Hearings for Brendan Banfield and his former au pair, Juliana Peres Magalhães, were held Thursday in the same Fairfax County courtroom.

It took months for the first charges to come down, but in October 2023, the authorities charged the au pair, Juliana Peres Magalhães, 24, with second-degree murder in the shooting death of the man found in the home, Joseph Ryan, 38.

A northern Virginia husband accused of a double murder in Reston is expected to appear in court Thursday morning where the judge is expected to set a trial date.Brendan Banfield is accused of killing his wife and another man in a plot with his family’s au pair.

A grand jury indicted Brendan Banfield on murder charges in the fatal stabbing of his wife and shooting of a stranger in the couple’s Virginia bedroom in February 2023.

A Virginia grand jury has indicted Brendan Banfield on four counts of aggravated murder in the 2023 killings of his wife, Christine Banfield, and Joseph Ryan

A Virginia man was indicted in the killing last year of his wife and another man, officials said Monday, nearly a year after the couple’s au pair was charged in connection with the double homicide.

More than a year and a half after the shocking deaths of Christine Banfield, 37, and a man named Joseph Ryan, 38, Banfield's husband has been charged with both of their murders.