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crime2 months ago•7 min saved

Kayaker’s find ties USF student missing case to double murder

A kayaker found a decomposed body along a St. Petersburg shoreline later identified as Nahida Bristy, a missing USF graduate student, tying her death to the earlier discovery of Zamil Limon’s body in a trash bag on the Howard Frankland Bridge. Bristy’s roommate, Hisham Abugharbieh, has been charged with two counts of first‑degree murder and other offenses as investigators believe Bristy and Limon were killed around the same time at their Avalon Heights apartment. Evidence including blood at the suspect’s home, phone data, surveillance, and even ChatGPT search queries is being reviewed to determine a motive.

via Tampa Bay Times|

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crime2 months ago•3 min saved

USF friends recall victims as family as murder case unfolds

Friends of USF doctoral students Nahida Bristy and Zamil Limon, both from Bangladesh, describe them as family away from home as authorities charge Limon’s roommate Hisham Abugharbieh with first-degree murder. Limon’s remains were found and additional remains were identified later; a grand jury will decide whether to pursue the death penalty. The Bangladeshi and Muslim student communities are rallying to support the victims’ families and coordinate appropriate rites at the university.

via NBC News|

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crime2 months ago•4 min saved

Family Warned Authorities Ahead of USF Doctoral Students’ Slayings

Ahmad Abugharbieh, the brother of homicide suspect Hisham Abugharbieh, says the family had previously warned police about his brother’s erratic behavior as Hisham faces two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of USF doctoral students Zamil Limon and Nahida Bristy. Limon’s body was found first, with Bristy’s remains found nearby later. The family had filed protective orders against Hisham in 2023 (granted) and 2025 (denied).

via CBS News|

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crime-and-justice2 months ago•180 min saved

Prosecutors outline timeline as USF doctoral student murder case unfolds

Prosecutors released new evidence in the killing of Zamil Limon, a University of South Florida doctoral student, including a timeline of events surrounding his death and the disappearance of his friend Nahida Bristy. Limon died from multiple sharp-force injuries and his body was found on the Howard Frankland Bridge; his roommate, Hisham Abugharbieh, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder as Bristy remains missing. The prosecution argues Abugharbieh poses a danger to the community and should remain jailed pending trial, noting shifting accounts during interrogations and inconsistencies about their movements. Investigators have recovered human remains from waterways south of the bridge, but Bristy’s fate remains unresolved.

via CNN|

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crime2 months ago•2 min saved

Roommate charged with two counts of murder in deaths of USF PhD students

A 26-year-old roommate, Hisham Abugharbieh, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of USF doctoral students Zamil Limon and Nahida Bristy. Limon's body was found on the Howard Franklin Bridge in Tampa, Bristy is missing and believed dead, with investigators citing a large amount of blood at Abugharbieh's residence. He also faces domestic-violence, evidence-tampering, and failing-to-report-a-death charges and was arrested after a domestic-violence call near USF's Tampa campus.

via CBS News|

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