A woman, Christine Banfield, is dead inside her home.<br /><br />A second man, Joseph Ryan, is dead in the same bedroom.<br /><br />And the husband says he walked in just in time to stop it.Prosecutors told a very different story — one involving a secret affair, a fake online profile, and a scene they say was carefully staged to shift the blame.<br /><br />The jury had to decide who was telling the truth.And what really happened inside that house.<br /><br />This is the update episode of the trial of Brendan Banfield.<br /><br />Original episode: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/virginia-irs-agent-and-au-pair-charged-after-wife-found-stabbed-to-death-brendan-banfield--65077056<br /><br />**************************************<br /><br /><b>Do you have thoughts about this case, or is there a specific true crime case you’d like to hear about? </b>Let me know with an email or a voice message: <a href="https://murderandlove.com/contact" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://murderandlove.com/contact</a><br /><br />Find the sources used in this episode and learn more about how to support Love and Murder: Heartbreak to Homicide and gain access to even more cases, including bonus episodes, ad-free and intro-free cases, case files and more at: <b><a href="https://murderandlove.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://murderandlove.com</a></b><br /><br /><b>Music:<br />℗ lesfreemusic</b><br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/love-and-murder-heartbreak-to-homicide--4348896/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/love-and-murder-heartbreak-to-homicide--4348896/support</a>.