May 1 (UPI) -- The remains of Nahida Bristy, one of two missing University of South Florida doctoral students, have been identified, police said Friday.
Bristy's remains were found in a Tampa Bay waterway Sunday night in Pinellas County, across the bay from Hillsborough County, where her friend Zamil Limon, 27, was found on April 24. Bristy was 27.
Limon and Bristy were both from Bangladesh and were working on their doctorates. Bristy was studying chemical engineering, and Limon studied geography and environmental science and policy.
Limon's roommate, Hisham Abugharbieh, 26, was charged last week with two counts of first-degree, premeditated murder with a weapon in the deaths of the two students. He is also charged with unlawfully moving a dead body, failure to report a death with intent to conceal, tampering with physical evidence, false imprisonment and battery in connection with Limon and Bristy's deaths.
"We have located Nahida Bristy. 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," Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister said at a press conference.
