VA - Joseph Ryan shot, Christine Banfield stabbed, both deceased, in home - Herndon 24 Feb 2023

[Izzylizzy]

This is no offense to Christine Banfield and Joe Ryan who tragically lost their lives over evil greed but for some reason the trial lacks captivating my attention.
I've had it on and off on my TV...trying.
There's a flat monotone that has been running throughout it and it may be both the prosecution and defense attorney's deliveries.

This also went on with the prosecution's star witness against BB....the other murderer.
Maybe it's the defense attorney Mr. Nice Guy who lost the fire in his belly?

I thought this after reading your comments and it's all I've come up with and it very well could be just me.
imo

Thank you George, he opens with the prosecution lacked "passion" in their opening and throughout and made no emotional connection with the jury that 2 innocent people lost their lives.

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[Lawnguylander1964]

I think the reason it's not riveting is because there's really only one witness able to tell the story.

You have all these logs from the website that don't really mean anything unless JM is giving the narrative because it was done on Christine's laptop when she was home. Without JM, there's no way to prove it wasn't Christine.

It's like when you go to a seminar and the same person is talking for 5 hours. It gets boring listening to the same person. Panel discussions are more interesting.

 

[LifeIsAMystery]

I had to know what this says (Portuguese to English translation): "Oh my god, I've been so incredibly, hopelessly in love since July of last year." [That would have been July 2022]

Didn’t she testify the affair started much later? What is the date on the post?

 

[rcr32738]

Didn’t she testify the affair started much later? What is the date on the post?

The date on the bathtub photo post is December 30, 2022. She says she has been madly in love since July (assuming July 2022). On the stand she said their relationship turned sexual in August.

 

[Luna20]

Thank you George, he opens with the prosecution lacked "passion" in their opening and throughout and made no emotional connection with the jury that 2 innocent people lost their lives.

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The defense attorney is flat. I mentioned earlier that I don’t know why he wasn’t more aggressive with JM. He has asked her if she would like to read a letter. Why ask her?

 

[LifeIsAMystery]

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[alexwood]

Lots of pictures here, and interesting to watch when court is on break.

 

[alexwood]

Didn’t she testify the affair started much later? What is the date on the post?

Believe it or not, there is ANOTHER bathtub photo that Juliana posted to her Instagram in December 2022 (before the murders). I don't think this one was taken in NY, but possibly in the family home, which is so disgusting. I would really like to know if CB had any suspicions about them having an affair. I have been following this case for a while, but have never heard any information on that.

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30 December 2022, is the date on the pic she posted.

 

[Megnut]

While I wait for the trial to resume today, I'm just so struck that he killed his marriage over a cliché.

Two real, live people dead so he could have a fleeting fantasy.

Caused such deep suffering over such shallow thinking.

JMO

 

[alexwood]

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[Megnut]

I was not prepared for graphic crime scene photos.

 

[Robin5528]

This sounds just like Season 1 Episode 6 of "the Closer"! I started watching this series on Netflix this month. Is this where Banfield got the idea to pull this on his wife to get rid of her????? I just heard of this trial from Tricia's YouTube videos.

 

[alexwood]

@5:43:05 timestamp, Christine Bansfield's father, Gary Benson, begins his testimony. What a loving and remarkable father he is! When asked by the Commonwealth: "Were you present at the birth of [Christine's daughter, on March 30, 2018]?", Christine's father replies: "Absolutely!" It is not very often that we get to see fathers of his caliber on Websleuths. My heart bleeds for him!

The Commonwealth of Virginia has now rested its case. The Defense will begin to present its case tomorrow, Wednesday, January 21, 2026. [What a waste of time that will be.]

 

[Luna20]

I was not prepared for graphic crime scene photos.

30 December 2022, is the date on the pic she posted.

How was she able to have the framed picture in her room before the murders?

 

[LooksSusToMe]

Yikes. I feel like the prosecution fell flat at the end with the father on the stand. Also, the defense’s argument about the prosecution not calling any of the detectives or LE that worked on the case to the stand at all was a good point. So odd. J’s testimony is really all they have.

 

[Angelo]

Christine's phone was found downstairs in the kitchen drawer and photographed by the police.
Christine's phone was used to unlock the front door for Joseph.

It doesn't make sense that Christine would leave her phone downstairs after unlocking the door. It makes sense that Brendan did it in preparation for the murders so Christine could not call for help.
This detail was overlooked by Brendan, IMO. I wonder if the phone was supposed to be retrieved by Brendan or Juliana and brought back upstairs to the bedroom.

 

[LifeIsAMystery]

How was she able to have the framed picture in her room before the murders?

She posted the photo on social media that had a restricted friends list. The photo in room photos were post killings.

 

[LifeIsAMystery]

Christine's phone was found downstairs in the kitchen drawer and photographed by the police.
Christine's phone was used to unlock the front door for Joseph.

It doesn't make sense that Christine would leave her phone downstairs after unlocking the door. It makes sense that Brendan did it in preparation for the murders so Christine could not call for help.
This detail was overlooked by Brendan, IMO. I wonder if the phone was supposed to be retrieved by Brendan or Juliana and brought back upstairs to the bedroom.


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They told Joe to leave phone in car, I don’t think they wanted either to be able to call for help. BB thought he had thought of everything by using her phone to let Joe in.

 

[LifeIsAMystery]

While I wait for the trial to resume today, I'm just so struck that he killed his marriage over a cliché.

Two real, live people dead so he could have a fleeting fantasy.

Caused such deep suffering over such shallow thinking.

JMO

He didn’t kill CB over JPM, he had discussed killing her with another affair partner, it was in a hearing last year. It is notable that he never married JPM.

 

[LifeIsAMystery]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2013797813805543490

Bit of the blood splatter expert testimony here