PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, VA – What prosecutors say is forensic evidence against a Prince William County man accused of killing his wife was presented at his trial on Wednesday, according to a new report.
The Prince William Times reports that prosecutors presented suspected bloodstains, knives, zip ties and other items found in the Manassas Park home of Naresh Bhatt, 39. Bhatt is charged with murder, defiling a dead body and concealing a dead body in connection with the disappearance of his wife, Mamta Kafle Bhatt, in July 2024. Mamta, a nurse at the UVA Prince William County Medical Center, was 28 when she vanished. Her body has not been found.
Her husband was initially charged with defiling and concealing her body and months later charged with her murder.
Former Prince William County Police Department crime scene investigator Andrea Feldman testified on Wednesday, describing what she suspected to be blood stains in the Bhatt's home, according to the Prince William Times. She said she found red-brown stains on windowsills and windowpanes in the upstairs primary bathroom and on blinds that had been removed from the primary bedroom windows.
The blinds were displayed in court.
Feldman also said that a liquid chemical that produces a blue glow when it interacts with blood activated in the bathtub, on the shower floor and on bathroom walls, as well as on doors leading to the bedroom. She also said carpet between the bedroom and bathroom reacted extensively to the liquid and that it appears that the carpet in the middle of the room had been saturated and dried, the outlet reports.
Crime scene photos shared by WUSA9 show a blue line extending from the bed.
Jurors also heard testimony that a wallet containing three active credit cards in Mamta Bhatt's name was found in the home.
See more from the Prince William Times here.
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