A Hillsborough County grand jury indicted the suspect in the killings of 27-year-old University of South Florida doctoral students Zamil Limon and Nahida Bristy.
Hisham Abugharbieh, 26, has been indicted on seven charges, including:
- Two counts of murder in the first degree with a weapon (premeditated)
- One count of tampering with physical evidence relating to a capital felony
- Two counts of unlawfully holding or moving a dead human body in unapproved conditions
- Two counts of failure to report death to medical examiner or law enforcement (intent to conceal)
These are all felonies. In Florida, a grand jury indictment is required for first-degree murder cases, as it is a capital felony.
Limon and Bristy disappeared on April 16. They were from Bangladesh but were attending USF on student visas. Limon was studying geography, environmental science and policy, and Bristy was studying chemical engineering…