What to know about the US trial over Mamta Kafle’s disappearance

More than two years after the Nepali nurse vanished in Virginia, her husband is on trial for murder, though her body has never been found. He has pleaded not guilty. Here are 14 key questions about the case and the evidence.

Mamta Kafle Bhatt, a native of Nepal, moved to Northern Virginia, US, in 2021. She was last seen at work on July 27, 2024. Her last known contact was a video call with her mother in Nepal on July 29. Within days, her phone and social media went quiet. Police visited her Manassas Park home on August 2 at her colleagues’ request. Her husband, Naresh Bhatt, said the couple were separating and she might be visiting family in New York or Texas. Police later learned she had no biological family in the United States.