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Sophia Negroponte, 32, of Washington, D.C., was found guilty of
second-degree murder in the 2020 death of 24-year-old Yousuf
Rasmussen, according to the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s
Office. She faces up to 35 years in prison at sentencing, which
is scheduled for Feb. 19.
Negroponte was convicted of second-degree murder in the case in
2023 and sentenced to 35 years in prison, but the conviction was
overturned last year. An appeals court sent the case back to
Montgomery County Circuit Court because the jury had been
allowed to hear contested portions of a police interrogation of
Sophia Negroponte and testimony from a prosecution witness
questioning her credibility, news outlets reported.
Sophia Negroponte was one of five abandoned or orphaned Honduran
children adopted by John Negroponte and his wife after he was
appointed as U.S. ambassador to the Central American country in
the 1980s, according to The Washington Post.
Former President George W. Bush appointed John Negroponte as the
nation’s first intelligence director in 2005. He later served as
deputy secretary of state. He also served as ambassador to
Mexico, the Philippines, the United Nations and Iraq.
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