Vanessa Bonaparte, 34, Guilty in Fatal Stabbing of Dwayne Boyd

Tuesday, August 18, 2026

WASHINGTON – Vanessa Bonaparte, 34, of Washington D.C., was found guilty yesterday in D.C. Superior Court on charges related to the fatal stabbing of Dwayne Boyd on June 22, 2024, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro. 

Bonaparte was found guilty of one count of voluntary manslaughter while armed. Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz scheduled sentencing for November 13, 2026. 

According to the government’s evidence, on June 22, 2024, officers were called to 3517 East Capitol Street SE, after reports of an argument in the building. Officers observed the defendant and an additional individual leaving the scene, after which they found the victim unresponsive in the rear bedroom. 

The government’s evidence established that the defendant stabbed the victim after forcing her way into the apartment where the decedent was living. When the victim followed the defendant to the kitchen to get her to leave the apartment, she stabbed him twice in the chest with two knives, killing him.

Joining the announcement was Interim Chief Jeffery Carroll of the Metropolitan Police Department. 

This case was investigated by the Metropolitan Police Department. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Emily Clarke and Gregory Evans.

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