VA VA - Mamta Kafle Bhatt, 28, mom & pediatric nurse, 'involuntary missing,' husband reported her missing Aug 5, Manassas Park, 31 July 2024 *Arrest* #2

[citizen_sleuth]

UPDATED: Manassas Park woman missing under 'involuntary circumstances'

A Manassas Park woman has been missing since July 31 under "involuntary circumstances," city police say.

www.insidenova.com

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A Manassas Park woman has been missing since July 31 under "involuntary circumstances," city police say.

Mamta Kafle Bhatt, 28, mother of a 10-month-old baby and a pediatric nurse at UVA Health Prince William Medical Center in Manassas, was reportedly last seen in Manassas Park on July 31. City police issued a missing person alert over the weekend.

Manassas Park Police Chief Mario Lugo said Bhatt's husband reported her missing Aug. 5. He said police don't have a clothing description from when she was last seen, and she does not own a car.

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Anyone with information on Bhatt's whereabouts is asked to call Manassas Park Police at 703-361-1136.


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[Knitty]

Please continue here.

 

[vls12345]

Prosecutors ordered to hand over evidence to defense in missing Manassas Park mom case

Lawyers for Naresh Bhatt, the husband of the missing woman, requested the couple's cellphone data, GPS records and police reports from Manassas Park Police.

www.wusa9.com

On Friday, a Prince William County judge ordered prosecutors to hand over some evidence they have collected; the hearing and motion was requested by Naresh Bhatt's public defender. Specifically, the lawyers requested the couple's cellphone data, the GPS record on Naresh Bhatt's car, police reports from his first two interactions with Manassas Park Police following the disappearance of his wife, and surveillance video from July 27 in which Mamta Kafle Bhatt was seen talking to a colleague outside the UVA Health Prince William Medical Center.

The judge ordered prosecutors to turn over the July 27 video and any conversations that Naresh Bhatt had with Manassas Park Police.

Naresh Bhatt is due back in court Monday morning, when a trial date could be set sometime between December and February.

 

[LifeIsAMystery]

Prosecutors ordered to hand over evidence to defense in missing Manassas Park mom case

Lawyers for Naresh Bhatt, the husband of the missing woman, requested the couple's cellphone data, GPS records and police reports from Manassas Park Police.

www.wusa9.com

Hopefully she will be located soon, that will be the easiest case for the prosecution to make, with enhanced charges.

 

[PommyMommy]

SEP 13, 2024

Judge orders release of video in missing Manassas Park mom Mamta Kafle Bhatt's case

Naresh Bhatt, the husband of Mamta Kafle Bhatt is set to appear in court Friday morning for a motions hearing.

wjla.com

Bhatt’s public defender argued in court that the reason the video is so significant for the case is that they still claim she could be alive and the case is still in the “investigation stage” trying to figure out where Mamta is.

The judge partially granted the motion, ordering the Commonwealth to release the video to Bhatt’s attorney, but denied the request to release any cell phone data, GPS data from the Tesla, and most police reports. He did add that if there are police reports indicating that police asked Bhatt to wait a few days before reporting his wife missing, those reports must also be released to the public defender.

Judge orders prosecutor to turn over video of Mamta Kafle Bhatt leaving work; defense claims missing Va. mom is still alive - WTOP News

A judge ordered prosecutors in Prince William County to turn over to the defense a video showing Mamta Kafle Bhatt leaving work at UVA Health Prince William Medical Center several days before her…

wtop.com

Prosecutor Sweet argued against the release, saying Naresh Bhatt is charged solely with concealing a body, and the defense was engaged in a “fishing exhibition,” trying to learn what evidence prosecutors have.

“We’re talking about a dead body,” Sweet told the judge. “Any information surrounding her ‘aliveness’ is not Brady.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/09/13/naresh-bhatt-mamta-bhatt-missing/

... public defender Shalev Ben-Avraham asked that a judge order prosecutors to turn over a video of the missing mother and pediatric nurse leaving work with an unknown woman on July 27...

The video, Ben-Avraham argued, suggests that Bhatt was planning to leave on her own and was not harmed by her husband, 37-year-old Naresh Bhatt.

 

[PommyMommy]

SEP 13, 2024

Judge orders release of video in missing Manassas Park mom Mamta Kafle Bhatt's case

Naresh Bhatt, the husband of Mamta Kafle Bhatt is set to appear in court Friday morning for a motions hearing.

wjla.com

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TIMELINE OF MAMTA'S DISAPPEARANCE:​

July 27: Mamta was last seen at the UVA Health Prince William Medical Center
July 28: Mamta spoke to a friend
July 31: Naresh last saw Mamta
Aug. 2: Police responded to a welfare check at Mamta's residence and spoke to her husband, who did not want to report her as missing at that time
Aug. 5: Naresh officially reported Mamta as missing to the police

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[TristanP]

Ah yes, planning to leave on her own after cutting herself and leaving blood all over their apartment. (Rolling my eyes)

 

[?!?]

Ah yes, planning to leave on her own after cutting herself and leaving blood all over their apartment. (Rolling my eyes)

And leaving her child behind....