BREAKING! - USF Student Zamil Limon Found Dead on Tampa Bridge , Roommate Arrested!

A week-long search for two brilliant University of South Florida (USF) doctoral students from Bangladesh reached a devastating conclusion for one, as authorities confirmed the discovery of human remains on the Howard Frankland Bridge. On Friday, April 24, 2026, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office (HCSO) announced that the remains found near the I-275 bridge were positively identified as 27-year-old Zamil Limon. Limon, a PhD candidate in geography and environmental science, had been missing since the morning of April 16. His disappearance sparked an "endangered" missing person alert when he failed to submit his thesis paper—a task his family described as being of the utmost importance to him. Simultaneously, the USF community continues to hold out hope for Nahida Sultana Bristy, 27, a chemical engineering student who was last seen on campus just one hour after Limon vanished. The investigation took a chilling turn on Friday morning when deputies responded to a domestic violence call at a home in north Tampa. The suspect, identified as Limon’s roommate, 26-year-old Hisham Saleh Abugharbieh, barricaded himself inside the residence, triggering a massive SWAT response. After an hour-long standoff involving drones, robots, and crisis negotiators, Abugharbieh surrendered peacefully, reportedly wearing nothing but a blue towel. Hisham Abugharbieh now faces a litany of serious charges, including unlawfully moving a dead human body, failure to report a death with intent to conceal, tampering with physical evidence, false imprisonment, and battery. While Abugharbieh is currently in custody, investigators have yet to establish a clear motive or provide details on the condition of Limon’s remains. As the USF community mourns the loss of a "responsible and punctual" scholar, the primary focus remains on finding Nahida Bristy. "We are still actively searching for Nahida," Chief Deputy Joseph Maurer stated, urging anyone with information to come forward. Bristy was last seen at the university's Natural and Environmental Sciences Building and had spoken to her family in Bangladesh just hours before her phone went dark. This video provides a full breakdown of the timeline, the dramatic SWAT arrest, and the ongoing multi-jurisdictional search for Nahida Bristy. In this video, we cover: The Bridge Discovery: How detectives located Limon’s remains on the Howard Frankland. SWAT Standoff: Footage and details of Hisham Abugharbieh’s arrest in north Tampa. Nahida Bristy Update: The latest on the search for the missing chemical engineering student. USF Community Response: President Moez Limayem’s heartfelt message to the university. The Roommate’s Charges: A legal breakdown of the counts Abugharbieh is facing. #ZamilLimon #NahidaBristy #USF #MissingStudents #TampaNews #HCSO #BreakingNews #SWAT #Bangladesh #JusticeForZamil #FindingNahida