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DemocratSinceBirth

(101,729 posts) Mon Feb 2, 2026, 05:31 PM Feb 2

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Breaking News Brendan Banfield Guilty of Double Murder

Per CNN

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****Breaking News**** Brendan Banfield Guilty of Double Murder (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2 OP

and for those of us who have no idea who this is.... CurtEastPoint Feb 2 #1

The back story is crazy. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2 #2

Complicated plan. BlueWaveNeverEnd Feb 3 #12

Thanks... I sure as hell don't know Nor Cha Feb 2 #3

So you missed the Murdaugh trial DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2 #4

I saw a Doc on it... it was Cha Feb 2 #6

The Disney series is great. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2 #9

I'd missed this story. I just read that. underpants Feb 2 #5

Yeah, I just read it, too.. the Au pair Cha Feb 2 #7

I live in Fairfax County, VA. Hopefully this means that our local news now will stop consisting of ... 11 Bravo Feb 2 #8

Every time I hear coverage of this case COL Mustard Feb 3 #10

Not that I'm inclined to do this sort of thing EdmondDantes_ Feb 3 #11

CurtEastPoint

(19,908 posts)

1. and for those of us who have no idea who this is....

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Mon Feb 2, 2026, 05:32 PM

Feb 2

https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/02/us/brendan-banfield-double-murder-trial-verdict

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DemocratSinceBirth

(101,729 posts)

2. The back story is crazy.

Reply to CurtEastPoint (Reply #1)

Mon Feb 2, 2026, 05:41 PM

Feb 2

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BlueWaveNeverEnd

(13,483 posts)

12. Complicated plan.

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Reply #2)

Tue Feb 3, 2026, 03:54 AM

Feb 3

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Cha

(317,796 posts)

3. Thanks... I sure as hell don't know Nor

Reply to CurtEastPoint (Reply #1)

Mon Feb 2, 2026, 05:46 PM

Feb 2

do I have a TV.

But now kinda of curious.. so Mahalo, CurtEastPoint

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DemocratSinceBirth

(101,729 posts)

4. So you missed the Murdaugh trial

Reply to Cha (Reply #3)

Mon Feb 2, 2026, 05:49 PM

Feb 2

That was kind of interesting because the Murdaughs were political players.

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Cha

(317,796 posts)

6. I saw a Doc on it... it was

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Reply #4)

Mon Feb 2, 2026, 06:16 PM

Feb 2

crazy Wild!

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DemocratSinceBirth

(101,729 posts)

9. The Disney series is great.

Reply to Cha (Reply #6)

Mon Feb 2, 2026, 07:52 PM

Feb 2

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underpants

(195,627 posts)

5. I'd missed this story. I just read that.

Reply to CurtEastPoint (Reply #1)

Mon Feb 2, 2026, 06:09 PM

Feb 2

Yikes. What a mess.

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Cha

(317,796 posts)

7. Yeah, I just read it, too.. the Au pair

Reply to underpants (Reply #5)

Mon Feb 2, 2026, 06:20 PM

Feb 2

Turned on him.

Poor little daughter... Hope she has loving relatives to take good care of her.

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11 Bravo

(24,294 posts)

8. I live in Fairfax County, VA. Hopefully this means that our local news now will stop consisting of ...

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Mon Feb 2, 2026, 06:20 PM

Feb 2

15 minutes of weather and 15 minutes about "The Au Pair Murders".

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COL Mustard

(8,068 posts)

10. Every time I hear coverage of this case

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Tue Feb 3, 2026, 02:46 AM

Feb 3

I feel like I need a shower. I really don’t see how anyone who has followed this case could be surprised by the outcome.

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EdmondDantes_

(1,554 posts)

11. Not that I'm inclined to do this sort of thing

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Tue Feb 3, 2026, 03:22 AM

Feb 3

But even if I was, if I were to be part of a couple's sex game as the murdered guy wanted to be, there's zero chance I would sign up for it without meeting both of them, in person, to make sure everyone was on the same page. Even then I'd be questioning really hard, especially after the Pelicot case in France.

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