do. think the authorities are being quite. careful about how they're handling this. case, considering Brandon Banfield is a. federal agent that works for the IRS. So, like I said, think of it as a. mixture of FBI and IRS. He's a criminal. investigative agent for the IRS. So, I'm. sure he seems pretty familiar with how. the law works. When asked about if he. returned to the shooting range to. purchase the gun, the same gun that. Juliana would be using to shoot Joseph, Brandon pled the fifth. When asked about. why the both of them got new phones 4.

days before the murder, he pled the. fifth. For most things that he was just. out here being asked about, he's. invoking the fifth. I plead the fifth. I. plead the fifth. I plead the fifth. So, as a federal agent, he knows that's. the best thing to do. Even though it. from the outside it makes him look. incredibly suspicious, but he knows. that's the smartest move, right? And it's working because she was. arrested October 23. It is now July. 2024. He has not been arrested from. rumors of Nova parents on Nova parent.

forums. They believe that he's under. administrative leave. So he's still employed. Yes, because technically he hasn't been. charged with anything. Again, not saying. he's guilty, not saying he needs to be. charged with anything. I'm just saying. my personal opinion is that it's very. suspicious. I've been watching a lot of Chinese. dramas lately. I say it's to improve my. listening and pronunciation skills when. it comes to learning Chinese. I'm going. to be honest, I don't know how much I'm.

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attorneys are talking a little bit more. because they have to make up for all the. talking that she did previously. And. they refute the idea that she and. Brandon created the fetish website. profile for Christine. They argue it was. all Christine. Christine was trying to. have an affair. They argue that the. profile was set up on Christine's. computer and she even purchased tickets. for Juliana to take their daughter to. the zoo that day, thinking Juliana and. the baby will be gone. Her husband's. going to be at work. They think. Christine thought that she's just going. to invite this man over to have an. affair. The lawyer argues, "The.

inference that prosecutors are trying to. make is that it wasn't Christine. Banfield that made the account. It just. seems like a difficult thing for me to. accept that somebody other than. Christine would be going on her. computer, which the prosecutors and. medicines. believe is highly doubtful. Also, I'm. not even sure these are good arguments. My sister is a mom of two. What used to. be her computer, her things, her. belongings, is now the family computer. She could be sending an email for work. one second and now it's on the living. room floor playing Blueie. But also, let's say that happened. They.

were having an affair and the guy comes. over and they were supposedly doing. knife play, right? Why would he kill her. in that kind of situation? If you get. caught cheating, your first reaction is. not to kill someone. It's like, oh, I'm. sorry. Like, you know, like there's a. million things to do, but to commit. Yeah. a murder. and then ended up being killed. That. story, that plot makes zero sense. Yeah, even if we try to make it make. sense, what the lawyer is saying, it. doesn't make sense. It's just there's no. logic in it. And additionally, I would.

expect Christine to buy tickets for the. zoo. I don't expect the OPAIR to. purchase it. And likely these days, places like it when you purchase online. tickets rather than at the counter. It's. just more convenient. So that doesn't. necessarily mean that Christina is out. here like, "You guys need to go to the. zoo today. You need to leave the house. today. Here I booked you tickets.". Juliana could have easily been like, "Hey, we want to go to the zoo today.". Mhm. I say all of this just to state those. aren't necessarily the most convincing. arguments in my personal opinion. Now, Juliana's lawyer argued that Christine.

was luring Joseph in this strange man. for months on these websites. Would. anyone else spend all that time doing. that? The lawyer also states that yes, initially Juliana denied having an. affair with Brandon, but you know what? They did have a relationship, but she's. had many relationships, none of which. were that exclusive or that serious. Stating that Juliana just likes to have. a good time. I'm not sure how this helps. to prove a point here because they're. still having an affair. I guess the. attorney is trying to make it look like.

a casual affair that took place, a. casual thing that just happened here and. there, but prosecutors hit back with. statements that they found photos of the. two of them taking trips to New York. City together. They said, quote, "This. is not a mild thing that was going on in. that home. It did not look like a. affair. It looks like a full-blown. relationship at this point.". And the New York trip happened before. the murder or after? It's unclear. They did not state. But. the lawyer also accuses Christine of. being unfaithful by stating Brandon and.

Christine were each having their own. affairs and each being unfaithful to. each other. So he's trying to make it. appear like yes, Brandon is having. intimate relations with the live-in. nanny, but Christine is also having her. affairs. And even if that were true, even if a couple were in an open. relationship, I highly doubt that you. would keep employing the person that. your partner is having an affair with, just in terms of moral, the power. exchange there, the legal ramifications, the emotional ramifications. I just. don't see that happening. If you're in.

an open relationship, it would be more. believable if they're going outside to. have their own affairs with random. strangers versus your employee. That's. crazy. There's no evidence to indicate. that Christine was even having an. affair. Juliana and Brandon passionately. deny that they did nothing wrong. They're like, "We did not do anything. This was all self-defense. That Joseph. Ryan was the one that killed Christine. and they killed Joseph out of. self-defense." Juliana's attorney states. he had just stabbed Christine Banfield.

It seems perfectly reasonable that a. second shot would be fired to make sure. that he's not a threat to Brandon, to. Christine, to Juliana, to the child. Clearly, the prosecutors do not agree. considering she's being held for. seconddegree murder charges. If it was. questionable self-defense, if they even. thought, m, it's a little unclear. We. don't know exactly where we're going to. charge her, she would have likely gotten. manslaughter charges. The difference. being typically in seconddegree murder. charges, you're talking about an intent.

to cause serious bodily harm, extreme. recklessness, and disregard for human. life. Juliana has since been denied. bail. And an interesting part of this is. a lot of netizens believe that the. authorities are using Juliana to get to. Brandon, that the authorities need a. slam dunk case on him because the. ballistics when he fired the shot, nobody else was in that room. So, it's. hard to say if it's self-defense or not. He's lawyered up. He's pleading the. fifth. They need someone to basically. rat him out. Which is why they're.

turning up the heat on Juliana, telling. her, "You got to tell us what happened. Tell us if Brandon played any sort of. role in this.". And she has not. Not yet. Wow. There's more theories about that as. well. Now, it's pretty clear that police. and prosecutors are very suspicious of. Brandon. They're calling Juliana not the. Banfield's Opair, but in relation to. Brandon, they're calling her his. girlfriend, his living lover. They also. said, "We believe that all persons. responsible for what happened here today. are known to us and we're inside the.

home. We're going to do what's right by. that child. The truest victim of all is. that four-year-old." The Fairfax County. Police Chief states, "It's my. expectation that we will eventually be. able to hold more than just one person. accountable for this crime." Another law. enforcement officer says, "Just because. we've made an arrest does not mean that. this case is closed during CO in 2020.". So this is 3 years before Christine's. death. Christine was actually working as. a frontline ICU nurse during CO. She has.

this Instagram picture trying to find. the silver lining and she writes, "This. is my COVID couture." Which is not her. taking things lightly. Of course, a lot. of co ICU nurses, they had to get. therapy afterwards. Nurses, especially. in the ICU, I mean, they're dealing with. some of the most critically ill. patients. And they said prior to this, a. lot of the nurses said they took so much. pride in doing the absolute best for. their jobs. They did so during CO as. well, obviously. But during CO, it's a.

different feeling. They said it felt. like everybody they touched just died. It's not even about how hard you worked. or how much you sweat trying to save. someone. They were all just dying. Another ICU nurse said, "It broke me as. a human being despite being in therapy. all the way through it. Holy hell, it. wrecked my whole life." Another one. writes, "I was a CO ICU nurse back when. we shared refrigerated trucks with the. neighboring hospitals. We had so many. bodies to load. It was awful. I remember. people dying alone in their rooms, having to choose which one gets the. ventilator because we were short on.

vents, trying to facilitate Zoom calls. so people could say goodbye to their. parents. It was brutal.". One person said about Christine being a. nurse, "I don't think I've ever met. someone so passionate about being a. nurse or a fiercer patient advocate. She. mentored new nurses and took on every. new challenge. And man, she was. something to watch in the way that she. could just connect with families and. above that, my god, did she love her. daughter." Christine served in the ICU.

during CO but still took time to try and. protect other people's futures outside. of work. So for example, in 2020, the. White House suspended the entry of a lot. of visas that they felt were unnecessary. into the US during CO. Now unnecessary. is subjective. Christine wrote on. Facebook, "The executive order banning. visas to America is also impacting young. adults coming to America in programs for. cultural exchanges such as OPARS." The. role of an OPAIR cannot be fulfilled by. an American as outlined by the. Department of State's explanation of the.

program. So why is it included in this. executive order? They are not taking any. jobs from Americans. Our Opair has. become a part of our family and we share. our love of America with her and she. shares her Brazilian culture with us. They are not nannies or babysitters. They have education requirements while. in America and live with a host family. for the length of their stay. O pairs. with a J1 visa should not be included in. this executive order. She linked a. change.org org petition which aside from. all the political connotations or how.

someone feels about this issue. personally, I think a lot of this. passion to try and protect the OPAIR. programs is before Juliana, the couple. had another Opair from Brazil. She was. like family to Christine. They were such. good friends. She only left the family. because she was getting married, which. is why Juliana was then hired. The. former Opair spoke so highly of. Christine. It's unclear if she ever. spoke about Brandon at all, but. Christine called her the previous OPAIR. She is my daughter's best friend, her. sister, her third parent, her.

everything. Christine wrote on. Instagram, "A lot of people don't. understand the OPAIR program, but this. is it right here. It's opening your home. and your heart up to someone with big. dreams of changing their life while. they're in America, and in the process, they change your life more than you. could measure.". After Christine's murder, her previous. Opair posted on Instagram an excerpt. from a book. It reads, "The reality of. loss. Here's what I most want you to. know. This really is as bad as you.

think. No matter what anyone else says, it sucks. What happened cannot be made. right. What is lost cannot be restored. There is no beauty here. Inside the. central fact, acknowledgement is. everything. You're in pain and it can't. be made better.". One month after Christine's murder, her. former Opair post. One month without. your text, without your FaceTime, the. same Friday, the same date, one month. without you. I really hope you're having. the best time of your life up there, Christine. The sky is so blue and. beautiful today because I know you're. right there. I'll see you again, and.

you'll tell me everything when I get. there. I love you forever, and I promise. I will always be there for your. daughter. Clearly, this was not a. one-sided affection. Christine's. daughter was the flower girl for the. previous Opair's wedding. Christine was. super emotional throughout it. She. writes about the wedding. Nobody. prepares you for this part of the Opair. program. Now, I couldn't find a ton of. information about Christine Banfield or. Joseph Ryan. I did find Christine. Banfield's Instagram profile, which this. Instagram profile feels like a. reflection of everything she cared.

about. I think this was the first time. in a case that going through someone's. Instagram page made me emotional. She. was someone who liked documenting her. life. And one of the biggest things you. see is before she's a mom. All of her. posts are about fitness. She's so. passionate about working out and she did. these mud runs with Brandon. She was. very into self-development. But after. having her daughter, she could not help. but that her whole world just revolved. around this little girl. She would be so. proud of her. She's learning her ABC. She would post these videos about her.

constantly posting and even honestly. constantly posting about Brandon. They. were married in 2010 and in 2015 she. posted her wedding pictures and she. wrote, "Tomorrow will be our 5-year. anniversary. Oh my god, I still remember. the day like it was yesterday. Till. death do us part. I still love my. dress." They even did a photo shoot at a. beach playground and Christine is in her. full wedding gown. And I guess all the. kids, they were playing on the little. monkey bars. They were so curious. They. all climbed into the picture to take a. picture with Christine. These are random.

kids. These are not her kids. These. aren't kids from the wedding. Brandon is. also in the picture. Yeah, he's also in. the picture. But in the picture, she. hashtags till death do us part. Married. life. I love my husband. She went to football games with her. husband and she would caption the photo. Went to the Cowboys versus Giants games. last night. Did my research beforehand. that you're allowed to bring in food as. long as it's in a clear bag and one. factory sealed 20 oz non-alcoholic. beverage. So, sandwiches, pickles,

clementine, bananas, cucumber slices, and portioned out trail mix get packed. along with one drink each. The guys in. the row behind us make fun of us as we. eat our healthy dinner, but the joke is. on them. We saved about $25 each, and I. probably saved 30 points from my husband. saving himself from a belly ache from. the stadium food. Not to mention, we. didn't have to miss any of the game by. waiting on ridiculous lines for foods. and drinks. I mean, I get what people. were saying about Christine as wanting. her as your nurse. If I saw these. pictures, I would want her as my child's.

nurse in the PICU. In one, she's smiling. and scrubs and she writes, "Unexpectedly. working a double # nurse life, but it's. okay because my hair is on point. Plus, I'm getting OT and an extra day off for. it. Score # nurse humor. Need more. caffeine. Someone bring me a diet coke.". Even when they move into the house that. she was killed in, she has this picture. that's honestly a bit eerie now to look. at, but she's sitting on the ground. eating off a moving box. And she writes, "New adventures wait. Just got the keys.

yesterday for the new house in Virginia. and then start the new job on Monday. Brandon's still at the agent academy in. Georgia, but will be joining us here. soon. Hope to make lots of memories in. this new home.". Wow. This was November 2019. A few years. later, Christine would be killed in that. house. There's another picture of Brandon and. her daughter, and she writes, "My whole. world in one picture." Christine did not. die a painless death. An expert stated. that when you're stabbed, there's a lot. of movement. People are typically.

conscious still. And the first stab is. even if it's fatal, you're not knocked. unconscious typically. So, you're trying. to move away. You're trying to protect. yourself while you're bleeding. She likely wasn't conscious when she was. taken to the hospital, but still. technically alive with a weak pulse. indicating this was not a quick death. In 2015, Christine posted the definition. for her name. And it reads, "Christine, a deity, the best person to be in your. corner, unlimited power and potential,

amuse, someone that can change your. life, someone that takes your side even. when you're wrong. Soulmate, serendipity.". Example of Christine used in a sentence. If I only had Christine, I could do. anything. As for Joseph Ryan, I think. netzens are having a hard time. understanding his role in all of this. Most people believe that Joseph Ryan. probably met Christine on a fetish. website, and he wanted to find. like-minded adults that were into the. same activities that he was in. The. theory being allegedly he's under the.

impression that he's meeting a nice. consenting adult at her house where he's. going to have fun with her. But he. arrives and clearly things are not going. that way. That's what most people. believe. So, as for the knife used to. stab Christine, I think it would be. crucial to find out was it from Joseph's. house or the Banfield residence. But. even if it were a knife that Joseph had. brought, a lot of nizens believe that he. could have been asked to bring it, it. wouldn't be the most alarming thing on a. fetish website where the point is to. meet like-minded people who have not as. common interest in the bedroom as the.

general public. So, if done correctly, safely, consensually, knife play is not. the worst thing in the world. I mean, who's to say, right? I I guess my. question is also let's say he came here. for this activity. How did he get in the. house and all the way to the bedroom? Because that part I just don't imagine. Christine open the door and just guide. him to the bedroom. So netzens have some wild theories with. it and I don't know if it's netizens. trying to fill in the gaps of this very.

mysterious case that we don't know much. about or if this is even probable, right? But some netizens believe that if. you have someone that lives in the. house, you expect them to lock the door. on the way out. So perhaps Juliana, if. she's guilty of all of this, if she set. it up, she could have left the front. door unlocked. And in the messages, it. could have implied, "Hey, the front door. is unlocked. Come upstairs to the left. bedroom. I'll be waiting for you.". I see. And then asked to how Christine was. found nude. Because if Joseph Ryan is.

not someone trying to assault her or. kill her, right? Why was she nude? There's a few split netzen theories. about this. One is that in the website, in the fetish website, they were. communicating about how she might have. liked non-consensual play and he thought. it was part of the act and she probably. did not at all because she doesn't know. what's going on and she believes she's. being essayed. Right. Right. So, it could have been that or. people believe it wouldn't be too. impossible for the husband to be like,

"Hey, we've been having a rough time. recently. How about I go outside, grab. some fun stuff, you wait for me in the. bedroom, nude." The nannies go into the. zoo. I'm going to take a day off work, take a sick day. Let's reconnect. I see. Right. So, there's a lot of ways it could play. out. And again, these are all just. theories. They're just netizens trying. to make sense of a case that doesn't. make any sense because it doesn't make. sense that Christine Banfield would. willingly go on this website and do all.

these things. And it doesn't make sense. that Joseph Ryan is there. So, I would. say the overwhelming theory is that. Joseph truly believed he was just. meeting someone online that he liked, got roped into something he probably. wanted no pardon, and he becomes the. fall guy and gets killed. Even. prosecutors state that that's what they. think it is. The smaller theory that. exists out there is that Joseph Ryan was. a hired hitman that was hired to kill. Christine and when he was done with the. job, he was killed so that there were no. witnesses. This is highly doubtable because hiring.

a hitman usually requires some sort of. communications and transfers of funds. even before the act, which is not only. risky but eventually discoverable. And I. would imagine as an IRS agent, he would. probably know how traceable that is. On. top of that, the coincidence of setting. up the fetish website is also a lot. Mhm. And I feel like if he was a hired. hitman, authorities would have probably. found proof by now. I mean, maybe they. have and they're just not telling us, but it just seems unlikely. It's. probably a theory that exists since.

there have been many cases where. unfaithful partners have hired Hitman to. take out their spouses. But as far as. law enforcement are concerned, they have. consistently referred to Joseph Ryan as. a victim. Joseph Ryan's mom states that. her son was taken from her, that he was. not a violent person. He's never been. violent. He would never strike a woman, let alone stab a woman. She says, "This. is ridiculous. This is beyond. ridiculous. I can't even tell you. Like, you don't just wake up all of a sudden. and decide you're going to be a killer.". I want people to remember Joe for the.

goodnatured, loving man that he was. For. the man who loved his family, he loved. other people. He was socially aware. He. was a kind person. She says it might be. possible that her son went to meet up. with someone he met online. To which she. says, "I mean, I think it's possible Joe. was an adult. He was allowed to do what. he wanted. You don't get murdered for. activity and if it was between. consensual adults. He was a good man. That's what I want him remembered as. The beautiful person he was on the. inside.". How old is Joseph?

I believe in his 30s as well. Wow. Juliana's mother has also spoken to. media and she states they are saying. horrible things about my daughter that. she only did this so she can stay in the. country. Basically trying to get rid of. Christine to stay with Brandon and get a. visa which yes does feel icky to say I. guess but her mom says it's not true. She wouldn't hurt a fly. I hope all of. this is resolved. She also states that. her daughter told her before the arrest. essentially, "Yes, her employer was. killed, but the case has been closed and.

the police concluded that Joseph Ryan. killed Christine because they used to. date. They were exes." There's no proof. of that. That's just what Juliana's mom. claims Juliana told her. There are some. concerns that Juliana's primary language. is Portuguese and the interrogations. were in English, but the prosecutors. argue that she never requested an. interpreter and only asked for one term. to be translated. aluminum foil. So, there are a lot of theories about. this case. One netizen theorizes, again,

just a theory from someone who doesn't. personally know the couple or the case, but they theorize given the limited. information to the general public. They. guess my best guess, the husband and the. nanny. They started this relationship. They hatch up this plan to kill. Christine. I don't know who stabbed. Christine, though. And I'm not sure the. exact role that Joseph Ryan was supposed. to play in all of this, but I think it's. clear the nanny messed up during the act. a few times. first by calling 911 too. early and then shooting Joseph Ryan. Likely something unexpected happened. during the incident that necessitated.

her shooting Joseph Ryan that second. time. Because a lot of people are. pointing out their story is almost too. dumb for a federal agent who's pleading. the fifth and lawyering up. The story is. too dumb. Why would she shoot him when. he's already incapacitated? And if. you're a federal agent, why would you. tell her to go get a gun from the safe. when you just shot him with your law. enforcement issued weapon? And if he had. no more bullets left, a lot of the. public believe we would know that by. now. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Like that would have been stated in the. press releases or the press conference. from the police. Yes.

Like because he only he had no more. bullets. Yeah. It just doesn't make sense. Another. netison comments them saying that. they're defending themselves yet she has. time to get another gun out of the safe. in order to shoot him again. I mean, they're probably lying, but also what a. lousy story. It just doesn't even make. sense. So, the original poster thinks. they believe that something had gone. wrong. It did not go according to the. plan because the two open line calls. this weird second shot from the second. gun. It's just silly to state that this. is self-defense. That is their opinion,

not a fact. Do your own research. I'm. not a judge. What do I know? Right. So, the netzen is proposing that something. happened that prompted her to shoot him. once more. Likely something happened. that she shot Joseph. And once they call. 911 the second time, 13 minutes later, Brandon, the husband, immediately. recognizes he needs to tell the police. he shot Joseph and it wasn't the nanny. He needs to get the focus away from the. nanny as quickly as possible. He does. not want the potential of her squealing. or getting questioned because while he's. a federal agent who can somehow keep his. wits intact, which clearly it's working,

she might not be able to. Mhm. The netzen further states, and honestly, judging by her social media post, it. sounds like she's pretty dumb. So, he. claims to have shot Joseph Ryan. He. lawyers up. He won't speak with the. police. And at this point, he knows that. he has to keep the nanny around, so. she's not going to confess, even though. it's a bad look to the public. Still. dating your nanny, right? She thinks. that this is going to work out for them. The husband claims he's keeping the. nanny around. He's probably telling the. authorities for the best interest of the. child to have some consistency for the.

child. But they're all trying to. basically stick it out together because. they have no other choice. And now that. she's been arrested though, she's going. to flip on him. It's just going to take. time. This is a theory. Now, that would be wild. Yeah, but a lot of people seem to have. this theory cuz I mean, nothing else. really makes sense. Some people don't. even have the space for theories. They're just so angered by the. situation. One Opair or nanny states, "Good Lord, I worked as a nanny for. years. I always told the parents,

whether you hire me or not, put in nanny. cams. You should have nanny cams and. your nanny should be the biggest. supporter of them. If you wouldn't want. it captured by the hidden nanny cams, you should not be doing it. That goes. for the owner of the home and the nanny. If you would never do things like this. in the first place, you would want nanny. cans to protect yourself as a nanny and. as the parents. Someone comments, "Moral. of the story is do not bring a strange. woman into your home to take care of. your children because she may also take. care of your husband." Which is a wild.

wild victim blaming statement to make. to which someone comments, "Or just. don't marry the type of man to sleep. with a stranger and let harm come your. way." Still victim blaming. Another. comments, "Or moral of the story, men. should stop betraying their families.". Someone else comments, "Absolutely. disgusting and disappointing just how. many people are victim blaming the poor. murdered wife and mother for her own. death," which is a very valid. observation. There is another comment. that reads, "Never bring strangers into. your home to take care of things that.

you should be doing.". Whoa. That clearly feels pointed at the. murdered mother rather than at the. father. Another comment reads, "Mothers and. wives out there, here's a lesson. Don't. hire young, pretty nannies." Or another. reads, "Ladies, it's time to take care. of your own kids. No one will ever care. for your kids as much as you do. Don't. let a job be the reason you lose your. baby or your man. Too many crazies out. here." To that, I just have to say he.

works for the IRS. She's a pediatric ICU. nurse. You tell me which job is more. important. Another comment just reads, "Young nanny. sees a beautiful home and wealthy. husband." Oh, well, it's a tale as old. as time. Another comment reads, "Banfield, the husband, needs to be. charged. Clearly, they planned this. together. If the nanny was smart, she. would testify against him." Now, I'm not. defending the nanny at all, but the. comments are wild. Brazilian nizens have. also reacted to the news. some right.

from his behavior, the husband's. behavior. You can see that he planned. everything and he's using the nanny. She. was dishonest, bad, and deluded, and. she's going to pay for it alone because. that's what he's going to let happen. He's American. She's not. He knows the. laws, and he has them in his favor. So, some speculate that second shot, Brandon. wanted Juliana to fire the second shot. so that she would get more of the heat, which I don't know if that makes any. sense. I there's other speculations I believe.

in my personal opinion I would believe. more is that he had her fire the second. shot. Either something dramatic happened. inside that we don't know about or. because if she fires a shot then she's. more likely to not say anything either. because she too has blood on her hands. Yeah, that's the truth is going to be. very interesting to hear. It's going to come up hopefully in. November. Now, I don't think that. Juliana should be excused for anything. she's done. Again, not saying that she's. committed seconddegree murder, just. stating, "I think if the trial proceeds.

and continues in the trajectory that. people think it will, just based off the. limited information we have, nothing. should excuse Juliana." However, I did. find it interesting who is paying for. Juliana's attorney. Juliana's mom stated. in an interview with a Brazilian news. outlet that she has not spoken to. Juliana's attorney. Which I feel like if. her parents were paying for it or if. Juliana was paying for it, they would. have access to the attorney. cuz Juliana if she's the retained. client, she could be like, "Hey, can you. talk to my mom because I'm in prison and. like my mom needs to talk to you." Also,

I don't know if Juliana even has the. funds to retain an attorney. Maybe she. does, but it would be a bit worrisome. here if Brandon is the one paying for. the attorney because then would the. attorney really be acting in her best. interest or Brandon's? You can do that? Yeah. Really? Huh? Yeah, that would be crazy. This is actually kind of a problem when. there's two defendants. It's very I. think it's rare, right? But in some. cases where there's two defendants and.

they decide to have the same attorney, but maybe one of them is footing the. bill, that attorney is looking out for. one defendant over the other more. That's why even when you see couples go. up as defendants, they try to retain. their own attorneys that they personally. pay for. Whereas if you're protecting. both partners, it's a bit tricky. Yeah. So it's just I mean this would be very. fascinating to know. I don't know. I. don't think it's I don't think it's a. courtappointed attorney from what I can. tell. Again, not defending her, just.

another layer of complexity here. It. could be courtappointed. I didn't find. any indication of, but we'll just have. to find out in November because even. when the prosecutor called Brandon. Banfield to the stand, Juliana's. attorney stated, "It's been clear from. the beginning that Brandon is the target. of this investigation." Which I don't. know because I feel like if I were. Juliana's attorney, not that I would be. qualified, but I feel like I'd be like, "You know what? You're right. Bring. Brandon. It's on Brandon. He's the. husband. He's the owner of this house. He's the dad. Talk to him. My client. just did whatever he told her to do. because he's the law enforcement.

officer. Of course, she listened to him. She just shot where he told her to do. That's it. Bring him on. But instead, he's like, "It seems like. Brandon is the target of this. investigation. Wouldn't you want that as. Juliana's attorney?". Yeah. Another commentator agrees. I agree. He. used her for the crime. She wanted to, but I'm sure he promised a thousand and1. things and he might have realized that. she was a fool. These are from Brazilian. nizens, and many of them don't agree. They write, "Dolluted or not, she is a. cruel criminal as much as he is. Even if.

she wasn't the main plotter, you have to. recognize the lack of empathy and. coldness when she takes over the master. bedroom where the victim died and puts. up photos of her with the dead woman's. husband. It was the room where the woman. died with her husband. Put yourself in. Christine's shoes. A characterless. husband like that and a girl just. waiting to pounce. Uh, I found the. photos of the two of them in the room. where his wife was killed extremely. morbid. It seems like a way to mark. territory with some sort of victory. trophy is another netisonen comment. One.

Brazilian netzen agrees, writing, "If. she was innocent, even if she was having. an affair up until the incident where. they died, they're saying she can't. continue that affair. If she is a good. person, she would leave. She'd be like, "You're suspicious. This whole thing is. weird. And they say if she was innocent, she wouldn't be sleeping in the victim's. room in the victim's bed and placing. photographs of her with the victim's. husband on the nightstand. But many. Brazilians along with American nonsens. agree that they find it extremely.

strange that Brandon Banfield has not. been charged yet. One comment reads from. an alleged Nova local. Stabbing is. violent and visceral. She lived all the. way to the hospital. She did not want to. leave her little girl. I've seen posts. by people who were in the ER that. morning. Many were traumatized. The. depraved indifference to human life is. shocking. To think that people like this. are among us in society is sobering. Is there like conversations about the. husband from the locals? Yes. They say that he's on. administrative leave. There's some.

rumors, I don't know if these are. accurate, that immediately after he. purchased a Tesla. So, some of the locals are having these. allegations, theories, speculations, opinions that he's going through this. weird midlife crisis, purchased a Tesla. Some of them were even conversating. about it. They'd be curious to know if. Christine was against purchasing a Tesla. because maybe she's fiscally more. responsible or just thought we don't. need another car. Like, what's the. point? But purchased a Tesla. He has.

this young 23-year-old girlfriend. How old is he? 38. She's 23. Mhm. Wow. I mean, the whole thing is just. really Yeah. Yeah. Wow. Feel like there's so much we. don't know. And the locals actually speculate and. theorize. Again, I don't know how I. ended up on this like DC mom's forum, but that's where I went down the rabbit. hole. They were speculating that there. has to be life insurance. So, they were. trying to figure out what tier of. government worker he is. And some.

speculate he's making anywhere between. $100 to $150,000. she would make quite a bit in Washington. DC as a pediatric ICU nurse. Close to. 100, if not more than $100,000. So now. half their income is gone. So they're. like maybe there is a life insurance. policy involved as well. But again, these are just literally gossip, like. neighborhood gossip there. We don't know. anything until November. Someone just. comments, "There's like 20 twists in. this story, and after every twist,

somehow the husband and the Opair look. even guiltier each time, especially. since they went to the shooting range. two months before the murders.". Juliana's mom is interviewed and she. says that she has a message for her. daughter. She said she must tell the. truth. She must tell them what happened. that day. Not just say that she's the. only one, but say that Brandon was with. her as well. She would have only shot. Joseph as a way to defend herself and. defend the family. Juliana is currently being held with no. bond. The judge stated that she is too. great of a flight risk. Her trial was.

initially set for July, so last month, but it has now been pushed to November. of this year. Whether or not charges. against Brandon Banfield will be filed. is unknown, but there's still just so. many unanswered questions. Like the. weird part is, sure, there is this. 13-minute delay from the initial call to. 911. So when they call back, this 13. minutes fully unaccounted for and people. speculate it has something to do with. who stabbed Christine because Christine. did not stab herself. Brandon and. Juliana are stating that the other man, Joseph Ryan, did it. But law enforcement.

hasn't come out to say that. In fact, they're treating Joseph Ryan as another. victim. I imagine if Joseph Ryan did. stab Christine Banfield and then he was. shot immediately afterwards, the. forensic at the scene, the crime scene. would show that story. And I think that. the police would have stated it to the. public, but the fact that they haven't. and all their the way that they talk. about Joseph Ryan is truly in the sense. that he is a victim here and not someone. who committed a crime and then was shot. afterwards.

Yeah. Netzens believe it would be pretty easy. to tell if Joseph Ryan was the stabber. There would be clear evidence. So, if. Joseph Ryan didn't stab and kill. Christine, then who did? The most. lowhanging fruit suspects are the two. other parties in the room, Juliana and. Brandon Banfield. But how could they. have cleaned up and gotten rid of all. the evidence that they're involved in. the stabbing before law enforcement. arrive at the scene? Right? Some netizens theorize that perhaps all. of this happened a bit sooner. So here's. another theory. Opinion, not a fact.

They could have hypothetically in a. parallel universe, the two could have. stabbed Christine Banfield, then shot. Joseph Ryan way before the 911 call. And. maybe the open lines were because they. hadn't cleaned up something, giving them. enough time to clean up again. Or they. could have stabbed Christine prior to. Joseph Ryan even getting into the house. So remember how people are speculating. that he met her on the website and. likely it was like, "Hey, the front door. is open. Come in to the left bedroom.". Mhm. Perhaps she was already stabbed. He. walks in and they're laying and wait for.

him. And he's shocked. He's like, "This. is not what I came here for." He's about. to U-turn, but he gets shot. Again, these are just hypothetical theories. that people have been putting together. since there's such limited information. out there and it just doesn't make. sense. Now, side note about Joseph Ryan. being shot twice. There are theories. that it's weird, but maybe it's not. For. example, let's say in a parallel. universe, the husband stabbed the wife. Then, out of necessity, he shot Joseph. Ryan, who walks in through the door. Perhaps Juliana was supposed to shoot. him. Mhm.

So the arrangement would have been I. killine, you kill Joseph Ryan, so we. each kill one, but maybe Juliana. hesitated, maybe she didn't shoot him. for whatever reason, and so Brandon. Banfield shot him. And now he only has. blood on his hands is the theory. So he. forces Juliana to shoot him as well. And. also because another shot must be fired. Perhaps he's looking at Joseph Ryan. Again, this is another theory. Perhaps. he's looking at Joseph Ryan and he sees. that maybe he'll survive. He's not dead.

And if we call 911 now, he's rushed to. the hospital. What if he survives? They. can't wait too long to call the police. So, they need to do something. So, a lot. of nizens right now are just curious as. to who stabbed Christine and wondering. if law enforcement has figured that out. and they're just being tight lipped. about it. Also, if there's any evidence. of life insurance. Another question that. nizens have is where was the poor little. girl during all of this? Was she left in. the basement? Reports state that she's. physically unharmed from the incident, but I'm sure there's going to be lots of.

mental and emotional trauma, if not now, than later. People wonder, I mean, why? If Brandon Banfield, the father, is. somehow proven to be involved in all of. this, it just makes him so much more. sick and vile that you're willing to. expose your child to lifelong trauma. because of how evil and callous you are. Speaking of people in the house, the. couple also had huskys. I I know I saw. one perhaps even two huskys that look. like they live in the house. So, let's. just say they just have one husky. I'm.

curious to know, was the husky in the. house at the time of the incident. Again, I don't think the husky being. home or not is some sort of evidence or. smoking gun. But if Joseph Ryan had to. come into the house, did they put the. huskys into a crate? That would be more. premeditation. Were the huskys at the. groomers? I mean, it's just from what I. know, huskys are pretty protective if. I'm correct. It would just be. interesting to know. Hopefully, we get. answers to all of these questions in. November when the trial starts. And we. can only hope that every single person. involved in their deaths will face.

justice. But what are your thoughts on. this case? I feel like there's so many questions. and if he is a federal agent, he must. plan all of this. And it's very easy to. find a clue that, hey, you guys are. sleeping together and it makes both of. you look very suspicious. and he still. proceed with the plan. So that means he. probably had a pretty good cover up plan. for at least for him or her not to be in.

trouble. So you think something went wrong and. that's how everything fell apart? So. during the act like the netzen was. theorizing, your opinion is that. something went wrong because otherwise. he would have a solid tight-knit plan. where Juliana would also not have been. arrested because he probably thought. things through as a federal agent. Yeah. There's no like, you know what I. mean? Like, he must must know everything. already. This self-defense theory just doesn't. make sense either. Like, go get the gun. She gets the gun. from the safe to then shoot him out of.

self-defense. Yeah. But even at this point, I worry that if. they still have a really good plan, let's say she's keeping very tight lips, maybe he truly will get away. Maybe, you. know, like I don't know. That's what a lot of people are worried. about. I mean, a lot of people think. that she deserves to be in prison as. well if this is truly what happened, but. it seems like she might take more of the. fall for it. if the attorney does not represent her. well and if she doesn't start talking,

right? What are your thoughts? Do you think if Brandon was involved. that Juliana will turn on him? If the. theories are correct, do you think that. one party is more at fault here or. they're equally evil if the theories are. correct? What are your thoughts? Let me. know in the comments and I will see you. in the next one.