Brendan Banfield Crime Scene Evidence: Bedroom Renovated, Knife Hidden, FBI Analyzes Star Witness

The Brendan Banfield trial is building toward its climax, and day three delivered evidence that cuts through every defense narrative. Fairfax County detectives showed jurors what they found when they returned to the Banfield home eight months after Christine's death: fresh wood flooring where blood-soaked carpet used to be, new furniture throughout the master bedroom, and photographs of Brendan with au pair Juliana Peres Magalhães sitting on the nightstand where pictures of Brendan and Christine once belonged.

Detective Terry Leach walked the jury through graphic crime scene photographs of Joseph Ryan's body—blood covering his face, han...