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

[lee sumner]

Body cam footage damaging to defense. He said on 911 call that he was tendering aid. Remember CB lived until she arrived at the hospital. BB taking the stand could really go sideways for him.

taking the stand. he was so easy to hate. terrible actor.

 

[lee sumner]

His colleagues have to know that he is lying by the way he is acting. He thinks he is smart enough to trick everyone. He’s not smart at all. Starting with getting involved with the nanny of his child.

It’s baffling that he orchestrated two murders for this for the average looking nanny. She’s just not the type that many married men would risk everything for. She isn’t intelligent, nor does she have anything to add to his finances so it’s just odd.

agree. age difference as well. nut jobs both of them.

 

[lee sumner]

JM was able to put BB at the scene. That, and it would be difficult for someone to pull this off when English isn’t their primary language. She doesn’t have that same “sophisticated” sense like BB does. He is use to being ambiguous and savvy with his job description.

Even with that, he missed some important points to not become a suspect. No Burner phones, no activity on the Fet site after the deaths, posting photos with his fling versus a true grieving husband and more.

He doesn’t realize how guilty he looks in court. The fake tears on cue whenever Christine’s trauma is revealed isn’t working for him. As soon as something is said that is really uncomfortable for him he wipes his eyes. It’s robotic. He can’t pull it off.

he is not street smart.

 

[lee sumner]

The murderers decided this man was expendable.

They were wrong.

He was a real person, with a real life, with people who loved him.

It was the murderers who were expendable.

Not much humanity in either of them, and none in them together.

JMO

hard to believe there are people like these 2 out there.

 

[mrjitty]

I wonder if JM didn't get played here.

The CW made an extremely favourable plea deal to get her testimony. Arguably one that should not have been made regardless of lack of alternative options. But CW also knew the Judge might not sign off on it. They won't be crying any tears.

IMO

 

[Charlot123]

Insight, please: If one engages a potential partner on one of these websites like “Fettish,” does the person going to the trouble to come to your home with “equipment, etc.” to answer your fantasy expect financial compensation? Are the people who accommodate “in search of’s” on this type of website considered sex workers?

I’m asking because if someone had no history of violence toward the opposite sex or seemingly hasn’t displayed a desire to engage in pretend violent sex acts, what would motivate them to answer a request for this very extreme and potentially dangerous fantasy play? It seems out of character without some very lucrative reward. Would the person be agreeing because they were going to get paid?

I’m not victim blaming. I’m asking in general terms as I have zero knowledge about these things. Please excuse my ignorance. Just wondering how these encounters are structured, if financially?

I watched two YouTube interviews of one highly-paid escort lady. She has good language and gives direct answers. What I noticed was that any field of work has its own professional language. (She says, “I had an encounter in the format of…”).

I am now positive that one of the reasons JR felt comfortable with the arrangement is because the couple used the right phrases, something people from JR’s community would often say.

Given that they possibly used JR’s language, one wonders whether one of the deadly duo was the frequenter of Fetlife. There was more than casual knowledge of the lingo, IMO.

JMO.

 

[Charlot123]

I wonder if JM didn't get played here.

The CW made an extremely favourable plea deal to get her testimony. Arguably one that should not have been made regardless of lack of alternative options. But CW also knew the Judge might not sign off on it. They won't be crying any tears.

IMO

Three years have passed. It is possible that staying in a US prison might be a better option to being deported as a criminal murderer of a young mother (in the presence of her child.) JMO.

 

[I am not Sherlock H.]

FYI…. If of interest….. it appears 20/20 on ABC is tonight / now showing “The Au Pair, The Affair and Murder” at 9:00 p.m. EST. This case. Not sure if this is new, or a possible updated repeat or other? MOO

 

[OneLove]

Three years have passed. It is possible that staying in a US prison might be a better option to being deported as a criminal murderer of a young mother (in the presence of her child.) JMO.

I guess that depends on what the people around her in her immediate sphere know? There was a female serial killer of teen girls who rolled on her partner in crime. After her bargained release, she lived in several places where people had no idea who she was. In one home, she sewed baby diapers and sold them online. I was horrified that I might even have unknowingly placed an order with her (under her new assumed name) as a gift for an expectant friend. In another home, she was volunteering at her own young children's school until they discovered who she was. People do rebuild new lives but cold blooded killers should always be made known, imo. They can be apologetic and remorseful, but a close eye should always be on them.

 

[Smelly Squirrel]

This aired tonight on 20/20.

How a plot involving a fetish website and an au pair affair led to murder

Family and friends of Christine Banfield and Joseph Ryan in the wake of Brendan Banfield being found guilty in their murders, having planned it with Juliana Magalhães.

abcnews.com