USF Student Charged with Murder, Girlfriend Missing

0:00It's April 25th. From your city to your ears, this is California News Today, powered by AI. Authorities just hit his shahm abogarbia, a 26-year-old former University of South Florida student with two counts of first-degree murder. He's accused in the death of Zameel Leimon and the disappearance of his girlfriend Nahid Abristi, both 27-year-old doctoral students from Bangladesh. Leimon studied geography and environmental science, while Abristi was in chemical engineering, they were even talking marriage. Friday morning, searchers found Maimon's remains on the Howard Franklin Bridge. Abogarbia got nabbed that same day at his family home north of campus after a domestic violence call. He barricaded himself inside, but swad, drones, robots, and negotiators got him to surrender, stepping out in just the blue towel. Cops first charged him with hiding a body, tampering with evidence and battery. The victims vanished, April 16th, Aliaman, last spotted at his off-campus apartment, shared

1:00with Abogarbia, Bristol, and hour later on campus. A relative confirmed they were super close. Abogarbia, a US-born citizen, attended USF from spring 2021 to spring 2023 for a management degree, but dropped out. He's got a record to misdemeanor batteries and burglary in 2023, wrapped up in a diversion program by 2024. Only filed domestic violence petitions that year, one granted as an injunction, and autopsy on Lyman wraps up soon to nail down cause of death. Search teams are still hunting for Bristol-Call Hillsboro County Sheriff's if you know anything. This hits hard for the USF community, especially international students grinding for their dreams. Stay tuned as more drops.