Brazilian au pair Juliana Magalhaes charged in Virginia double homicide pleads guilty to manslaughter
CBSN
A Brazilian au pair who fell in love with an IRS agent pleaded guilty to manslaughter on Tuesday in what prosecutors say was an elaborate double-murder scheme to frame another man in the stabbing of his wife.
For months after the killings on Feb. 24, 2023, it might have seemed as if Juliana Peres Magalhães and the IRS agent, Brendan Banfield, got away with murders, according to new details prosecutors revealed in court to support her guilty plea. CBS affiliate WUSA-TV reported that in court on Tuesday, prosecutors recommended a sentence of time served, but asked to hold off on the sentencing until after Brendan Banfield's trial to see how cooperative Peres Magalhaes is in that case.
Christine Banfield, a pediatric intensive care nurse with a 4-year-old daughter, had been mortally wounded with stab wounds to her neck, and Brendan Banfield, her husband, and their live-in nanny had both shot her apparent killer - a man who had been lured to the bedroom with promises of rough sex.
