A jury in Prince William County, Virginia, found Naresh Bhatt guilty of first-degree murder on 10 November.^[1] It also convicted him of concealing and defiling his wife's body.^[2] The body of his wife, Mamta Kafle Bhatt, was never recovered.^[3] The Prince William Times reported the conviction as first-degree murder of his wife, Mamta Kafle.^[4] The American Bazaar reported that a Virginia jury convicted him of murdering her.^[5] Set side by side, reports from seven outlets show a case that reached a murder conviction without a body, on the strength of the defendant's own account of what he did after his wife died and the forensic record the state built around it. They also show that, more than two years on, the outlets still do not agree on the day she was last seen. The verdict The jury found Bhatt guilty on all three charges filed against him.^[6] Those were first-degree murder, concealing a dead body and defiling a dead body.^[7] The American Bazaar listed the same three counts.^[8] NBC Washington reported the jury's findings on the murder count and on the defiling and concealing counts.^[9][10] DC News Now, in a report carried by Yahoo, said Bhatt was convicted on three charges in all.^[11] The jury deliberated just over four hours before returning its verdict, the Prince William Times reported.^[12] WJLA put the deliberation at roughly four hours and said the verdict was unanimous.^[13] The verdict came hours after closing arguments.^[14] It ended a trial of nearly six weeks.^[15] Fox 5 reported the three guilty findings in one line: first-degree murder, concealing a dead body and defiling a dead body.^[16] WJLA reported that he was found guilty on all counts.^[17] DC News Now reported the same outcome, a guilty finding on the murder of Mamta Kafle Bhatt.^[18] Judge Kimberly Irving revoked Bhatt's bond after the verdict.^[19] CNN reported the same order.^[20] Bhatt had been held without bond since his arrest in August 2024.^[21] What he admitted Bhatt admitted that he dismembered his wife's body.^[22] He testified that he did so after he found her dead.^[23] He told the court he dismembered the body and disposed of it.^[24] DC News Now reported the same testimony.^[25] He said she died by suicide.^[26] He denied killing her.^[27] NBC Washington reported that he claimed he did not kill her.^[28] He admitted that he lied to police during the investigation.^[29] The American Bazaar reported that the admission of dismemberment was made in court.^[30] The seven accounts of his testimony agree on three points. He dismembered the body.^[22] He disposed of it.^[24] He said he did not kill her.^[28] The jury rejected the third point when it found him guilty of first-degree murder.^[1] His defence lawyers argued that Mamta Kafle Bhatt died by suicide.^[31] A defence psychologist testified that Bhatt shows signs of post-traumatic stress disorder.^[32] What the state put before the jury Prosecutors presented forensic blood evidence, internet search histories and surveillance footage.^[33] No report in this set describes a confession to the killing. The conviction rests on that forensic record, on the defendant's own account of dismembering and disposing of the body, and on his admission that he lied to police.^[33][24][29] Authorities have not recovered Mamta Kafle Bhatt's remains.^[34] Police have not found her body.^[35] NBC Washington and the Prince William Times reported the same.^[36][37] The timeline, and where the reports differ The outlets agree on the broad sequence. Mamta Kafle Bhatt disappeared from her home in Manassas Park in July 2024.^[38] Fox 5 reported that she died and disappeared in July 2024.^[39] Bhatt reported her missing on 5 August 2024.^[40] Police arrested him at his home on 22 August 2024.^[41] That is 17 days after the missing-person report. They do not agree on the day she was last seen. CNN reported she was last seen on 27 July 2024 at a Virginia medical centre.^[42] The American Bazaar also gave 27 July as the last day she was seen alive.^[43] DC News Now reported she was last seen on 31 July at the couple's home in Manassas Park.^[44] The same report dated her disappearance to August 2024.^[45] The gap between the two accounts is four days and two places, a medical centre on 27 July and the family home on 31 July. Whichever date holds, the record shows that between five and nine days passed before her husband reported her missing.^[42][44][40] He has since admitted that what he told police in that period was a lie.^[29] Custody Bhatt was arrested in August 2024 and held without bond from then on.^[21] After the verdict the judge revoked the bond.^[20] The American Bazaar named the judge as Kimberly Irving.^[19] He remains in custody until sentencing.^[19] The sentence ahead Bhatt faces 20 years to life in prison on the murder conviction.^[46] Sentencing is set for 12 March 2027.^[47] CNN, the Prince William Times, WJLA, the American Bazaar and DC News Now all give the same date.^{[48][49][50][51][52]} NBC Washington reported the sentencing as set for March.^[53] The reaction Prosecutor Matthew Sweet said justice was served for Mamta Kafle.^[54] Commonwealth's Attorney Amy Ashworth released a statement after the verdict.^[55] Dozens of Kafle's supporters celebrated outside the court.^[56] Friends and community members had reacted with horror to the dismemberment testimony earlier in the trial.^[57] The record Bhatt is now convicted on all three counts.^[6] He is no longer accused; a jury has found him guilty of first-degree murder.^[1] The body has not been found.^[34] The sentence will be set on 12 March 2027, within a range of 20 years to life.^[47][46] The jury took about four hours to decide a case that ran nearly six weeks.^[13][15] Seven outlets report the verdict; two of them put her last sighting on 27 July and one on 31 July.^[42][43][44]