A jury found Virginia man Naresh Bhatt guilty of first-degree murder Tuesday, rejecting his claim on the stand that his wife died by suicide.
In shocking testimony last week, Bhatt said he found her unconscious and when he couldn’t revive her, he panicked and dismembered and disposed of her body. He denied killing his wife, Mamta Kafle Bhatt, whose body has never been found.
Jurors also convicted Naresh Bhatt of two other charges, concealing and defiling his wife’s body, bringing an end to a case that began with her sudden disappearance more than two years ago.
