Affluent Virginia suburb rocked as trial begins for ex-federal agent husband in nanny love-triangle murders

Opening statements are expected to begin Tuesday in the trial of Brendan Banfield, a former IRS special agent who is accused of orchestrating a grisly double murder to conceal an affair with his family's au pair.

Twelve jurors and four alternates were seated Monday as the trial begins, FOX 5 reported.

Banfield is charged with aggravated murder in the February 2023 killings of Christine Banfield and Joseph Ryan at the Banfields’ home in the idyllic Washington, D.C., suburb of Herndon, Virginia.