Deidre Fisher (Joe Ryan's mother)

Brandon Banfield, his defense team said,

Even some of the press carelessly characterized Joe as the intruder, the fetish guy into rough sex, the rapist and the murderer, or simply the other forgettable guy.

not even showing Joe's face during the murder trial.

Joe was chosen because Brendan Banfield thought he would make a good dupe to be framed for the planned murder of his wife.

As with so many other things, Brendan was wrong.

In some ways, my son was flawed, regular Joe.

But he also had some amazing qualities.