FL NAHIDA BRISTY & ZAMIL LIMON: Missing from USF, Tampa, FL - 16 April 2026 - Age 27 & 27 *ZAMIL Found Deceased* (1 Viewer)

https://www.wfla.com/news/hillsborough-county/search-expands-across-counties-for-2-missing-university-of-south-florida-students/

Search expands across counties for 2 missing University of South Florida students​

The search for two missing University of South Florida doctoral students is intensifying as investigators follow leads across multiple counties, and friends are growing increasingly concerned about their whereabouts.

Detectives with the University of South Florida Police Department and the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office are asking for the public’s help in locating Zamil Limon, 27, and Nahida S. Bristy, 27, who were last seen in the Tampa area on April 16.

Limon — a doctoral student studying geography, environmental science, and policy — was last seen around 9 a.m. at his off-campus apartment on Avalon Heights Boulevard, less than a mile from campus. Authorities said there has been no confirmed contact with him since.

Bristy, a doctoral student in chemical engineering, was last seen about an hour later, around 10 a.m., at the NES Building on the USF Tampa campus.

A family friend alerted university police on April 17 after being unable to reach either student.

According to the office, detectives are actively following leads and conducting searches in multiple locations across Hillsborough and Pinellas counties, while USF police continue to assist.


MEDIA - NAHIDA BRISTY & ZAMIL LIMON: Missing from USF, Tampa, FL - 16 April 2026 - Age 27 & 27

 

[Kimster]

My theory at this point is that perp and Zamil got into an altercation and then Nahida showed up during or soon after to see Zamil.

 

[RoundPeg]

My theory at this point is that perp and Zamil got into an altercation and then Nahida showed up during or soon after to see Zamil.

That makes sense.

 

[RoundPeg]

Hm. Premeditated.

 

[RoundPeg]

Posted on April 24.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

'My sister is no longer with us': Brother says missing Bangladeshi student in US Bristy is dead

Florida police inform family but body yet to be recovered

www.thedailystar.net

'My sister is no longer with us': Brother says missing Bangladeshi student in US Bristy is dead​

Although police have yet to recover the body of Nahida Bristy, a missing Bangladeshi doctoral student at the University of South Florida (USF), authorities in Florida have informed her family that she is believed to be dead.


Jahid Hassan Pranto, Bristy’s brother, told The Daily Star today that Florida police contacted him early in the morning and said efforts are ongoing to locate her body.

“Police informed us that the amount of blood they found at the suspect’s apartment was from two bodies,” Pranto said, referring to Hisham Saleh Abugharbieh.

He added that police have not yet issued an official statement confirming Bristy’s death.

“They have only informed family members. They also said they are trying to obtain the forensic report and may make an official announcement tonight (Bangladesh time),” he said.


A medical examiner is determining Limon’s cause of death and may release autopsy findings over the weekend, Maurer added.