{"id":246318,"date":"2026-04-25T15:13:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T15:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/246318\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T15:13:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T15:13:14","slug":"roommate-of-missing-university-of-south-florida-students-charged-with-premeditated-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/246318\/","title":{"rendered":"Roommate of missing University of South Florida students charged with premeditated murder"},"content":{"rendered":"

The roommate of one of the two University of South Florida graduate students<\/a> who mysteriously disappeared this week has been charged with their murders.<\/p>\n

Hisham Saleh Abugharbeih \u2014 who was arrested after cops found 27-year-old Zamil Limon\u2019s body Friday \u2014 is now facing two counts of first-degree premeditated murder with a weapon, the Hillsborough County Sheriff\u2019s Office announced. <\/a><\/p>\n

Abugharbeih had originally been facing failure to report a death and unlawfully moving a body, as well as battery and false imprisonment.<\/p>\n

Hisham Saleh Abugharbeih has been charged with premeditated murder in the missing person case of his roommate and his girlfriend. Hillsborough County Sheriff\u00e2s Office<\/p>\n

The details of what officials called a \u201cdisturbing\u201d case were still unclear, but police said they had gathered enough evidence to prove Abugharbeih had killed Limon and his girlfriend, Nahida Bristy, 27, who is assumed dead.<\/p>\n

Dive teams returned to Old Tampa Bay near the Howard Frankland Bridge on Friday to continue the search for Bristy\u2019s body after Limon\u2019s remains were found nearby.<\/p>\n

Limon\u2019s cause of death was under investigation.<\/p>\n

Abugharbeih was arrested after barricading himself inside a Tampa home Friday, officials said.<\/p>\n

SWAT teams armed with assault rifles descended on Limon\u2019s Lake Forest neighborhood \u2014\u00a0 just over a mile from USF\u2019s Tampa campus, where Limon and Bristy were students.<\/p>\n

The raid was tied to the alarming disappearance of the couple soon after officials, without elaborating, had declared they were deemed \u201cendangered.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zamil Limon and Nahida Bristy had talked about getting married. Facebook\/Zahid Hasan Pranto<\/p>\n

Abugharbeih was arrested Friday after Limon\u2019s body was found. Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office<\/p>\n

The situation was \u201cresolved\u201d about two hours later,\u00a0the sheriff\u2019s office said,<\/a>\u00a0with Abugharbeih taken into custody.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a deeply disturbing case that has shaken our community and impacted many who were hoping for a safe resolution,\u201d\u00a0said Sheriff Chad Chronister.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile the discovery of Zamil Limon\u2019s remains is heartbreaking, I want the public to know that our detectives worked and are working tirelessly and relentlessly to uncover the truth. We will continue to follow every fact, pursue every lead, and use every tool available to hold those responsible fully accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dive teams are still searching for Bristy\u2019s body. Hillsborough County Sheriff\u0092s Office<\/p>\n

Limon and Bristy, a couple from Bangladesh, were last seen in the area on April 16.<\/p>\n

They were reported missing by a friend who said they were unable to get in touch with the pair. Both of their phones had been turned off, investigators said.<\/p>\n

Limon was a doctoral student pursuing a degree in geography, environmental science and policy, while Bristy was studying chemical engineering.<\/p>\n

The students had recently discussed getting married.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The roommate of one of the two University of South Florida graduate students who mysteriously disappeared this week…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":246319,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29,6888,4538,135,4278],"class_list":{"0":"post-246318","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-florida","8":"tag-florida","9":"tag-florida-headlines","10":"tag-florida-news","11":"tag-missing-persons","12":"tag-murders","13":"tag-tampa","14":"tag-us-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246318","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=246318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246318\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}