司法 · 玛姆塔·巴特案
无尸体、承认肢解、自杀说法：弗吉尼亚州陪审团如何在玛姆塔·卡夫勒·巴特案中作出谋杀罪裁决
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陪审团如何在没有找到死者遗体的情况下，裁定一名男子犯有谋杀罪？如果被告已经向陪审团坦白了他做过的最恶劣之事，即他用锯子肢解了妻子的尸体并处理掉了碎块，情况就更难判断了。如果遗骸已不见踪影，且肢解行为已被承认，那么剩下的唯一问题便是，他来到她身边时她是否还活着。周二晚间，弗吉尼亚州的一个陪审团给出了答案：纳雷什·巴特杀害了玛姆塔·卡夫勒·巴特。
2027年3月12日检方声明确定的量刑日期 19
20年至无期据报道的谋杀罪量刑幅度 20
三项裁决是各自独立的定罪，每项都有各自的刑罚。与尸体相关的两项罪名不仅仅是附加在谋杀指控上的细节，它们惩处的是她死后发生的行为。谋杀罪的定罪还说明了更多：陪审团认定是巴特导致了她的死亡。若将这一结果理解为一名男子仅因隐藏了一场与他无关的死亡而被定罪，那就是错误的。陪审团考虑过这一版本，并且予以驳回。
他承认了什么，又否认了什么
巴特选择了作证。他向陪审员表示，2024年7月29日，他约晚上8点与夫妇的婴儿女儿一同上床睡觉，而妻子留在楼下。他说，约凌晨4点，他醒来去上厕所，闻到一股异味，随后发现玛姆塔仰面躺在床尾。他描述说，呕吐物中含有药丸和血迹，附近有一包已打开的Celphos，这是一种剧毒农药。他说，他试图对她进行近一个小时的急救，后来判断她已经死亡，于是将她的遗体搬进了浴室。1
以上全部是他本人的陈述。所描述的证据中，没有其他任何人能够证实这些说法。《Prince William Times》将其报道为他主张的一种说法：她自己服毒身亡。这是辩方的说法，并非已经确立的死因，陪审团也未予采信。13
“我不知道我为什么没有打。我试着打过电话。我真的很害怕。我不知道为什么，好像有什么东西控制了我。我真的非常、非常惊慌。我不知道。”
从失踪到裁决
陪审团除了他的陈述之外所掌握的证据
已知
未知
- 巴特的保释是否被正式撤销。印度《今日印度》（India Today）报道称已被撤销，但没有可获得的法院命令或第二份证实报道。
- 确切的量刑幅度。谋杀罪判处20年至无期徒刑，每项与尸体相关的罪名最高判处5年，这些信息来自一篇二手解读文章和《今日印度》，并非来自法规或法院命令。
- 照看这对夫妇女儿的人是谁，以及巴特的确切逮捕日期。所审阅的报道中均未提及。
后续
- 2027年3月12日的听证会，届时法官将为三项定罪分别判处刑期。
- 辩方是否会对裁决提出质疑，以及她的遗骸是否最终被找回。
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- Naresh Bhatt found guilty of murdering missing wife Mamta Kafle Bhatt, jury decides
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- 'So many lies were told' | Juror in the Naresh Bhatt murder case explains what led to a guilty verdict
- Naresh Bhatt testifies he found his wife dead by suicide, dismembered her body
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播出原貌
- A jury convicted Naresh Bhatt of murdering his wife while her remains are still missing.
- Mamta Kafle Bhatt disappeared more than two years ago, leaving an infant daughter. Jurors rejected her husband's claim that she died by suicide before he dismembered and disposed of her body.
- The court must now decide how long he'll spend in prison.
- Jurors returned the unanimous verdict in a Prince William County courtroom on November tenth, twenty twenty-six. The couple lived in Manassas Park. Mamta worked as a registered nurse at a medical centre in nearby Manassas.
- The jury heard more than a month of testimony before finding Bhatt guilty on all three charges. Two of those convictions concern what he did to Mamta's body. Each is a separate offense with its own possible punishment.
- Jurors convicted him of first-degree murder, concealing or altering a dead body, and physically defiling a dead human body. Those findings hold him responsible for killing Mamta as well as for his actions involving her body afterward.
- Bhatt admitted dismembering his wife when he took the witness stand. But he denied killing her. His testimony asked jurors to accept that she had poisoned herself and that he acted afterward in panic.
- Mamta was twenty-eight when she disappeared in twenty twenty-four. Her daughter's first birthday was only weeks away. Her disappearance left her family searching for a daughter and sister, and a young child without her mother.
- The last time anyone other than her husband heard from Mamta was July twenty-ninth. July thirty-first has also been described as a last-seen date, but the two dates refer to different things. July twenty-ninth marks her last contact with someone outside the marriage.
- Subscribe to this channel to follow Bhatt's sentencing and whether Mamta's remains are found.
- Bhatt told jurors he went to bed with their infant daughter on July twenty-ninth, twenty twenty-four, while Mamta stayed downstairs. He said he woke early the next morning, noticed an unusual smell, and found her lying on her back at the foot of the bed.
- He described vomit containing pills and blood, with an open packet of Celphos, a highly toxic pesticide, nearby. He said he tried to revive her for nearly an hour, then moved her body into the bathroom. These were his claims supporting the suicide defense.
- Asked why he hadn't called nine-one-one, Bhatt described fear and panic. He admitted using a saw to dismember Mamta's body and disposing of it. The jury rejected his account that she had died by suicide before he did those things.
- After Mamta disappeared, Bhatt denied knowing where she was and said he'd last seen her at their dinner table. His later admission that he'd dismembered and disposed of her body directly contradicted that earlier account.
- Mamta's mother, Gita, challenged his suicide claim in court. She and Mamta's brother, Mahesh, testified through an interpreter. Mamta's close friend and colleague, Sunita Basnet, also gave evidence during the trial.
- Mamta's relatives hugged after the verdict, and one thanked the prosecutor. Bhatt showed little visible reaction and briefly spoke with his lawyer. The convictions settled the jury's decision on guilt. The judge still has to impose the prison terms.
- Bhatt is thirty-nine. His bond was reportedly revoked after the verdict. The sentencing hearing is scheduled for March twelfth, twenty twenty-seven, giving the court a separate date to decide punishment for each conviction.
- Bhatt reportedly faces twenty years to life for murder, plus up to five years for each body-related offense. Those are possible penalties. The judge will decide his sentence at the March hearing.
- Mamta's family now has a unanimous verdict convicting her husband of her murder. More than two years after she disappeared, her remains still haven't been found.
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