{"id":106809,"date":"2024-08-16T00:04:16","date_gmt":"2024-08-16T00:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/28-year-old-mother-involuntarily-missing-for-2-weeks-police-say\/"},"modified":"2024-08-16T00:04:16","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T00:04:16","slug":"28-year-old-mother-involuntarily-missing-for-2-weeks-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/28-year-old-mother-involuntarily-missing-for-2-weeks-police-say\/","title":{"rendered":"28-year-old mother &#8216;involuntarily&#8217; missing for 2 weeks, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-08-15\/mamta-kafle-ht-jef-240813_1723554053118_hpMain.jpg\" alt><figcaption>Manassas Park Police Department via Meta<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>(NEW YORK) &#8212; A 28-year-old mother has been missing for two weeks under what police in Virginia said are believed to be &#8220;involuntary&#8221; circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>Mamta Kafle was last seen on July 31 in Manassas Park, Virginia, about 30 miles outside of Washington, D.C, the Manassas Park Police Department said. She hasn&#8217;t had any contact with family or friends since then, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities said they believe Kafle is &#8220;involuntarily&#8221; missing, citing the length of time since she&#8217;s been seen.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Investigators have conducted several follow-ups with neighbors, friends, co-workers and the husband,&#8221; police said in a statement. &#8220;The investigators are also utilizing several investigative tools to help in an attempt to locate Mamta Kafle.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Manassas Park police gave a detailed timeline of the investigation on Thursday while asking for the public&#8217;s help in locating her.<\/p>\n<p>Kafle, a registered nurse at a hospital, was last seen at work on July 27, police said. She spoke to a friend on July 28 and was last seen by her husband on July 31, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Officers responded to their home on Aug. 2 to conduct a welfare check, police said. They had received the request to conduct a welfare check from her employer, Washington ABC affiliate WJLA reported. Her husband provided information but did not want to report her missing at that time, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Three days later, on Aug. 5, her husband contacted police and reported her missing and she was entered as missing with Virginia State Police, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Over the next several days, &#8220;detectives conducted an extensive investigation and found that there was a significant lack of recent contact by Mamta with her family, friends, employer and on social media postings,&#8221; police said.<\/p>\n<p>At that point, detectives were able to elevate her missing person status to an involuntary\/critical missing person and &#8220;additional resources have been afforded to this investigation,&#8221; said police, who subsequently released a missing person flyer to the public on Aug. 8.<\/p>\n<p>Her friend and former colleague, Sunita Basnet Thapa, told WJLA the two bonded over both being from Nepal, and that she was a mentor to Kafle. She attended an event Tuesday in Manassas Park to raise awareness about Kafle&#8217;s disappearance and press for updates.<\/p>\n<p>Basnet Thapa told WJLA they have &#8220;no clue what is going on,&#8221; adding that she has been waiting for news for 14 days.<\/p>\n<p>The case remains active, police said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The husband, friends, and co-workers have all been cooperative throughout the investigation and detectives will continue to follow up on all investigative leads to locate Mamta Kafle,&#8221; the Manassas Park Police Department said Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Kafle&#8217;s friend, Nadia Navarro, who organized Tuesday&#8217;s gathering, told WJLA that it is unlike the mother to leave her 11-month-old daughter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Even if she was desperate, even if she might have been facing something, she wouldn&#8217;t have left her daughter,&#8221; Navarro told WJLA. &#8220;She was very self-sacrificial that way, no matter what would have been happening.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>ABC News was unable to reach Kafle&#8217;s family.<\/p>\n<p>Her husband spoke to a crowd gathered in support of Kafle on Monday by phone, saying that he couldn&#8217;t attend because he was caring for their daughter, according to WRC.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I need to find her as soon as possible, and then using all the tools &#8212; community, society, police,&#8221; he told the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>Friends are planning to hold a search for Kafle on Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Kafle is 5 feet tall, weighs 132 pounds and has black hair and dark brown eyes, police said. She was last seen wearing blue scrubs, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Police urge anyone with information to call the Manassas Park Police Department at 703-361-1136 or submit an anonymous tip to Manassas\/Manassas Park Crime Solvers at 703-330-0330.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manassas Park Police Department via Meta (NEW YORK) &#8212; A 28-year-old mother has been missing for two weeks under what police in Virginia said are believed to be &#8220;involuntary&#8221; circumstances. 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