TAMPA, Fla (Court TV) — Prosecutors have announced they are seeking the death penalty for a man accused of brutally murdering two graduate students at the University of South Florida.
Hisham Abugharbieh, 26, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of his roommate, Zamil Limon, 27, and Nahida Bristy, 27. Both Limon and Bristy were graduate students at the University from Bangladesh.
Hisham Abugharbieh appeared in court on April 25, 2026. (Court TV)
Prosecutors say Limon and Bristy disappeared on April 16. Their bodies were found days later, found in trash bags dumped near the Howard Frankland Bridge at the border of Pinellas County…