Virginia Man Charged With Murder 4 Months After His Wife’s Disappearance

Virginia Man Charged With Murder 4 Months After His Wife’s Disappearance
FILE - Flowers, candles and photos are placed near Mamta Kafle Bhatt's mailbox in Manassas Park, Va., Sept. 4, 2024. AP Photo/Olivia Diaz, File
The Associated Press
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MANASSAS PARK, Va.—A Virginia man has been charged with murder more than four months after his wife disappeared and a substantial amount of blood was found in their suburban Washington home, authorities announced Monday.

Naresh Bhatt, 37, was indicted by a Prince William County grand jury and faces a charge of murder as well as a count of defiling a dead body, according to online court documents.