The husband of missing Manassas Park, Virginia, woman Mamta Kafle Bhatt has been indicted on a charge of murder.
The husband of a missing Manassas Park, Virginia, woman has been indicted on a charge of murder and physically defiling a dead body.
Naresh Bhatt is expected to be in Prince William Circuit Court at 10 a.m. Tuesday in connection with the disappearance of Mamta Kafle Bhatt — who was last seen in July.
Naresh Bhatt was charged in August with concealing her body.
Manassas Park Police are scheduled to hold a news conference Monday evening.
In a detailed timeline, Prince William County prosecutors have said Mamta Kafle Bhatt’s last video call with her mother was on July 29.
The next day, July 30, prosecutors said Naresh Bhatt dropped the couple’s daughter at a babysitter’s apartment early in the morning. Moments later, he was seen on camera dumping several plastic and trash bags into a dumpster at the babysitter’s apartment complex.
Later that morning, he went shopping at Home Depot and Walmart, buying a set of knives. That evening he bought a “40-pack of extra strong black trash bags,” according to senior assistant commonwealth’s attorney Sarah Sami.
On July 31, at 1:30 a.m., Naresh Bhatt was captured on video in Falls Church retrieving bags from his Tesla and putting them into a trash compactor. His Tesla tracks him to that location, but his phone was inactive and not with him at the time.
Later that morning, over 150 gallons of water were consumed by the Bhatt residence — far more than the typical three or four gallons, according to prosecutors.
This story is developing. Check back with WTOP for updates.
WTOP’s Neal Augenstein contributed to this report.
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