MANASSAS PARK, VA – A fundraiser to support the daughter of a Manassas Park woman murdered by her husband has been launched.
A fundraiser on the GoFundMe platform is collecting donations to support the daughter of Mamta Kafle Bhatt, a 28-year-old Manassas Park nurse and mother who disappeared in July 2024.
Her husband, Naresh Bhatt, was found guilty on Tuesday evening of murdering Mamta Kafle and dismembering and disposing of her body. After publicly saying he had no idea where his wife was and pleading not guilty to all charges, Naresh Bhatt abruptly claimed on the witness stand to have dismembered his wife in a panic after discovering her dead by suicide.
Jurors took just hours to return a guilty verdict.
The fundraiser was launched by Mamta Kafle's friend and former colleague, Holly Wirth, along with another friend, Bina Khadkalama, and Mamta's mother, Gita Kumari Kafle.
"Mamta's greatest joy was her daughter, who was just 11 months old when Mamta disappeared," Wirth wrote on the fundraising page. "Now 3, she faces an unimaginable future without her mother or father, who has been incarcerated since September 2024. … All funds raised will be placed into the Mamta Kafle Memorial Trust, with Mamta's daughter as the beneficiary."
The page explains that the trust will hold all new donations and the funds form a previous GoFundMe and is overseen by a trust attorney. The funds are to be used for Mamta's daughter's health, education, maintenance and support as she grows.
"Your gift will carry Mamta's daughter from toddlerhood into adulthood," the group wrote. "It is the least we can do for Mamta: give her daughter the secure future her mother so badly wanted for her."
The fundraiser has collected $17,000 of a $40,000 goal.
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