Michelle Sigona (48 Hours producer)

She thinks that a man has entered her bedroom.

A knife-wielding man has entered her bedroom.

Joe thinks that he is coming for some sort of consensual rendezvous.

So they are both sort of confused about what's happening.

At this point,

Christine has not been stabbed yet.

She was yelling because there's a strange man in her room and he's got a knife.

That didn't actually come until a year and a half later.

In fact, Juliana was the first one arrested and jailed.

And correct me if I'm wrong, Michelle, but she was getting help from Brendan's mom.

Like they were putting money on her books and that sort of thing while she was in jail.

And she was standing by him for a bit.

So, Brendan and his defense, they continue to deny this whole catfishing scheme.

This was always self-defense after an intruder entered the home and then attacked Christine.

And then during the trial, the defense had pointed out that Juliana had changed her stories, suggesting that she only worked with the government after Brendan was arrested and she sort of lost hope.

Right.

And Michelle, we should talk a little bit about the child endangerment charge.

In an earlier 48 Hours podcast episode, we talked a little bit about this.

It's because that while the killings were taking place, the Banfield's daughter was in the house downstairs in the basement.

Yeah, you can only imagine what she heard.