Susan Greenspoon, Forensics Molecular Biologist at the Virginia Dept. of Forensic Science, testified today in the Brendan Banfield murder trial. Banfield, a former IRS agent, is charged with four counts of aggravated murder in the February 2023 deaths of his wife Christine Banfield and Joseph Ryan at their Herndon, Virginia Read more…
In 2004, David Carmichael crushed sleeping pills into his 11-year-old son’s orange juice and strangled him to death. He planned it. He researched murder sentences. He expected prison. Two years later, he walked free. The reason? A legal test written in 1843 called the M’Naghten Rule—the same test that will Read more…
Terry Leach, Detective with the Fairfax County Police Department, testified today in the Brendan Banfield murder trial. Banfield, a former IRS agent, is charged with four counts of aggravated murder in the February 2023 deaths of his wife Christine Banfield and Joseph Ryan at their Herndon, Virginia home. Prosecutors allege Read more…
Douglas Gudakunst, Fingerprint Specialist with the Fairfax County Police Department, testified today in the Brendan Banfield murder trial. Banfield, a former IRS agent, is charged with four counts of aggravated murder in the February 2023 deaths of his wife Christine Banfield and Joseph Ryan at their Herndon, Virginia home.Prosecutors allege Read more…
Kenner Fortner, Sgt. with the Fairfax County Police Department, testified today in the Brendan Banfield murder trial. Banfield, a former IRS agent, is charged with four counts of aggravated murder in the February 2023 deaths of his wife Christine Banfield and Joseph Ryan at their Herndon, Virginia home.Prosecutors allege Banfield Read more…
Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott tackles the hardest question in the Nick Reiner case: At what point does supporting a severely mentally ill adult child stop being love and start being something else? The Reiners paid for 18-plus rehab stays. They housed Nick in their guest house. They brought him to parties Read more…
Day 2 of the Brendan Banfield trial focused entirely on cross-examination of star witness Juliana Peres Magalhães. Defense attorney John Carroll attacked her credibility using jail letters in which she promised to protect Banfield and “take the blame for both of us.” Magalhães admitted she’s been in contact with Netflix Read more…
Monique Tepe left her first husband after just seven months of marriage. She moved back to Ohio. She rebuilt her life. She married a dentist named Spencer, had two children, and said in her wedding vows: “I had quite a journey to get to you. Countless bad Bumble dates, wrong Read more…
Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott breaks down the disturbing psychological phenomenon at the center of the Nick Reiner case: a man who reportedly admits killing his parents but believes his incarceration is a conspiracy against him. How does someone hold those two realities simultaneously? Shavaun explains what’s happening in the mind of Read more…
Juliana Peres Magalhaes, former Banfield au pair, continued to be cross-examined on the stand today in the Brendan Banfield murder trial in Fairfax County, Virginia.Banfield, a former IRS Criminal Investigation agent, faces four counts of aggravated murder, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, and child abuse Read more…