The son of David and Juanita Beresford-Redman, he grew up in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey, and attended Pascack Hills High School with Pimp My Ride co-creator Rick Hurvitz.
Beresford-Redman married a Brazilian national, Mônica Burgos, on April 8, 1999, in Rio de Janeiro; the couple had two children, who now live with their paternal grandparents.
He was released by police during the early morning hours of April 8 on condition that he should not leave Mexico while the investigation into his wife's death remained ongoing.
Since his passport had been retained by the Mexican authorities when he was arrested, Beresford-Redman illegally left Mexico by crossing the border using his driver's licence as identification and taking a train to Los Angeles.
US prosecutors had reviewed the case made by Mexican authorities and deemed sufficient evidence to show possible motives for him to have killed his wife including: collecting insurance money; getting sole custody of their children; and continuing an extramarital affair.
[10] On March 12, 2015, Beresford-Redman was convicted of murdering his wife, and sentenced to 12 years in prison by Judge Víctor Manuel Echeverría Tun.