A man named Hisham Saleh Abugharbieh is facing charges after his roommate, a missing University of South Florida doctoral student, was found dead.
Abugharbieh was arrested on Friday, April 24, after a domestic violence incident at the residence, law enforcement said, according to NBC News.
Zamil Limon and Nahida S. Bristy, two doctoral students at the school, were both reported missing, the school’s police department said in a statement.
The 27-year-olds from Bangladesh were last seen about a week ago.
Limon’s body was found Friday morning on the Howard Frankland Bridge in Tampa, Florida, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said at a news conference.
An autopsy is being performed to determine the cause of death.
Bristy is still missing. An investigation is underway.
Abugharbieh is facing charges of domestic violence, simple battery, false imprisonment, tampering with evidence, failure to report a death and unlawfully holding or moving a dead body, Chief Deputy Joseph Maurer said.
