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AI Chat Reveals Murderer's Plan, USF Students Killed

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26-year-old Hisham Abugharbieh, a former USF student, is charged with murdering his roommate and the roommates girlfriend, both doctoral students from Bangladesh. Prosecutors allege Abugharbieh used ChatGPT to plan the crime, asking about disposing of bodies and altering car VIN numbers. The victims, Zamil Limon and Nahida Bristy, were found dead in trash bags near Clearwater Beach. Abugharbieh was arrested at his familys home after a standoff with police. This case underscores the role of digital evidence and AI in solving crimes, leaving the student community shocked.

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AI Chat Reveals Murderer's Plan, USF Students Killed

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On April 27, a 26-year-old man named Hisham Abu Garbi faces two counts of first-degree premeditated murder for killing his roommate and the roommate's girlfriend, both doctoral students at the University of South Florida from Bangladesh. Prosecutors say he asks chat GPT days before the killings. What happens if you stuff a body in a garbage bag and toss it in a dumpster? Those questions about changing his car's VIN number and keeping a gun without a license. The AI even flagged his queries as dangerous. The victims, Zameel Leimon and the heat of Bristol, both 27, vanished on April 16. Leimon studied geography and environmental science while Bristol was a Ph.D. candidate in chemical engineering. They lived together off campus with Abu Garbi as Leemon's roommate and the couple was thinking about marriage. These found key evidence at the apartment. Like blood trails, the victims' IDs and cards in a trash compactor along with bloody clothes.

Location data from phones and license plate readers put Abu Karbi's car near the Howard Franklin Bridge and Clearwater Beach leading to Leimon's. Body in a trash bag there with stab wounds. Bristol's remains turned up nearby in a waterway soon after. Earlier this week, cops nabbed Abu Garbi at his family's home north of campus during a domestic violence call. He barricaded himself inside, but a SWAT team talked him out peacefully. The former USF student, who isn't enrolled anymore, got held without bond with a hearing set for Tuesday. This case highlights how digital trails and AI chats can crack open investigations fast, leaving everyone stunned at the betrayal in such a tight knit. Student circle, stay tuned as more details emerge. From around the world, powered by AI, this is Global News Today. I'm Corey with The Story.

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