The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said Friday that the remains found Sunday belong to Nahida Bristy, a 27-year-old student from Bangladesh who had been missing since mid-April.
Bristy and fellow doctoral student Zamil Limon, also 27 and a native of Bangladesh, disappeared on April 16. Limon’s remains were discovered in Tampa last week. The two were in a relationship, according to investigators.
“We have located Nahida Bristy,” Sheriff Chad Chronister said at a news conference. “We have contacted her family. We are now actively working to release both bodies for religious reasons back to the families who live in Bangladesh.”
Authorities have arrested Limon’s roommate, 26-year-old Hisham Abugharbie, who faces two counts of premeditated first-degree murder along with related charges.
Investigators have not yet identified a motive. “I hope we find that out,” Chronister said.
What began as two separate missing persons cases quickly converged. Both students were described as responsible
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