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Husband of Missing Mamta Bhatt Charged in her Death| Crime Alert Recap Saturday 08.24.24 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: You're listening to the Crime Alert hourly update. Here now
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  Speaker 1: some of the biggest stories of the week.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Drew Nelson updating a story we first brought you
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  Speaker 2: on Prime Stories with Nancy Grays. Mom took koffel Bot.
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  Speaker 2: A desperate search for the missing mother in Virginia leads
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  Speaker 2: to her husband being named a person of interest taken
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  Speaker 2: away in handcuffs. The twenty eight year old woman is
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  Speaker 2: a pediatric nurse originally from Nepal, last seen July thirty
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  Speaker 2: first in Manassa's Park. Police gave an update at the search.
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  Speaker 2: Here's Manassa's Park Police Chief Mario Lugo.
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  Speaker 3: Our investigators have executed over ten search warns and conducted
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  Speaker 3: hundreds of us related to this case. This includes the
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  Speaker 3: search warrn that we executed that you are aware of
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  Speaker 3: at his resident. My staff continues to work tiresly and
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  Speaker 3: follow up every lead, which we have received. Hundreds of
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  Speaker 3: leads on this case.
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  Speaker 2: Lot's disappearance has shaken the local community and raised serious
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  Speaker 2: concerns among her friends and family. She was reported missing
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  Speaker 2: by her husband, Naresh Bot, now the chief person of interest,
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  Speaker 2: on August fifth. Co work requested a welfare check when
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  Speaker 2: she failed to show up for work at UVA Prince
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  Speaker 2: William Medical Center. Narasha initially told police she had left
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  Speaker 2: before for quote a few days, but his days turned
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  Speaker 2: into weeks. Suspicions grew. August twenty first, Manassa's Park Police
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  Speaker 2: executed his search warrants at the bought home. Chief Lugo
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  Speaker 2: says naresh Bot is not cooperating with the investigation. Mom
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  Speaker 2: to his friends and members of the local Nepalese community
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  Speaker 2: have been vocal in their frustration. A close friend and
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  Speaker 2: former colleague of Moms told local media quote, we don't
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  Speaker 2: have a clue what is going on. The community has rallied,
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  Speaker 2: organizing search efforts and spreading the word through social media,
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  Speaker 2: but fear and anxiety continue to grow as more time
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  Speaker 2: passes without answers. Mamta's family in Nepal, including your heartbroken
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  Speaker 2: brother and mother, are anxiously waiting for any news. Her
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  Speaker 2: brother expresses his deep worry, saying, quote, we just hope
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  Speaker 2: that the police will investigate properly and we get our
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  Speaker 2: sister back soon. As the investigation continues, authorities urge anyone
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  Speaker 2: with information to contact Manassas Park Police, saying that every
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  Speaker 2: lead is crucial in this ongoing search for answers.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Jennifer Gould. In a chilling act of revenge, a
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  Speaker 1: jilted lover allegedly orchestrates a cross country plot to Dows's
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  Speaker 1: ex girlfriend with acid. William D. Bernardino of Boyd and Beach, Florida,
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  Speaker 1: is accused of paying a couple to travel nine hundred
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  Speaker 1: miles to carry out the attack in New Jersey. The
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  Speaker 1: victim was immediately airlifted to a burn center, where she
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  Speaker 1: remains in critical condition. The acid attack left the woman
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  Speaker 1: with burns over thirty five percent of her body, requiring
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  Speaker 1: extensive medical treatment. Witnesses described the horrific scene as the
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  Speaker 1: victim screamed in pain and sought help from neighbors. Here's
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  Speaker 1: neighbor Jim Glinsky talking to ABC six News.
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  Speaker 2: We first I thought it was an animal attacking another animal,
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  Speaker 2: and then I thought that sounds like a woman's voice.
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  Speaker 1: Investigators quickly identified the suspect car, a silver or gray vehicle.
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  Speaker 1: This led them to Dee Bernardino, who allegedly enlisted Betty
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  Speaker 1: Joe Lane thirty eight and Jamar McNeil thirty nine, both
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  Speaker 1: of Jacksonville, Florida, to carry out the assault. According to authorities,
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  Speaker 1: Deemerdadino had been harboring resentment towards his ex girlfriend for
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  Speaker 1: some time and concocted the plan to inflict severe pain
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  Speaker 1: and suffering on her. He provided Laine and McNeil with
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  Speaker 1: the acid, a rented car, and a detailed instruction on
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  Speaker 1: how to carry out the attack. The couple then drove
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  Speaker 1: from Florida to New Jersey, carefully planning their route to
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  Speaker 1: avoid detection. Then they waited for the victim to arrive
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  Speaker 1: home and carried out the attack before taking off from
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  Speaker 1: the scene. Witnesses provided descriptions of the car and the attackers,
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  Speaker 1: leading to a widespread man hunt. Investigators then face the
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  Speaker 1: rented car to a location in Florida. They obtained surveillance
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  Speaker 1: video that showed Lane and McNeil returning to the rental
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  Speaker 1: car after the attack. The footage also captured the couple's faces,
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  Speaker 1: providing crucial evidence in the case. Law enforcement officers in
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  Speaker 1: Florida then executed a search warrant at a residence linked
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  Speaker 1: to Lane and McNeil. The couple was arrested without incident.
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  Speaker 1: Divertadino was also taken into custody at his home in
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  Speaker 1: Boyton Beach. All three are being held in Florida awaiting
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  Speaker 1: extradition to New Jersey to face charges including conspiracy to
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  Speaker 1: commit murder, attempted murder, aggravated assault, stalking, and weapons charges.
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  Speaker 4: I'm Nicole Parton. In New York. Police have identified the
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  Speaker 4: individual whose body they say was discovered dismembered in two
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  Speaker 4: different locations, part in the Bronx and part in Yonkers,
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  Speaker 4: with neighbors struggling to understand why someone will killed in
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  Speaker 4: such a gruesome manner. One woman who wishes to remain anonymous,
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  Speaker 4: spoke to NBC eleven, especially, you know, since I have
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  Speaker 4: kids and I come viser my mom and to know
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  Speaker 4: that she's here by herself too. The NYPD says they
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  Speaker 4: discovered severed hands and a leg in a Bronx apartment
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  Speaker 4: on Roger's Place that belonged to Ltalo Henderson, a forty
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  Speaker 4: six year old resident of the building who lived on
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  Speaker 4: the fourth floor. Police say his severed leg was found
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  Speaker 4: frozen in a bag in the freezer, while his hands
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  Speaker 4: were found in a crock pot filled with bleach. Also
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  Speaker 4: found where the victim's teeth that had been removed from
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  Speaker 4: his body. The rest of Henderson's body was found charred
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  Speaker 4: in a shopping cart under the oak Bridge and Yonkers,
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  Speaker 4: about thirteen miles away from his apartment. According to the
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  Speaker 4: New York Daily News, the NYPD used surveillance footage to
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  Speaker 4: track two people rolling a shopping cart from Henderson's building
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  Speaker 4: to the Metro North train around midnight. The rest of
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  Speaker 4: his body was transported in that shopping cart and taken
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  Speaker 4: under the oak Bridge and set ablaze. Police say they
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  Speaker 4: are still working to identify the suspects in the video,
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  Speaker 4: and the New York City Chief Medical Examiner is still
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  Speaker 4: working to determine the exact cause of death of Henderson.
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  Speaker 4: This is an active, ongoing investigation. For the latest crime
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