Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

On Feb. 24, 2023, police were called to the Banfield family home for a stabbing and a shooting around 8 a.m. Brendan Banfield, an IRS special agent, told police he shot a man who had stabbed his wife, Christine Banfield. Police find Christine Banfield, nude and stabbed multiple times, in an upstairs bedroom. Nearby, they find a man named Joseph Ryan shot multiple times. Inside the house at the time of the shooting: Brendan Banfield, along with the family's au pair, then-22-year-old Juliana Peres Magalhaes, and the Banfields' then-4-year-old daughter.
Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack go behind the headlines to find out what really happened in a home that left a 37-year-old mother dead, a 39-year-old male stranger dead, an IRS Special agent Brendan Banfield charged with murder, a four-year-old little girl who will be raised by someone other than her mother, and the Au Pair who moved into the master bedroom, then copped a plea deal to testify for the state.
Transcribe Highlights
00:00.55 Introduction
01:10.44 Never known anyone who had an "au pair"
04:20.15 Multiple 911 calls
10:24.02 Fingerprints on the knife, digital forensics
14:47.86 Joe shares story from his time in Atlanta
20:20.60 Body not cleaned on scene
25:16.54 911 call, hangup. Another 911 is made 15 minutes later
30:05.72 Federal Agencies have law enforcement wings
35:09.29 Husband and Au Pair involved in sexual relationship
40:02.52 Not just the rifling
45:48.22 Conclusion
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A federal judge has dismissed the death penalty-eligible murder and weapons charges against Luigi Mangione, accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
The judge ruled they did not constitute crimes of violence. This removes the death penalty. Federal stalking charges remain, with a trial set to potentially begin in October 2026 after jury selection in September.
There is also a push for state murder charges.
Also happening surrounding Mangione: a Minnesota man is arrested after trying to break the accused killer free. Mark Anderson reportedly presented himself at a New York federal jail claiming to be an FBI agent. He said he had a court order to release Mangione.
Anderson also allegedly said he had weapons on him. Inside a bag he was carrying, he had a barbecue fork and a circular steel blade that resembled a pizza cutter.

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A federal judge has dismissed the death-penalty-eligible murder and weapons charges against Luigi Mangione, accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. The judge ruled they did not constitute crimes of violence. This removes the death penalty. Federal stalking charges remain, with a trial set to potentially begin in October 2026 after jury selection in September. There is also a push for state murder charges.
Also happening surrounding Mangione, a Minnesota man arrested after trying to break the accused killer free. Mark Anderson reportedly presented himself at a New York federal jail claiming to be an FBI agent. He said he had a court order to release Mangione. Anderson also allegedly said he had weapons on him. Inside a bag he was carrying, he had a barbecue fork and a circular steel blade that resembled a pizza cutter

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Patrick Frazee was convicted of murdering fiancé, Kelsey Berreth, on Thanksgiving Day in 2018.
He's already appealed once, but that was denied. Now he's trying again.
Frazee claims an expert's trial testimony should not have been admissible. The original details of a police affidavit reveal shocking details about how Patrick Frazee allegedly used a baseball bat to smash the head of finance' Kelsey Berreth on Thanksgiving Day, and how he struggled to collect all the Colorado mom's teeth while cleaning up the crime scene.
Nancy Grace explores the newest details with a panel including forensics expert Joseph Scott Morgan -- author of "Blood Beneath My Feet," Southern California prosecutor Wendy Patrick, forensic psychiatrist Dr. Daniel Bober, Atlanta juvenile judge and lawyer Ashley Willcott, and CrimeOnline reporter Ellen Killoran.
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