Brendan and Juliana put on a show for his four-year-old daughter the morning of the murders so she would repeat their cover story to police. That same night in the hotel, she asked Juliana if she could call her mommy now — and whether Juliana would marry her daddy. Both parents are now in prison.
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Detective Thomas Goodell picks up on something immediately: Juliana's interview sounds rehearsed. She uses law enforcement language — 'stop a threat' — and her description of the shooting places Joe in a defenseless, passive position with the knife far from his hand when she fired. Meanwhile, body-cam footage reveals Joe's body in a 'funeral pose,' hands folded neatly, with blood-free gaps beneath his fingers — impossible if he had been mid-attack. The digital picture is equally telling. The FetLife account consistently went dark whenever Brendan and Juliana were traveling together, even when Christine was home alone with her devices. Christine's phone, by contrast, was doing mundane things simultaneously — shopping for scrubs, browsing vacation destinations — while the FetLife account communicated explicit content from her laptop. It begins to look like two different people were using Christine's devices, not one woman living a double life.
The fake FetLife profile 'Anastasia9' was created on January 17 using a Gmail account set up in early January; that same day Christine texted Brendan the bathing suit photo used as the profile picture.
Every time Brendan and Juliana went on trips together, the Anastasia9 FetLife account went completely dark — even though Christine was home with her devices — undermining the theory that Christine ran the account.
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