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He admitted to breaking up his wife. The jury has now convicted him of murder.
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A jury in Virginia found Naresh Bhatt guilty of murdering his wife, from Capel Bhatt headquarters.
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The Nov. 10 verdict comes on the heels of one of the most watched disembodied murder trials of the year.
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Mamta, a 28-year-old sister and mother, disappeared in July 2024. Her remains were never found.
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During the trial, Bhatt admitted to dismembering her body and disposing of the remains. But he claimed that he found her already dead and did not kill her.
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Prosecutors challenged that account using forensic findings, surveillance footage, purchases of cleaning supplies, digital evidence and testimony about the marriage.
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Jurors convicted him of first degree murder, concealment of a dead body and desecration of a human body.
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The verdict rejects his explanation for Mamta's death, even without the recovery of her remains.
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Bhat faces a possible life sentence. The sentence was set for March 2027.
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Watch the court's televised coverage of the prosecution's closing arguments.
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