Bangladeshi Students Missing: Bridge Search Underway

0:00It's April 24. Tampa Bay News. Today starts now, AI-powered and ready. I'm Cory with the story. Two University of South Florida doctoral students, 27-year-old Zamo Lyman, and 27-year-old Nehita Briserie, both from Bangladesh, banished on April 16th, and now the search has shut down Northbound lanes on the Howard Franklin Bridge. Lyman, studying geography, environmental science, and policy, was last spotted around nine in the morning at his home, while Briserie and chemical engineering was seen about 10 in the morning on the Tampa campus, a family friend reported to missing the next day. Folks are worried because their phones are off. This ain't their normal routine as solid students, and Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office bumped, them to endangered status without spilling details. Meanwhile, a crime scene popped up on 28th Street North in St. Petersburg tied to the case with searches hitting Sankey in Clearwater, and flyers going door to door across Hillsborough

1:00and Pinellas counties. Investigators are still piecing it together. No word on exactly how the bridge ties in, but the hunt keeps widening as everyone hopes for answers. Soon.