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

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This really chaps my hide. To serve in the military you need to be fluent in English. To serve as a police officer (or get into the academy in his case), you need to be fluent in English.

Now he needs a gaggle of interpreters.

During Friday’s hearing, Ben-Avraham requested supplementary Nepalese interpreters for Bhatt, indicating that guidelines mandate a single interpreter work no more than 30 consecutive minutes in a given hearing. A Sept. 20 bond hearing in the Bhatt case lasted approximately two and a half hours.

Ben-Avraham said for the upcoming trial Bhatt will need two or perhaps three interpreters. Irving said she would check with the Supreme Court of Virginia for interpreter availability.
I understand what you mean, and yes, it is ridiculous given that he comes from Nepal.
However, I don’t mind the state paying for the interpreters, because otherwise in his appeal he’ll say that he didn’t understand something, that the court used his poor command of English, or such nonsense.
 
OCT 3, 2024
On Tuesday, prosecutors filed a response opposing the defendant's motion to quash Naresh's arrest warrant on the grounds the warrant was obtained using "false statements." The defense's argument centers on a written line in the criminal complaint of evidence the body was "dragged out of the residence," but police later stated in a letter to the Commonwealth's attorney that evidence only supports the body had been dragged inside.

In the filing, the Commonwealth argues:“Search warrant affidavits, just as criminal complaints, ‘are normally drafted by nonlawyers in the midst and haste of a criminal investigation,’ and therefore ‘must be interpreted in a commonsense matter.’”

 
OCT 4, 2024
On Friday, Manassas Park Police Chief Mario Lugo told WUSA9 that the case against Naresh Bhatt is based on a lot of evidence.

[...]

"A lot of tips we received, they believe she's in a body of water, just based on some statements made by Naresh and stuff in the past," said Lugo.

[...]

  • He explained that they look at the records to see if any of the tips match up to areas that the GPS shows he may have visited.
  • It takes time to verify...it will take a lot to have a dive team go in and search these bodies of water.
  • Lugo expects another search to be conducted by LE in the next couple of weeks.
  • He did not wish to go into detail about the location.
 
I’m convinced she’s in a landfill, and I think this upcoming search will involve a landfill.

As we’ve seen in other cases, it requires preparation and funding to undertake a search like that. That’s why he’s able to give advanced notice of a search (the Kelsey Berreth case they explicitly told us it was a landfill over a month before).

They’ll follow up on the water tips, but I don’t expect that to be relevant here (except for maybe dumping a knife or something).
 
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OCT 4, 2024
On Friday, Manassas Park Police Chief Mario Lugo told WUSA9 that the case against Naresh Bhatt is based on a lot of evidence.

[...]

"A lot of tips we received, they believe she's in a body of water, just based on some statements made by Naresh and stuff in the past," said Lugo.

[...]


  • He explained that they look at the records to see if any of the tips match up to areas that the GPS shows he may have visited.
  • It takes time to verify...it will take a lot to have a dive team go in and search these bodies of water.
  • Lugo expects another search to be conducted by LE in the next couple of weeks.
  • He did not wish to go into detail about the location.

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ok I'm very curious about those tips about a body of water
what did he say and who did he say it to I wonder?
 
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ok I'm very curious about those tips about a body of water
what did he say and who did he say it to I wonder?
He is a fisherman, isn't he? He had a friend (a realtor?) and they used to fish together. In NB's FB, there is one photo where he is dragging a huge fish. It stuck in my mind.
 
I’m convinced she’s in a landfill, and I think this upcoming search will involve a landfill.

As we’ve seen in other cases, it requires preparation and funding to undertake a search like that. That’s why he’s able to give advanced notice of a search (the Kelsey Berreth case they explicitly told us it was a landfill over a month before).

They’ll follow up on the water tips, but I don’t expect that to be relevant here (except for maybe dumping a knife or something).
I think the body of water is of interest. You linked to tweets yourself about phone location data a while back. I think there's something to be found there. Whether it's remains... who knows.


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