Naresh Bhatt, the Manassas Park man accused of killing and dismembering his wife, was found guilty Tuesday of first-degree murder, CNN, WUSA9, and numerous other media outlets reported.
The finding came after the Prince William Times previously reported that during the trial on Monday, the mother of Mamta Kafle Bhatt, the 28-year-old nurse who has been missing and presumed dead for two years, testified that her daughter would not have killed herself.
After maintaining his innocence of all charges for years, Naresh Bhatt, 39, abruptly claimed on the witness stand last week that he had indeed dismembered and disposed of her body following what he says was his wife's suicide.
The Times also reported that a psychiatrist who examined Bhatt in jail in September and October testified that Bhatt had told him his wife committed suicide.
Bhatt was charged with first-degree murder, defiling a dead body and concealing a dead body. The jury found him guilty of all three on Tuesday, WUSA9 reported, and he is facing up to life in prison.
Mamta Bhatt was last heard from on July 28, 2024. Her body has never been found.
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