Fatal Stabbing Defendant Rejects Plea, Faces Trial - DC Wit…

Assault Washington District Of Columbia in Washington, District of Columbia: A fatal stabbing defendant rejected a plea offer before DC Superior Court Judge Michael Ryan during a hearing on June 15. Vanessa Bonaparte, 34, is charged with first-degree premeditated murder while armed, threat to kidnap or injure a person, destruction of property more than $1,000, and tampering with physical evidence for her alleged involvement in the fatal stabbing of 31-year-old Dwayne Boyd on June 22, 2024, on the 3500 block of East Capitol Street, SE. Boyd sustained two stab wounds to the chest. The prosecution offered Bonaparte a plea to voluntary manslaughter with remaining charges dismissed, but she rejected it, moving forward toward a jury trial scheduled to begin on July 20.