Jury Convicts Naresh Bhatt Of Murdering Wife

A jury in Virginia has found Naresh Bhatt guilty of first-degree murder for killing his wife, Mamta Kafle Bhatt. During the trial, Bhatt testified that he discovered her unconscious and panicked when she could not be revived, leading him to dismember and dispose of her body while denying he caused her death. Jurors also convicted him of concealing a dead body and defiling it charges.

Bhatt's wife disappeared in July 2024 after working as a nurse at UVA Health Prince William Medical Center; she had not been seen since, though police found the scene where they lived empty except for an infant daughter. Prosecutors argued that Bhatt could not have disposed of her body without causing death.

Bhatt was released from custody on Tuesday morning and is scheduled to be sentenced March 12.