Naresh Bhatt, husband of missing Virginia woman, charged with murder
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A grand jury in Virginia has handed up an indictment charging Naresh Bhatt, the Prince William County man whose wife went missing in July, with murder.
• A grand jury in Virginia has handed up an indictment charging Naresh Bhatt, the Manassas Park man whose wife has been missing since July, with murder. Bhatt was also charged with defiling a body and already faces a felony charge of concealment of a body, according to Prince William County online court records. He is expected to appear in court Tuesday morning where he will be formally charged. Authorities previously said Mamta Kafle Bhatt, 28, a mother to a young daughter, was presumed dead. No one has been able to locate the beloved Nepalese community member since July 27, when she was last seen at UVA Health Prince William Medical Center in Manassas, where she worked as a registered nurse in the medical surgical unit. Manassas Park Chief of Police Mario Lugo told reporters at a news conference Monday evening that DNA tests proved blood that was in Kafle Bhatt’s bedroom belonged to her and evidence showed she was killed July 29. “From the beginning, we believed that she was murdered … based on the crime scene,” the chief said. “This (DNA test result) helps the case and it kind of certifies what we thought occurred.” The chief said they continue to look for a body but the lack of one is not detrimental to the investigation.