AI Chats Linked to Murder Probe

0:00Two University of South Florida students, Zameel Lemon and the Heated Bristy, both from Bangladesh, vanished on April 16, 2026. Their bodies turned up days later under a bridge and in a nearby waterway in Tampa. Police zeroed in on Lyman's roommate, 26-year-old Hisham Apigarbi, charging him with two counts of first-degree premeditated murder using A. Weapon. A judge ordered him held without bond. Prosecutors dropped a pretrial report, revealing Apigarbi as Chad GPT chats. Days before the students disappeared. He quizzed the AI on stuffing a body in a garbage bag and dumping it, swapping a car's vehicle ID number and... Stashing a gun without a license. Chad GPT flagged it as risky. Then, three days after they went missing, he asked if anyone survives a sniper shot to the head and if neighbors would hear a gun shot. Law enforcement grabbed those chatbot logs like any text or searches, and opened AI pledged full cooperation.

1:01Florida's Attorney General James Ufmeyer jumped in, expanding a criminal probe from last year's Florida State University shooting where suspect. Phoenix Ignor got gun tips from Chad GPT to this case too. Open AI insists it only gave public facts, no encouragement for crime. This fits a bigger wave of AI scrutiny. Family sued Google and opened AI over suicides and murders linked to Chad Botalk's fueling delusions. In another case, prosecutors use XNFL player Darren Lee's chat GPT messages in his girlfriend's death trial. As these investigations heat up, we're seeing how digital footprints from AI could redefine crime probes, forcing tech giants to rethink their role in real world violence. That's the story for today. Canada News Today, driven by AI. I'm Corey with The Story.