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Remains recovered near Tampa Bay area bridge identified as second missing USF student, officials say

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Remains recovered near a Tampa Bay area bridge were identified as Nahida Bristy, the second missing University of South Florida doctoral student, as officials confirmed Friday. NBC News and CNN corroborate the identification; ABC News adds that a suspect, Hisham Abugharbieh, has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder and that investigators allege Bristy and Zamil Limon were murdered and their bodies moved with an apartment building cart. ABC also notes investigators used a ChatGPT search in disposal inquiries. CNN notes Bristy and Limon disappeared on April 16. The accounts collectively describe identification of Bristy and ongoing investigation, with charges against a suspect and alleged movements of the bodies.

What This Means

Concrete downstream impact: authorities confirmed the remains of Nahida Bristy and linked the case to a suspect charged with two counts of first-degree murder, signaling ongoing criminal proceedings and an active investigation into the deaths of two USF students (ABC News).

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Remains recovered near Tampa Bay area bridge identified as second missing USF student, officials say | CNN
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5/1/2026

Remains recovered near Tampa Bay area bridge identified as second missing USF student, officials say

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story contains details that are graphic. The human remains recovered near a Tampa Bay area bridge Sunday have been identified as the second missing University of South Florida doctoral student, Nahida Bristy , Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister said Friday. “The details of this.

Remains of missing University of South Florida student confirmed through DNA
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5/1/2026

Remains of missing University of South Florida student confirmed through DNA

Human remains found Sunday during the search for a missing University of South Florida doctoral student were confirmed as belonging to Nahida Bristy, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said Friday. The remains of Zamil Limon, who was also a doctoral student at the school and previously dated Bristy, were found.

Body of Nahida Bristy, 2nd missing USF student, identified
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5/1/2026

2nd missing USF student's remains identified

A suspect has been charged in the deaths of Zamil Limon and Nahida Bristy. Authorities said Friday they identified remains found this week as part of the investigation into the murders of two missing University of South Florida doctoral students as Nahida Bristy. Forensic investigators took several days to identify.

Nahida Bristy, 27,
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5/1/2026

Body found in Florida identified as 2nd missing student from Bangladesh: ‘Monstrous crime’

The body of a second missing University of South Florida grad student has been identified after a fisherman snagged his line on the corpse in a Tampa waterway, police said Friday. The remains of chemical engineering student Nahida Bristy, 27, were confirmed through DNA after the angler found them floating in a plastic.

Remains found near Florida bridge identified as missing college student who vanished weeks ago
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Remains found near Florida bridge identified as missing college student who vanished weeks ago

The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office and USF police gave an update on the investigation into a pair of missing USF students after one of their bodies was found April 24. Human remains discovered Sunday, April 26, near a bridge in Tampa Bay have been identified as missing University of South Florida doctoral.

Nahida Bristy, 27,
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Remains of second missing USF grad student, Nahida Bristy, found by fisherman: cops

The body of a second missing University of South Florida grad student has been identified after a fisherman snagged his line on the corpse in a Tampa waterway, police said Friday. The remains of chemical engineering student Nahida Bristy, 27, were confirmed through DNA after the angler found them floating in a plastic.