Overview
- A Prince William County jury found Naresh Bhatt guilty of first‑degree murder on Tuesday, November 10, 2026, and also convicted him of concealing and defiling his wife's body.
- Bhatt testified that he dismembered and disposed of his wife, Mamta Kafle Bhatt, but said she died by suicide; jurors rejected that account after weeks of testimony.
- Prosecutors relied on blood‑detection tests and documented large bloodstains in the home, a seized reciprocating saw containing hair fragments linked by DNA, surveillance and trash‑disposal records, and cell and vehicle location data.
- The defense called experts who criticized how some blood evidence was collected and argued a panic‑driven suicide explanation, but rebuttal witnesses and family testimony describing injuries and alleged abuse supported the homicide theory.
- Bhatt's bond was revoked, sentencing is scheduled for March 12, 2027, he faces a possible life term plus additional years for the body‑related charges, and the conviction underscores how layered circumstantial evidence can secure a murder verdict even without a recovered body.