Testimony resumes in Naresh Bhatt murder trial Wednesday following detective's body camera evidence

Well, today is day six of the Naresh Bhat murder trial. The jury yesterday, for the first time, seeing video of Mamta Khafli Bhat alive, walking. We want to check in with Fox 5's Stephanie Ramirez. She's on her way to the courthouse this morning. Steph. All right, so good to hear from you. And yesterday, we also heard from the close family friend who is referred to as the sister from New York. So when she said she grew up with Mamta in Nepal, we got to see the court, got to see her text. exchange with Naresh Bhat, just to go into some of the notes here. This was when she had contacted Naresh Bhat on August 2nd, relaying concern from Mamta's mother that she wasn't able to get in touch with her daughter or the defendant. This was the day police did a home welfare check. In the text, the defendant's first two responses are that everything is okay and that Mamta usually works Thursday to Saturday. We also, as you mentioned, Marissa, that we saw Mamta for the first time in surveillance video from the UVA Prince William Medical Center. Mamta is the woman seen in the left chair sitting down. Her colleague noting this evening of July 27, 2024, was the last time she saw Mamta in person. And we also saw body cam video from Manassas Park Police Detective Claudia Ventura, who challenges in the video, challenges Bhatt's account asking why he told officers that Mamta was last seen in blue scrubs, something she would have worn to work. If Wednesday, July 31st was the last time he told police he saw her, but she's supposed to work on Thursday, why would she have been in blue scrubs? It's also in the rest of her body cam video shown that we see her point out things of concern that she saw in the home. The detective described a lot of cleaning products in the closet, Lysol, cleaning agent and wipes. She also referenced seeing their bed frame right on top of a closet frame. Now Naresh Bhatt, his defense attorney argued that he, Bhatt welcomed detectives, welcomed police in in his home every time. And they also raised concerns of a language barrier here. Now Naresh Bhatt, as we've been reporting, he is facing charges for the murder of Mamta his wife also facing charges in connection with the dismembering and discarding of her body. Over 100 witnesses, guys, are expected to be called. So there is a lot more. I'll have an update later on Fox 5 today.