The episode centers on a shocking and intricately planned murder in Northern Virginia involving Christine Banfield, a pediatric ICU nurse, who was killed in her home by her husband Brendan Banfield—an IRS investigator—and their Brazilian au pair, Juliana. The crime was disguised as a h
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