US EditionRoommate 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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A case that began as a search for missing students is shaking up the United States. According to USA Today, authorities in Florida have charged the roommate of the missing doctoral students with two counts of first-degree murder. Hisham Abugharbieh, 26, is believed to be responsible for the deaths of 27-year-old Zamil Limon and Nahida Brista.
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WPTVRoommate charged with 2 counts of murder in death, disappearance of 2 USF students
Detectives with the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office join an investigation inside the Lake Forest subdivision of Tampa, Fla., on Friday, where authorities said a man was taken into custody after barricading himself inside a home, in connection to the search for two missing University of South Florida graduate students. | Douglas R. Clifford, Tampa Bay Times via Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A former University of South Florida student …
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