Missing Virginia mom’s husband ordered held without bond as she remains missing, but presumed dead

Naresh Bhatt of Manassas Park, VA, has charged with concealing a dead body

Last seen at her job on July 27, police believe Mamta Kafle Bhatt, 28, was killed on July 30

That her husband began covering his tracks July 31

Her body has not been found, but cops entering the Bhatt’s family home weeks after she vanished, found evidence of blood

Cops also said Naresh Bhatt was packing up and arranging to sell his car, with passports for himself and the couple’s one-year-old daughter in full view

Mamta Kafle Bhatt, a young mother from Virginia, was last seen July 27. She missed her daughter’s first birthday, cops believe she was killed by her husband who began covering his tracks the next day  

The husband of a Northern Virginia woman who has been missing for more than three weeks was arrested Thursday and charged with concealing a dead body, authorities say.
While the search for 28-year-old Mamta Kafle Bhatt of Manassas Park, Virginia, is ongoing, Naresh Bhatt was arrested at the family’s home in Manassas Park on Thursday morning and charged with concealment of a dead body, a felony charge, prosecutors and police said in a statement hours later.
Mamta Kafle Bhatt, a nurse originally from Nepal, was last seen July 27, a month ago.
Manassas Park police initially said she was last seen on July 31 based on information from her husband. Since his arrest, authorities now say she was last seen on July 27, the last day she showed up to work.
She’s been the subject of a major search, as colleagues, friends and community members plead for answers and hope she’s safe.

Manta had been missing three weeks before her husband husband, Naresh Bhatt [photo], who was not cooperating with the investigation, was named a person of interest in the case. He was charged with concealing a dead body and held in custody

Prosecutors say Naresh Bhatt changed his story numerous times about when he last saw his wife. They now believe Mamta Kafle Bhatt was killed on July 30 and that her husband began covering his tracks July 31, but her body has not been found.
The court Friday ordered that Bhatt remain in police custody amid the disappearance of his wife, three days after prosecutors laid out chilling details in court involving evidence of pooling blood and missing knives.
Naresh Bhatt was ordered held without bond Monday. He was arraigned Friday on a charge of concealing a dead body.
His wife, Mamta Kafle Bhatt, has not been seen for nearly a month, missed her baby girl’s first birthday.
Naresh Bhatt was arrested at the family’s Manassas Park home Thursday. The charge against Naresh Bhatt following his arrested at the family’s Manassas Park home Thursday. means police have evidence that a dead body was concealed. However, Mamta Bhatt’s body has not been found.

Evidence that Naresh Bhatt [left], was packing up the Manassas, Virginia, home he shared with his missing wife Mamta, [right], and selling their car. Investigators found evidence of pooling blood in the primary bedroom and blood splatter in the primary bathroom

Prosecutors told the court on Friday that there was evidence of pooling blood in the primary bedroom of the home, and blood splatter in the primary bathroom.
They said investigators found indications that a body was dragged.
Prince William County police forensics team members were seen carrying what appeared to be large swaths of rolled-up carpet from the home into a police van.
While laying out its case, the prosecution said Naresh Bhatt changed his story numerous times about when he last saw his wife.

Bhatt’s shock arrest on August 22, happened days after he made an emotional TV appeal for his wife’s safe return. Evidence presented in court Friday, showed that he was packing up home and selling car, with his passport out – apparently preparing to flee prosecution

Her cellphone was still active on Aug. 1, the day after Naresh Bhatt told police he last saw his wife. The phone last pinged in Loudoun County, where police say they have video showing Naresh Bhatt at a Walmart purchasing cleaning supplies.
He also went to a Walmart in Prince William County and purchased a set of knives. Two of those knives are now missing, prosecutors said.
Prosecutors said there’s evidence that Naresh Bhatt was in the process of packing up his home and selling his car.
Passports for him and his daughter were in full view when police entered the home for a search.
During his court appearance on Friday wearing an orange jumpsuit, the suspect who did not address the judge, instead used an interpreter to help him understand the proceedings.
The defense attorney argued who argued that his client be released, said Bhatt hadn’t fled and that anyone could buy cleaning supplies. Furthermore, that there’s no evidence the blood found in the home is Mamta’s or that she had been killed.

In several posts on social media the mom-of-one reached out, indicating the atmosphere at home was tumultuous. In one poignant appeal she states that she doesn’t have financial resources to file for separation because her spouse withdrew it all from a joint account

Friends and family of the missing woman a Mamta Kafle Bhatt, a nurse UVA Prince William Medical Center, filled the small courtroom and listened Friday as prosecutors laid out the evidence supporting the charge

Mamta Kafle Bhatt, a nurse, was reported missing after failing to show up for her shifts at work. Friends said that was highly unusual since she was caring for her baby and often active on social media.
Her friends filled the small courtroom and listened Friday as prosecutors laid out the evidence supporting the charge. Outside the courthouse, Holly Wirth, a spokesperson for the friends and family, told reporters that they weren’t prepared to hear the horrific details.
“What we heard was worse than we could have ever imagined. I have to give credit to the commonwealth attorneys. She spoke as frankly as she could. But the details are absolutely shocking,” Wirth said.
Not long after the arrest, a police officer carried the couple’s daughter from the home. As of Thursday, the little girl was in the care of the Department of Social Services, but Mamta Kafle Bhatt’s mother was granted an emergency visa to come to the U.S. to take care of her. Friends and family were raising funds for a plane ticket.
Her husband has changed his story several time, police said.Mamta was last seen at her job as a pediatric nurse at the UVA Prince William Medical Center on July 27,
She spoke to a friend on July 28, but no one except her husband has reported seeing her since then. police previously said.
Mamta Bhatt’s co-workers requested a welfare check on Aug. 2, after she failed to show up for work. Officers went to the home and spoke to her husband, who at that time gave them additional information and said he didn’t want to report her as missing.
Three days later, he contacted police and reported her missing. Her disappearance was not declared involuntary until August 8.
Manassas Park police say Mamta Bhatt’s credit cards, bank statements and phone have showed no activity since her disappearance.
While Naresh Bhatt told police that he last saw his wife on July 31, prosecutors now believe she was killed by her husband on July 30 and that he began covering his tracks July 31.