USF PhD Students Murdered, Community Mourns

0:00It's April 29th. Teba Bay News today starts now. AI powered and ready. Two University of South Florida PhD students from Bangladesh. 27-year-old Zamo Lyman and Nehita Bristy have been victims in a tragic murder case. Leemon's remains turned up on the Howard Franklin Bridge last Friday, and his roommate, his Shambh Aboghrabi, got arrested on charges like first degree, murder and tampering with evidence. Deputies think he killed both. And though Bristy's still officially missing, her family heard from police. She's gone based on apartment evidence. These two were tight with a group of Bangladesh's students at USF. And now their families back home are heartbroken. Lyman was days from defending his thesis on mapping Florida wetland changes with old photos, using fresh techniques to help the planet. His doctoral advisors, professors Mark and Kyrains, call him brilliant, kind and irreplaceable in their GeoSciences program. Other students depended on his work, and he was supporting his family financially,

1:01while planning to bring his brother to the US for grad school. They knew something was off when he goes to text and skipped a lab. The professors launched a GoFundMe Tuesday with USF, the Families, and the Bangladesh Student Association, pulling in tens of thousands and donations. Already, it shows how the story's hitting folks hard. A vigil set for Friday afternoon at USF to honor them as the community rallies while investigations push forward.