Body found near the Florida bridge where missing student's body was discovered
AP News • • general
Key Points:
- A body was found in a waterway near Interstate 275 over Tampa Bay, close to where Zamil Limon's remains were discovered earlier; the body has not yet been identified.
- Zamil Limon and his girlfriend Nahida Bristy, both Bangladeshi doctoral students at the University of South Florida, disappeared on April 16; Limon's roommate, Hisham Abugharbieh, has been charged with their murders.
- Abugharbieh, 26, was arrested and held without bond on charges including two counts of premeditated murder; he had barricaded himself inside his home before surrendering to police.
- Limon studied geography, environmental science, and policy, while Bristy was a chemical engineering Ph.D. candidate; both were described as promising students by their university.
- Authorities continue to search for Bristy's remains in the bay, with law enforcement dive teams involved in the ongoing investigation.
