Ex-IRS Agent Convicted of Murdering Wife and Stranger in Twisted Plot

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A Fairfax, Virginia jury found former IRS special agent Brendan Banfield guilty of murdering his wife and a stranger in a shocking scheme that prosecutors say he orchestrated with his Brazilian au pair-turned-mistress…

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