No body. No witness. Still GUILTY. ⚖️
📅 12 November 2026
A Prince William County jury found Naresh Bhatt, 39, guilty of first-degree murder on Tuesday 10 November in the death of his wife Mamta Kafle Bhatt, 28 — a nurse and mother who vanished from her home in Manassas Park, Virginia, in July 2024. Her body has never been found.
Bhatt took the stand and admitted he dismembered her body and disposed of it — but claimed she died by suicide and he panicked. The jury rejected that story after about four hours of deliberations, convicting him of first-degree murder plus concealing and defiling a dead body.
Prosecutors built the case on blood evidence, phone records and surveillance video — and on Bhatt's own testimony. “The defendant murdered Mamta Kafle, the defendant dismembered Mamta Kafle, and the defendant got rid of her like garbage,” prosecutor Sarah Sami told the jury.
He faces 20 years to life on the murder count, plus up to five more years on each body charge. Sentencing is set for 12 March 2027, and his bond was revoked.
A murder conviction with no body and no witness — did the jury get it right? 👇