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

[citizen_sleuth]

Updated timeline:

- Tuesday, Feb. 6: Mamta posts in a closed FB group for single moms in the DMV area

- Friday, Feb. 16: Mamta again posts in the closed FB group

- February (unknown date): Mamta shows up at a friend's house with her baby, without money, a car, or a working phone. Mamta's friend buys her a used phone.

- Saturday, July 27: Mamta is last seen at work

- Sunday, July 28: Mamta spoke to a friend on the phone

- Tuesday, July 30: Mamta calls home to her family in Nepal

- Wednesday, July 31: Mamta does not call her mom in Nepal, something she did every morning and evening

- Thursday, Aug. 1: Mamta's co-workers call police after she failed to show up for work

- Friday, Aug. 2: Police show up at the Bhatt residence for a welfare check

- Sunday, Aug. 4: Mamta's brother calls his brother-in-law and pleads with him to report Mamta missing

- Monday, Aug. 5: Husband officially reports Mamta missing

 

[Inthedetails]

Perhaps a ride share service as she did when she was staying with her friend?

Bhatt and her baby arrived at Neupane’s home in February without money, a car or a working phone, she said, so Neupane bought her a used phone and added her to her family’s phone plan to ensure she could coordinate ride-share trips to her shifts at the hospital.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/08/17/mamta-bhatt-missing-mother-manassas-park/

I feel so frustrated thinking of all that she had to deal with - new baby, new (and unhappy) marriage, new country, no car, no phone, paperwork bureaucracy for immigrants, ETC!

(Aside, it's a reminder to be kind to people. We don't know what others are dealing with in the background of their lives when we encounter them. When in doubt, show patience and kindness - the person you're annoyed with in passing might have battled just to get to work that day.)

jmo