Roommate Charged in USF Students' Murders

0:00It's April 25th. This is Canada News Today, your AI-powered local news. Authorities in Tampa just dropped heavy murder charges on a 26-year-old guy named Hisham Abu-Garbi, the roommate of a missing doctoral, student from Bangladesh. He's facing two counts of first degree premeditated murder, with a weapon for the deaths of the Meehl Le Mans and his girlfriend Nahida Bristy, both. 27-year-old University of South Florida students, Le Mans and Bristy vanished from campus on April 16th. Earlier this week, searchers found Le Mans remains on the Howard Franklin Bridge, Friday morning, while Bristy is still missing. Abu-Garbi got a nab that is family home north of campus after cops responded to a domestic violence call. He barricaded himself inside, but swat drones, robots, and negotiators got him to surrender peacefully, wrapped only in a blue towel. He started with lesser charges, like tampering with evidence and moving a body. These two were deep in their studies, Le Mans chasing a doctorate in geography, environmental

1:01science, and policy, Bristy grinding through chemical, engineering. Families said they were talking marriage, making this hit even harder for everyone connected. The campus community is reeling, with folks processing how a shared apartment turned deadly. Autopsy results on Le Mans are due any moment now to confirm cause of death. Abu-Garbi is no stranger to trouble. He was a USF student till spring 2023, studying management, but had prior misdemeanor busts for. Battery and burglary. Plus domestic violence violence, he mostly shook off through a diversion program. Cops are still hunting Le Mans on Bristy, urging anyone with tips to hit up the Hillsboro County Sheriff's Office. This case stays wide open, reminding us how close danger can lurk.