MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. — A D.C. woman whose conviction in the stabbing death of Yousuf Rasmussen was overturned in January 2024 has been found guilty once again.

Sophia Negroponte — the daughter of John Negroponte, the former U.S. intelligence director — was convicted of second-degree murder, and she faces up to 35 years in prison for killing a man she was known to refer to as her “ best friend .”

A sentencing hearing is scheduled for Feb. 19, 2026.

According to police, Negroponte was arrested after responding to a small home on West Montgomery Avenue in Rockville on February 13, 2020. The caller told dispatchers that the victim had been cut across the throat.

When police arrived at the carriage house, they found Negroponte lying on top of Rasmussen, covered in blood and crying, “I’m

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