Roommate of slain USF student is charged with two counts of murder - BERITAJA

The roommate of a slain University of South Florida doctoral student was charged pinch execution connected Saturday arsenic the hunt continues for different missing student.

Hisham Abugharbieh, 26, was charged pinch 2 counts of execution successful the first grade pinch a limb successful the decease of USF students Zamil Limon and Nahida Bristy, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office. Abugharbieh and Limon were roommates.

Abugharbieh was arrested connected Friday aft authorities recovered Limon's assemblage connected the Howard Frankland Bridge successful Tampa, Florida, according to authorities. Bristy remains missing.

USF's constabulary section reported Limon and Bristy, 2 doctoral students astatine the school, missing connected Tuesday.

Upon his apprehension connected Friday, Abugharbieh was already charged pinch facing charges of home violence, elemental battery, mendacious imprisonment, tampering pinch evidence, nonaccomplishment to study a decease and unlawfully holding aliases moving a dormant body.

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The execution complaint carries a imaginable decease condemnation aliases life successful situation without parole.

"Evidence was presented to the State Attorney’s Office, resulting successful further charges against Abugharbieh," the sheriff's agency said successful a statement, while declining to remark further.

The 26-year-old fishy was enrolled astatine USF from outpouring 2021 done outpouring 2023, but was not presently enrolled, according to university. Abugharbieh was pursuing a bachelor of subject successful guidance during his clip astatine the school.

Limon and Bristy were past seen connected the greeting of April 16. The brace were initially reported missing past week, according to officials.

Bristy’s older brother, Zahaid Hasan Pranto, 29, told Beritaja that his sister and Limon had a romanticist narration successful the past, but were not making love astatine the clip they went missing.

Family members of the students besides told Beritaja it’s retired of characteristic to not perceive from Limon and Bristy, who some person family successful Bangladesh.