Victim Heard Arguing With Defendant in Voicemail Before Fatal Stabbing - DC Witness

‘I Didn’t Mean to Kill That Boy. I Just Wanted to Get Away,’ Defendant Testifies in Homicide Trial - DC Witness

A fatal stabbing defendant testified in her trial before DC Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz on Aug. 6.  Vanessa Bonaparte, 34, is charged with first-degree premeditated murder and misdemeanor destruction of property for her alleged involvement in the fatal stabbing of 31-year-old Dwayne Boyd. Bonaparte allegedly stabbed Boyd with two kitchen knives on June 22, 2024, on the 3500 block of East Capitol Street, SE. Boyd sustained two wounds and di…