Virginia man arrested on charges of concealing body weeks after wife's disappearance
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Virginia police investigating the disappearance of a 28-year-old mother who went missing last month said Thursday they have arrested her husband on charges of concealing a body.
Mamta Kafte Bhatt was last seen on July 27, the Manassas Park Police Department said on Thursday, and spoke to a friend over the phone on July 28, according to CBS affiliate WUSA. Her husband Naresh Bhatt reported last seeing her on July 31, according to WUSA, but he did not report her missing until August 5.
Before his arrest, Bhatt told WUSA that his wife had disappeared three other times, but never for this long. Earlier this month, police said the woman had been "involuntarily" missing.
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