politics
Roommate charged with murder in deaths of University of South Florida doctoral students
Hisham Abugharbieh was arrested after standoff with police and charged with killing Zamil Limon and Nahida Bristy
TL;DR
- Hisham Abugharbieh is charged with two counts of premeditated murder in the first degree.
- The victims, Zamil Limon and Nahida Bristy, were Bangladeshi doctoral students at the University of South Florida.
- Zamil Limon's remains were found on the Howard Frankland Bridge.
- Nahida Bristy remains missing, but Abugharbieh was charged with her murder based on unspecified evidence.
- Abugharbieh was Limon's off-campus apartment roommate.
- The students disappeared on April 16th, and a family friend reported them missing on April 17th.
- Abugharbieh was arrested after a standoff at his family's home.
- He had prior arrests for battery and burglary.
- Limon studied geography, environmental science and policy; Bristy studied chemical engineering.
- The Hillsborough county sheriff described the case as deeply disturbing.