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USF Student Charged in Roommate's Murder

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Hisham Abugharbieh, a former USF student, is charged with murdering his roommate and his roommates fiancée, both Bangladeshi doctoral students. The victims bodies were found, and Abugharbieh was arrested after a standoff. The couple was studying geography and environmental science, and their university in Bangladesh is seeking justice. Abugharbieh has a history of misdemeanor arrests and domestic violence petitions. The search for the missing woman continues, and the university community is shaken by the incident.

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USF Student Charged in Roommate's Murder

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US News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now!USF Student Charged in Roommate's Murder. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.

It's April 25th. This is U.S. News Today, powered by AI bringing you what matters across the U.S. A 26-year-old former University of South Florida student, named Hisham Abhagarbi, faces two counts of first-degree premeditated murder for the. Deaths of his roommates, Zameel Lyman, and Lyman's girlfriend, Nehita Bristie. Both victims were 27-year-old doctoral students from Bangladesh at U.S.F. Liemann and Bristie vanished from campus on April 16th. These remains turned up Friday morning on the Howard Franklin Bridge while she's still missing. Abhagarbi AI got nabbed that same day after cops responded to a domestic violence call at his family's home near campus. He barricaded himself and signed. Until SWAT talked him out. These two were a couple on the verge of marriage, studying geography and environmental science for him, chemical engineering for her. Their university back home mourned her as a top talent and called for justice plus compensation for the family. Abhagarbi attended U.S.F. from spring 2021 to spring 2023 for a management degree but dropped

out. He has a record of misdemeanor arrests for battery and burglary last year, plus domestic violence petitions from relatives, and autopsy online in wraps up today, and the hunt for Bristie goes on, Sheriff's office wants any tips. This hits close to home for campus folks watching the fallout.

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