Crime scene evidence photos presented in Naresh Bhatt murder trial

Prosecutors continuing to build their case against Naresh Bhatt, the man accused of murdering his wife, Mamta Koffel. Today, the jurors getting the chance to see new photos from the crime scene. Fox 5's Stephanie Ramirez is outside the Prince William County Courthouse. And we heard investigators talk about before how they used a Blue Star liquid agent in the home and that it lit up, detecting possible traces of blood. Well, today we got to see what that looks like for the first time. Get a look at your screens here. A former Prince William County forensics investigator testifying that this is a large section of carpet they took from the defendant's master bedroom, blue starring it again, back at their office and taking these photos. A small square was cut for DNA testing. Earlier, we also heard the moment Naresh Bhatt appeared to change his tone in an August 18th interview done with an independent journalist who was from Nepal, pressing him on why he didn't inform anyone his wife was missing on August 1, two, three, four of 2024. He filed a missing persons report on the 5th. Here's some of what was played. But blurred out in that video tells the independent journalist he got serious after the police visit on August 2nd and basically argues that he did everything police told him to do in reporting. The journalist asks him questions like with his military experience, why he didn't ask neighbors for CCTV footage. Why would Mamta leave if the defendant is saying they didn't have any arguments since April? At one point, Bhatt raises that Mamta was in her postpartum phase and thought she may have gone to her friends like she did before. He also tells the journalist he tried calling Mamta's phone. Now, we're definitely going to get into more of that in court. The prosecution today already started getting into the trove of cell phone data and data connected to the defendant's Tesla. We also saw new evidence photos and some of the tiniest brownish-red stains found on the windowsill in the couple's bathroom. The former county forensics investigator told the court, based on her experience, she believed that was blood and both photographed and swabbed these small stains for evidence. We also saw photos introduced today of zip ties found in the home, photos of cleaning products found all throughout the home. And guys, a photo of a wallet that had three credit cards inside with Mamta's name on them. None of those credit cards had expired at the time. Guys.