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Kayakers Find USF Student’s Remains, Roommate Charged Murder

5/3/2026

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Kayakers pulling a snagged line in Tampa Bay found a garbage bag with the decomposed remains of USF student Nahida Bristy.
Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister said the remains were positively identified and that roommate Hisham Abugharbieh is jailed on two first-degree murder charges.
Investigators reported blood in the shared apartment’s kitchen and Abugharbieh’s car and noted phone-record searches on knife penetration and purchases of heavy-duty trash bags.

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Kayakers pulling a snagged line in Tampa Bay found a garbage bag with the decomposed remains of USF student Nahida Bristy.
Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister said the remains were positively identified and that roommate Hisham Abugharbieh is jailed on two first-degree murder charges.
Investigators reported blood in the shared apartment’s kitchen and Abugharbieh’s car and noted phone-record searches on knife penetration and purchases of heavy-duty trash bags.