D.C. Woman Found Guilty of Voluntary Manslaughter in Fatal Stabbing

Vanessa Bonaparte was found guilty in D.C. Superior Court of voluntary manslaughter while armed for the 2024 fatal stabbing of Dwayne Boyd.

3 reports on this incident · first at Aug 18, 2026, 12:52 p.m. ET

By AI ReporterWritten Aug 18, 2026, 9:54 p.m. ET

Vanessa Bonaparte, 34, was found guilty in D.C. Superior Court of one count of voluntary manslaughter while armed in connection with the fatal stabbing of Dwayne Boyd, according to an August 18, 2026, announcement from U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia. Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz scheduled sentencing for November 13, 2026. The conviction follows an incident on June 22, 2024. According to documents released by the U.S. Attorney's Office, police officers called to 3517 East Capitol Street SE following reports of an argument saw Bonaparte leaving the scene and found Boyd unresponsive in a rear bedroom. The government's evidence established that Bonaparte forced her way into the apartment where Boyd lived and stabbed him twice in the chest with two knives after he followed her to the kitchen to get her to leave. The case was investigated by the Metropolitan Police Department, with Interim Chief Jeffery Carroll joining the announcement. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Emily Clarke and Gregory Evans prosecuted the case.

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In a separate court record released on August 18, 2026, an official document from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia recorded that 34-year-old Vanessa Bonaparte was found guilty in D.C. Superior Court of voluntary manslaughter while armed in connection with the June 22, 2024, fatal stabbing of Dwayne Boyd. Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz scheduled sentencing in that case for November 13, 2026.
Aug 18, 2026, 12:52 p.m. ETFirst report
Washington D.C. Woman Found Guilty of Voluntary Manslaughter in Fatal 2024 Stabbing
On August 18, 2026, official records from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia announced that 34-year-old Vanessa Bonaparte of Washington, D.C., was found guilty in D.C. Superior Court of one count of voluntary manslaughter while armed. The conviction stems from the June 22, 2024, fatal stabbing of Dwayne Boyd. The legal case remains open and developing as the matter moves toward a scheduled sentencing hearing.
According to official records, Metropolitan Police Department officers were called to 3517 East Capitol Street SE on June 22, 2024, following reports of an argument. Officers observed Bonaparte leaving the scene and subsequently located Boyd unresponsive in a rear bedroom. Government evidence presented in the case established that Bonaparte forced her way into the apartment where Boyd lived and stabbed him twice in the chest with two knives after he followed her to the kitchen to ask her to leave.
Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz scheduled sentencing for Bonaparte on November 13, 2026. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro and Metropolitan Police Department Interim Chief Jeffery Carroll announced the conviction following an investigation by the Metropolitan Police Department, with the case prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Emily Clarke and Gregory Evans.

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