Anne-Marie Green

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Some of this reporting is disturbing, so please listen and watch with care.

Welcome to a special episode of the 48 Hours podcast, Inside the Banfield Trial.

I'm your host, 48 Hours correspondent, Anne-Marie Green.

And we have a verdict in the case of Brendan Banfield.

He's the man charged with the aggravated murder of his wife, Christine, and another man, Joseph Ryan, on February 24th, 2023.

Banfield was found guilty of two counts of aggravated murder.

He was also found guilty of child endangerment and the use of a firearm.

So this case was dubbed the au pair affair because of Brendan's relationship with the Banfield's live-in nanny from Brazil, Juliana Perez Magaliz.

Now, Juliana pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter for the shooting of Joseph Ryan and cooperated with the government, testifying against Brendan.

So here to discuss this verdict, along with Brendan's own testimony, is 48 Hours producer Michelle Sigona.

Michelle, you were in the courtroom as all the events unfolded, and we are so happy to have you here.

So there was a lot of evidence in this case, you know, a lot of digital evidence, a lot of physical evidence, certainly testimony from law enforcement, testimony from experts.

But really, at the end of the day, it really felt like this was a case of he said, she said.

Brendan versus his former lover, Juliana.

So we talked the other week about Juliana's testimony.

Everyone was really surprised that she was amongst the first people, first witnesses to testify.

Can you remind our listeners, though, of this kind of elaborate alleged plot?

And so a big part of proving or disproving this whole thing, depending on whether you're on defense or prosecution, was about this.

this catfishing component of it, right?