Mamta Kafle Bhatt, 28, a pediatric nurse who lived in Manassas Park, Virginia, disappeared in the summer of 2024. She failed to report for work at UVA Health Prince William Medical Center, prompting colleagues to request a welfare check on August 2, 2024. Mamta was originally from Nepal and lived in the U.S. with her husband, Naresh Bhatt, and their one-year-old daughter; the last known contact was a video call with her mother in Nepal.

Investigators focused on her husband after he gave inconsistent accounts about her whereabouts and was initially uncooperative. Three weeks after she was last seen, he was arrested on a charge of concealing a dead body. A search of the home reportedly uncovered a large amount of Mamta’s blood in the bedroom and bathroom and signs that a body had been dragged through the residence. Despite extensive searches across Northern Virginia, Mamta’s remains have not been found.

Authorities later indicted Naresh Bhatt on first-degree murder and defiling a dead body; he has pleaded not guilty. Prosecutors say the case relies on digital and forensic evidence gathered through multiple search warrants and dozens of searches, including human hairs recovered on a reciprocating saw that may be suitable for DNA testing. Does anyone have information about Mamta’s last known movements or saw her in Manassas Park that summer?