A Virginia man has been indicted in killing of wife and another man nearly a year after an au pair was charged in the case .
A grand jury indicted Brendan Banfield on the charge of aggravated murder in the February 2023 killings of Christine Banfield and Joseph Ryan, according to a bench warrant filed in Fairfax Circuit Court. Banfield was also charged with one count of felony firearm use.
Banfield’s arrest comes nearly a year after Juliana Peres Magalhaes, an au pair for the Banfields’ daughter was charged with second-degree murder in Ryan’s killing. She was not charged over Christine Banfield, CBS affiliate WUSA-TV reported.
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Magalhaes is scheduled for trial in that case in November. Meanwhile Police chief Kevin Davis said at a news conference that Banfield was arrested while driving in Fairfax County…