The former IRS agent was convicted in February of the 2023 killings of his wife, Christine Banfield, and Joseph Ryan.
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June 5, 2026, 4:14 PM GMT+2
By Tim Stelloh
The former IRS agent convicted in a deadly catfishing scheme targeting his wife and a stranger is expected to be sentenced Friday to a mandatory life term in prison.
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Brendan Banfield was convicted in the 2023 murders of his wife and a man prosecutors said he "catfished" on a fetish website.
Brendan Banfield, the Virginia man convicted of murdering his wife and a stranger as part of an elaborate plot with the family’s…
Brendan Banfield convicted of killing Christine Banfield and man lured to couple’s Virginia home as fall guy
Brendan Banfield, a former IRS law enforcement officer, claimed he shot Joseph Ryan after he came across Ryan attacking his wife.
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Brendan Banfield, a man convicted of killing his wife and a stranger in a plot with an au pair, was sentenced Friday to life in…
