Barricaded suspect faces murder charges after 2 doctoral students vanished from campus, 1 body remains missing

The towel-wearing fishy who barricaded himself wrong a location amid an aggravated SWAT standoff pursuing the disappearance of 2 University of South Florida doctoral students was charged Saturday with 2 counts of murder. 

Hisham Abugharbieh, 26, "is additionally facing 2 counts of execution successful the archetypal grade with a limb (premeditated) successful the deaths of Zamil Limon and Nahida Bristy," the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said successful a connection connected Saturday. 

"Evidence was presented to the State Attorney’s Office, resulting successful further charges against Abugharbieh. To support the integrity of the investigation, we volition not beryllium commenting connected the findings successful the case," the sheriff's bureau said.

Zamil Limon and Nahida Bristy, some 27, were past seen separately connected April 16 successful Tampa, Fla.,  the University of South Florida Police Department (USFPD) said connected Tuesday, April 21.  (University of South Florida Police Department)

"At this time, the hunt for Bristy continues," the update added. "Anyone with accusation regarding her disappearance is asked to interaction the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office astatine (813) 247-8200."

Abugharbieh was initially arrested connected Friday connected charges of unlawfully holding oregon determination a dormant quality assemblage successful unapproved conditions, nonaccomplishment to study decease to aesculapian examiner oregon instrumentality enforcement (intent to conceal), tampering with carnal evidence, mendacious imprisonment, battery. 

Authorities discovered quality remains adjacent the Howard Frankland Bridge. They were positively identified Friday arsenic belonging to Limon. Bristy's assemblage remains missing arsenic of Saturday.

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