{"id":246170,"date":"2026-04-25T12:16:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T12:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/246170\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T12:16:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T12:16:08","slug":"suspect-arrested-in-case-of-missing-usf-students-now-facing-murder-chargers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/246170\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspect arrested in case of missing USF students now facing murder chargers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. (WWSB) &#8211; The Hillsborough County Sheriff\u2019s office has upgraded the charges against the suspect arrested in the disappearance of two USF students. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">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. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Evidence was presented to the State Attorney\u2019s Office leading to the additional charges.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Abugharbieh was arrested on Friday, the same day Limon was found dead. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">PREVIOUS COVERAGE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mysuncoast.com\/2026\/04\/24\/body-one-two-missing-usf-students-found-suspect-custody\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.mysuncoast.com\/2026\/04\/24\/body-one-two-missing-usf-students-found-suspect-custody\/\">Body of one of two missing USF students found; suspect in custody<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Maurer said detectives are waiting for results on an autopsy and that the investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Maurer said the sheriff\u2019s office is still asking the public\u2019s help in finding Bristy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cThe search for Bristy is ongoing; anyone with information regarding her disappearance is asked to contact the Hillsborough County Sheriff\u2019s Office at (813) 247-8200,\u201d the sheriff\u2019s office said in a news release.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WWSB. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. (WWSB) &#8211; The Hillsborough County Sheriff\u2019s office has upgraded the charges against the suspect arrested&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":246171,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-246170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}