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Vehicle fire on I-495 Beltway temporarily halts traffic

By Ciara Wells

A vehicle fire on the Beltway Outer Loop on Interstate 495 in Maryland stopped traffic Tuesday morning.

All lanes are now back open. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue was on the scene attending to the blaze. All traffic had stopped, except in the two left lanes past exit US-29 between University Boulevard and Colesville Road. The vehicle fire was reported just after 7 a.m.

Former Brazilian au pair testifies her ex-lover plotted to kill his wife, though lacks some details

By The Associated Press
FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — A former Brazilian au pair testified on Wednesday that she turned against her former lover in a sprawling double homicide scheme involving his wife because she “wanted the truth to come out.” For more than a year, Juliana Peres Magalhães did not speak with officials about the 2023 killings of Christine Banfield and Joseph Ryan, or about Brendan Banfield’s alleged involvement. But attorneys say that days before her own criminal trial, the former au pair changed her mind and began to talk. Now, Brendan Banfield is facing a trial in the aggravated murder of his wife and Ryan, and Magalhães’ testimony has become a key component of prosecutors’ case. Banfield, who has pleaded not guilty, could face life in prison if convicted. The way officials tell it, Banfield and Magalhães lured Ryan to their house. The two then shot him, staging the scene to look as if Ryan had been a predator stabbing Christine Banfield.
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