A case that began as a missing persons report has taken a grim turn, with a former University of South Florida student now facing two counts of murder after the body of one doctoral student was recovered from a Tampa Bay bridge, and a search continues for the second.
Zamil Limon and Nahida Bristy, both 27-year-old Bangladeshi doctoral students at the University of South Florida (USF), were reported missing by a family friend on April 17 after no one could reach them. They had last been seen the previous day near the university campus in Tampa.
Limon was spotted around 9 am at his off-campus home, roughly three blocks from campus, while Bristy was last seen about an hour later. When a family friend failed to reach either of them the following day, campus police were alerted. On Friday, Limon’s body was found on the Howard Frankland Bridge in Tampa. Bristy has not yet been found.
Hisham Abugharbieh, 26, a former USF student who had shared a flat with Limon, has been charged with two counts of first-degree premeditated murder with a weapon in connection with the deaths of both students.
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