<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1Vi5KT_0wF4b0mF00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1Vi5KT_0wF4b0mF00" width="1320" height="743" >MANASSAS PARK, Va. (7News) — It was a familiar sight in Manassas Park: the candles, the company, and the cause."If one person leaves here with knowledge about how to prevent another Mamta situation, then we made a difference," Holly Wirth said Sunday evening at Signal Hill Park.Wirth has been one of the driving forces behind that cause: to spread awareness ever since 28-year-old Mamta Kafle Bhatt went missing and is now presumed dead.Wirth and fellow advocates hosted a candlelight vigil in Mamta's honor."We really want to educate ourselves," Wirth said.With purple ribbons on their clothes, bracelets on their wrists, and Mamta in their hearts, a small but mighty crowd was determined to empower anyone struggling with domestic violence, as friends and family say Mamta was, to come forward and find refuge.<img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=4GhEjM_0wF4b0mF00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4GhEjM_0wF4b0mF00" width="648" height="365" >"We want to change the narrative, to make it okay to talk about domestic violence, and we want to try to stop so there’s no more Mamtas," Wirth said.7News' Lianna Golden: You guys have been advocating for three months now ever since Mamta first went missing. What keeps you here? What keeps you coming out here to advocate on her behalf?Wirth: Because Mamta doesn’t have a voice. We don’t have closure as far as her disappearance, but ultimately she can’t speak for herself, so we have to speak for her.Husband Naresh Bhatt remains behind bars in connection to the case, charged with concealment of a dead body.However, a body hasn't been found, keeping the defense's argument alive that Mamta could still be out there."Hopefully the Commonwealth will bring some more serious charges," Wirth said.Naresh is back in court in two weeks on November 7 and 20 before this case goes to trial in December.</div></body>

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With candles and a cause, Mamta Kafle Bhatt supporters raise awareness, fight for justice

MANASSAS PARK, Va. (7News) — It was a familiar sight in Manassas Park: the candles, the company, and the cause. \"If one person leaves here with knowledge about how to prevent another Mamta situation, then we made a difference,\" Holly Wirth said Sunday evening at Signal Hill Park. Wirth...

MANASSAS PARK, Va. (7News) — It was a familiar sight in Manassas Park: the candles, the company, and the cause. "If one person leaves here with knowledge about how to prevent another Mamta situation, then we made a difference," Holly Wirth said Sunday evening at Signal Hill Park. Wirth...