8.30.24 CRU with Nancy Grace: What Happened To Mamta Bhatt?

Zone 7 with Sheryl McCollum

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4.4 • 696 Ratings

🗓️ 30 August 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Nancy and Sheryl discuss the devastating disappearance of 28-year-old Mamta Bhatt, a young mother from Virginia, whose troubling marriage and isolation from her family in Nepal raise suspicions. Together they dissect details about the ongoing investigation, including the disturbing forensic evidence found in Mamta's home and her husband's evasive behavior. Sheryl and Nancy also discuss the challenges of prosecuting "no body" cases, drawing on examples like Julie Love and Jennifer Dulos to illustrate how justice can be pursued even in the absence of a body.

Show Notes:

(0:00) Welcome! Nancy and Sheryl introduce this week’s crime roundup
(0:30) Sheryl introduces case of 28 year old missing Mamta Bhatt
(2:00) Nancy details Mamta's disappearance
(4:40) “What is so critical, there are two things that go together. Timelines and patterns. When you are putting together your timeline, and you see a pattern that has been broken. That should be highlighted. You do not move from that broken pattern.”
(7:00) Evidence of blood stains found in Mamta’s home
(8:45) Comparison to Jennifer Dulos case and forensic evidence
(10:00) The husband's statements and timeline inconsistencies
(14:00) Concerns for baby Nima's future without her mother
(15:30) Legal perspectives on the no body no crime defense
(17:45) Julie Love case: A no-body murder
(23:00) Final thoughts on Mamta's case

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Nancy Grace is an outspoken, tireless advocate for victims’ rights and one of television's most respected legal analysts. Nancy Grace had a perfect conviction record during her decade as a prosecutor. She is the founder and publisher of CrimeOnline.com, a crime- fighting digital platform that investigates breaking crime news, spreads awareness of missing people and shines a light on cold cases.

In addition, Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, a daily show hosted by Grace, airs on SIRIUS XM’s Triumph Channel 111 and is downloadable as a podcast on all audio platforms - https://www.crimeonline.com/

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Sheryl “Mac” McCollum is an Emmy Award winning CSI, a writer for CrimeOnLine, Forensic and Crime Scene Expert for Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, and a CSI for a metro Atlanta Police Department. She is the co-author of the textbook., Cold Case: Pathways to Justice.

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0:00.0	Y'all welcome to the Crime Roundup.
0:11.4	I'm Cheryl McCollum, and I'm joined, as always, by the Queen herself, Nancy Grace.
0:18.4	Hey, honey, let me tell you something.
0:20.7	I was listening to you on Merritt Street, and there is a missing mom, Mopta, and her friend was talking to you, and she said, yes, her husband, he's just toned down.
0:32.8	And you said, and I quote, I think you're kind and gracious.
0:38.5	I'm not.
0:41.9	So, honey, let's get to talking about this poor missing mom.
0:51.0	You know, Cheryl, I just, I worry because I've covered so many cases of missing people and unsolved homicides. And I don't want Mom to, or any other person, to get lost in the sea
0:59.8	of crime victims. And it's hard. It's hard to keep going. And sometimes
1:06.1	it's hard to hear. And I would tell jurors that because sometimes
1:10.2	there will be evidence
1:11.0	Cheryl as you will know that they would like wince physically wince or
1:16.9	recoil or look away from a picture and it's the same thing here it's almost like a
1:23.6	never-ending wave.
1:28.3	It comes and it comes and it comes like the ocean.
1:33.0	And once one goes away, there's another wave right behind it.
1:37.9	I don't want Momta bot to be lost in all of that.
1:42.5	Momta is, and I'm saying is, because I want to believe she's still alive.
1:48.6	The evidence tells me otherwise.
1:50.9	Momta Bot is a gorgeous 28-year-old Virginia mother near Manassas, and she's a pediatric nurse, very devoted.
2:04.8	The rest of her family lives in Nepal, so there's nobody.
2:08.3	And that's important, and I'm sure you're going to jump in in a minute and explain why that's important.
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