Jenna Sands

He wanted her out of the picture.

And he convinced young Juliana, 22 years old, not from the United States, living in his home, in love with him, that they should get rid of Christine.

He talked about hiring a hitman, finding someone to kill her for money, but he was concerned that that would tie back to him, that there would be too much evidence against him and that he could end up at risk.

So they crafted a plan.

They would use Christine's email accounts to create a fake profile to lure someone in who was into kinky sex, violent sex.

And they would get this guy to come into the house and fake rape Christine.

Brendan would be the hero of the day.

He would show up, kill the guy, kill his wife, pretending that it had been that guy.

On February 24th, 2023, Brendan Banfield's birthday, the plan was put into action.

Knowing that Christine had the day off, Brendan and Juliana arranged a fake outing at the zoo for Valerie.

Juliana and Valerie packed a lunch, prepared for this fake outing.

Christine, still in bed, asleep, at 6 a.m., Brendan takes her phone and Valerie downstairs.

He chats with Joe to confirm a 7.20 arrival for the execution of the fake rape.

And Brendan then disables the door lock, preventing it from automatically locking, turns off Christine's phone, and puts it in a drawer in the kitchen where she couldn't possibly find it to call for help when she finds an intruder in her home.

Brendan leaves the house, followed shortly by Juliana.

Brendan drives to a nearby McDonald's.

Juliana waits in the cul-de-sac.

the plan to give a call out to Brendan as soon as she sees Joe.

Valerie's in the back seat and Juliana has a gun in her pocket.

When Joe arrives, Juliana calls Christine's cell phone first to create a record of a fake warning, even knowing that the phone is turned off.