HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. (WWSB) – The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s office has upgraded the charges against the suspect arrested in the disappearance of two USF students.
26-year-old Hisham Abugharbieh now charged with two counts of murder in the first degree with a weapon, in the deaths of Zamil Limon and Nahida Bristy.
Evidence was presented to the State Attorney’s Office leading to the additional charges.
Abugharbieh was arrested on Friday, the same day Limon was found dead.
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Abugharbieh is charged with battery; false imprisonment; tampering with evidence; failure to report a death to law enforcement of medical examiner; and unlawfully holding or moving a dead human body in an unapproved condition.
Maurer said detectives are waiting for results on an autopsy and that the investigation is ongoing.
Maurer said the sheriff’s office is still asking the public’s help in finding Bristy.
“The search for Bristy is ongoing; anyone with information regarding her disappearance is asked to contact the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office at (813) 247-8200,” the sheriff’s office said in a news release.
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