# Virginia man convicted of murder says he did not kill wife before dismembering her body > HelixNews · Web page: https://helixnews.one/story/1028011 · All pages for agents: https://helixnews.one/llms.txt 2 outlets covering · First listed: Guardian, Nov 11, 2026, 8:40 AM · Read it: Naresh Bhatt, 28, said he dismembered wife’s body after she took her own life, a claim prosecutors called ‘ridiculous’A Virginia man who claimed he dismembered his wife’s body after she took her own life is facing a life sentence after a jury convicted him of first-degree murder.Prosecutors in Manassas called it “ridiculous” that Naresh Bhatt insisted that he woke to find Mamta Kafle Bhatt, 28, dead from suicide in their bedroom in July 2024, then panicked because he thought he would be held responsible. ## Who's covering it In the order they published: - Nov 10, 2026, 4:12 PM: [A Virginia man is convicted of murder after admitting he dismembered his wife. But he still says he didn’t kill her]() — CNN (TV network, United States) - Nov 11, 2026, 8:40 AM: [Virginia man convicted of murder says he did not kill wife before dismembering her body]() — Guardian (Newspaper, United Kingdom) Naresh Bhatt, 28, said he dismembered wife’s body after she took her own life, a claim prosecutors called ‘ridiculous’A Virginia man who claimed he dismembered his wife’s body after she took her own life is facing a life sentence after a jury convicted him of first-degree murder.Prosecutors in Manassas called it “ridiculous” that Naresh Bhatt insisted that he woke to find Mamta Kafle Bhatt, 28, dead from suicide in their bedroom in July 2024, then panicked because he thought he would be held responsible.