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Roommate charged with two counts of murder in death, disappearance of two USF students
Investigators say evidence led to upgraded first-degree murder charges as search crews continue looking for the second missing student.
- On Saturday, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office announced that Hisham Abugharbieh, 26, faces two counts of premeditated first-degree murder in the deaths of University of South Florida doctoral students Zamil Limon and Nahida Bristy.
- Limon and Bristy, both 27, went missing on April 16 after being last seen near the Tampa campus; authorities elevated their status to 'endangered' last Thursday before discovering Limon's remains on the Howard Frankland Bridge on Friday.
- Deputies took Abugharbieh into custody Friday following a 20-minute standoff at his family's home in Lake Forest, where he initially faced charges including evidence tampering and unlawfully moving a dead body before prosecutors upgraded the case.
- Detectives are still searching for Bristy, though her brother, Zahid Prato, stated early Saturday that police informed the family she is 'no longer with us,' and the sheriff's office urges anyone with information to contact 247-8200.
- Investigators are withholding specific findings to protect the ongoing investigation, while awaiting autopsy results to determine Limon's cause of death; Sheriff Chad Chronister vowed detectives will work 'tirelessly and relentlessly to uncover the truth.
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Roommate charged with two counts of murder in death, disappearance of two USF students - Boston News, Weather, Sports
A former University of South Florida student has been charged with killing his roommate and the roommate’s girlfriend — two doctoral students from Bangladesh who disappeared earlier this month, authorities said Saturday. Hisham Abugharbieh, 26, is facing two counts of premeditated murder in the first degree with a weapon in the deaths of Zamil Limon and Nahida Bristy, students at USF, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office. He mad…
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arcamax.comSuspect in case of missing USF students charged with 2 counts of murder
TAMPA, Fla. — The body of a missing University of South Florida student was found Friday on the Howard Frankland Bridge and authorities continued to look for another as they arrested a man described as a suspect in the case. Zamil Limon, a doctoral student who’d been missing eight days, was found dead Friday morning along the bridge that spans Tampa Bay, Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Chief ...
Roommate charged in deaths of two USF students
A former University of South Florida student has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of two graduate students whose disappearance last week triggered a multi-agency search across Tampa. 🚨Suspect Faces Additional Charges🚨 Hisham Abugharbieh, 26, is additionally facing two counts of murder in the first degree with a weapon (premeditated) in the deaths of Zamil Limon and Nahida Bristy. Evidence was presented to the …
TAMPA, Florida, USA (AP) — A former student from the University of South Florida (USF) was accused of killing his roommate and his girlfriend — two PhD students from Bangladesh who disappeared early...
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