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USF Doctoral Student Found Dead, Roommate Arrested as Search Continues for Missing Classmate

Detectives say the probe remains active with charges filed against a roommate.

Overview

  • Zamil Limon, whose remains were recovered Friday on the Howard Frankland Bridge, was identified by the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office.
  • Hisham Abugharbieh, 26, Limon’s roommate, was taken into custody after a standoff at a Lake Forest home following a domestic violence call.
  • Abugharbieh faces preliminary counts of domestic violence battery, false imprisonment, tampering with evidence, failure to report a death, and unlawfully moving a body.
  • Nahida S. Bristy, 27, remains missing as deputies continue active searches that now include dive teams near the bridge and expanded evidence work.
  • Both students are Bangladeshi doctoral candidates who disappeared April 16 in separate spots near USF, which has left the campus community on edge as an autopsy and forensic work move forward.