Michelle Sigona

Anne-Marie, it's great to see you.

Thank you so much for having me.

There are only four people who know what really happened, and unfortunately, two have died.

This is all about Brendan versus Juliana.

Here's prosecutor Jenna Sands' final argument about what happened.

Whereas Brendan's attorney, John Carroll, said this.

Absolutely.

The Banfields hired Juliana to care for their daughter, Valerie.

This was in 2021.

Juliana was in her early 20s at the time, and as part of the au pair arrangement, Juliana lived in their Northern Virginia home.

She said she started a relationship with Brendan in August 2022, and he was the one who came up with the plan first.

to kill his wife that October.

She says they created a fake email account for Christine along with a fake account on a fetish app called FetLife.

The idea was to lure someone to the house under the pretense of aggressive sex with a knife, but then frame him for the stabbing murder of Christine

Joseph Ryan was the man prosecutors say they targeted.

Now, prosecutors also said that Brendan planned to then enter the bedroom and kill the, quote, intruder with a gun.

You're right.

There were days and days of testimony highlighting just about every login to the account and every message that was sent on FetLife.

Also clear, it was hard to prove who was using those devices.

So even if it was Christine's phone or laptop, the prosecution made the point that you couldn't prove it was her behind the device.