Case with Jury in Au Pair Affair Murder Trial
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Former IRS special agent Brendan Banfield is accused of staging a double murder to kill his wife and frame a stranger -- all while having an affair with his family's live-in nanny. Elaine Quijano is following the case.
Brendan Banfield rebuffed claims that he had made an elaborate plan for the killings with the family’s au pair, with whom he had an affair.
James Edward Carnagey Jr., 63, is arraigned on Monday, Jan. 26, 2026, at Pierce County Superior Court in Tacoma, Wash. Carnagey was charged with three counts of aggravated first-degree murder in the Dec. 11, 2025 stabbings of Wendy Teresa Walker-Carnagey, 64, and Chad Thomas Malloy, 39. Liesbeth Powers [email protected]
The murder trial of Issiah Ross is back in session on Wednesday, Jan. 28. Ross is charged in the deaths of Lyric Woods and Devin Clark in Orange County. Ross rejected a plea bargain offer on Monday, Jan.