USF Students Vanish, Roommate Charged with Murder

0:00Two University of South Florida students, 27-year-old Nahida Bristi and Zameel Lyman, vanished on April 16th and now their roommate. Hasham Abu-Garbiyah faces two counts of first-degree murder after cops pieced together a trail of bloody evidence. Core docs dropped details showing the pair were last spotted near campus that morning, with phones going dark soon after. Abu-Garbiyah got napped Friday and held without bond through at least Tuesday morning. Things raised alarms the next day when calls went unanswered and police found Bristi's stuff at work, including an iPad with chats linking her to. Lyman. His scooter stayed at their apartment on Avalon Heights Boulevard, but Ping's put his phone heading toward Clearwater that evening, matching. Abu-Garbiyah's white Hyundai's path over Courtney Campbell Causeway. The roommate had a cut pinky he blamed on onions, but trash churned a bloody duct tape and a CVS receipt for cleaners time dried after. A search of the apartment compactor revealed bloodied mats, clothes, IDs, and Bristi sneakers

1:02and umbrella, DNA swabs matched both victims. His room show drag marks and blood patterns enhanced by chemicals. Abu-Garbiyah's phone exposed wild chat GPT, queries like dumping bodies and bags, changing vins and gun laws, plus trips to the Howard Franklin Bridge, at odd hours. He ordered trash bags, duct tape, and even a fake beard online beforehand and deleted location history repeatedly. Cops found Lyman's decomposed remains in a heavy trash bag on that bridge, April 24th, homicide, by sharp force wounds. Bristi's still missing, but no sign she's alive. USF's grieving heart, offering support as this shakes the whole campus family. From your city, powered by AI, this is Tampa Bay News today. I'm Corey with The Story.