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Sure. So investigators say that Brendan Banfield plotted with the family's au pair, a woman named Juliana Perez Magales, to kill his wife, Christine, and a man named Joseph Ryan, who who they allegedly lured to the Banfield family home through a fetish website.
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Juliana was charged with second-degree murder of that man, and Brendan was charged with the aggravated murder of both his wife and Joseph Ryan.
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That's right. So Juliana took a plea deal. She pled guilty to manslaughter in the shooting of Joseph Ryan. And as a part of this deal, she's agreed to cooperate with prosecutors ahead of Brendan's trial.
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So right now, Brendan's trial is on the docket for October 20th. And we don't know for sure if Juliana will take the stand, but it sounds like that's likely to happen.
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For starters, there will be a new prosecutor that's leading the case. And Karen Reed's defense team is also going to be a little bit different this time. They've added a new lawyer, and this is all according to a motion that was filed late in November.
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Yes, he's going to be back. Her first high-powered defense team, they will all return for this second trial. This trial is set to start on April 1st. Certainly one to watch.
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So this all kicked off back when Brian and Ana's colleagues reported her missing in January of 2023. Police said that Brian Walsh was cooperative initially and that they did a search of the home where they found knives and they also found blood in the basement.
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Right, and they found those on Ana and Brian's six-year-old son's iPad.
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Ultimately, after more investigation, Brian was charged with first-degree murder, misleading the police, and improper transport of a human body. He's pleaded not guilty to all of those charges, and he's set to go to trial on October 20th, 2025.
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Is it going to be a long one? It's looking like it's going to be pretty long. It's currently scheduled to begin on April 28th, and it's expected to go through May 22nd.
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There are so many trials set to start in 2025. Nicholas Rossi, we have a trial date. It's April 22nd, the Anna Walsh case. That's going to be a four-week trial in October.
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This is, you know, her high-powered defense team. They will all return for this second trial.