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Missing USF Doctoral Students Declared Endangered by Sheriff

Detectives now lead countywide searches following a week with no contact.

Overview

  • The pair, last seen Thursday, April 16, in separate locations in the Tampa campus area, were reported missing Friday after a family friend could not reach them.
  • The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office has taken over the investigation and now lists Nahida Bristy and Zamil Limon as endangered.
  • Deputies are searching across Hillsborough and Pinellas counties, coordinating with Clearwater police and a Pinellas forensics unit, and asking anyone with information to call 813-247-8200.
  • Investigators report no confirmed contact and phones turned off, say there is no indication of foul play at this time, and confirm the two are not in immigration custody.
  • Bristy and Limon, both 27 and from Bangladesh, are described by relatives and classmates as diligent PhD students, which makes their sudden silence especially alarming.