{"id":68,"date":"2026-05-10T22:33:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T22:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/?p=68"},"modified":"2026-05-10T22:33:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T22:33:35","slug":"prosecutors-seek-death-penalty-for-man-accused-of-killing-2-usf-students-from-bangladesh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/?p=68","title":{"rendered":"Prosecutors seek death penalty for man accused of killing 2 USF students from Bangladesh"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

A man accused of killing two University of South Florida students from Bangladesh will face the death penalty if convicted, prosecutors indicated Friday.<\/p>\n

Read more Key West couple sues city over rainbow-painted picket fence<\/a><\/p>\n

The Hillsborough State Attorney\u2019s Office filed a notice to seek the death penalty a day after a grand jury indicted Hisham Saleh Abugharbieh, 26, on two counts of first-degree murder and several other charges.<\/p>\n

Zamil Limon and Nahida Bristy, both 27-year-old doctoral students from Bangladesh, disappeared April 16. Limon was last seen at the off-campus apartment complex where he lived with Abugharbieh, and Bristy at a campus science building.<\/p>\n

Abugharbieh was arrested about a week later and has remained in jail. Jennifer Spradley, an attorney in the public defender\u2019s office in Tampa, has said the office wouldn\u2019t comment on Abugharbieh\u2019s case.<\/p>\n

Detectives used cellphone location and license plate reader data to track Abugharbieh\u2019s car and Limon\u2019s phone to the bridge where Limon\u2019s body was found on April 24. Limon had numerous stab wounds and appeared to be bound, according to a report filed by prosecutors. A kayaker found Bristy’s body in nearby water two days later.<\/p>\n

Read more Woman on board boat smelled gas before possible explosion at Haulover Beach, daughter says<\/a><\/p>\n

When detectives questioned Abugharbieh and another roommate several days after the victims went missing, investigators noticed Abugharbieh\u2019s pinky finger was bandaged, but he denied any involvement with Limon\u2019s disappearance, according to prosecutors.<\/p>\n

During an interview with investigators, the suspect\u2019s mother, Haya Abugharbieh, said her son had struggled to manage his anger and had been violent to family members in the past.<\/p>\n

When an apartment manager gave investigators access to the apartment, and to Limon\u2019s locked bedroom, the third roommate told detectives Abugharbieh had used a cart overnight on April 16 to move cardboard boxes from his room to the trash compactor. That\u2019s where detectives found Limon\u2019s wallet and campus ID badge, credit card, eyeglasses and clothes that appeared to have blood on them.<\/p>\n

Returning with a search warrant, detectives found blood residue leading from the kitchen to Abugharbieh\u2019s bedroom, and more blood that soaked his bedroom carpet. In Limon\u2019s bedroom, they found Bristy\u2019s campus ID and credit cards.<\/p>\n

Read more 115 sick with norovirus on Princess cruise ship that left Fort Lauderdale, CDC says<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Prosecutors say they’re seeking the death penalty for a man accused of killing two University of South Florida students from Bangladesh. The Hillsborough\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":67,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-florida"],"yoast_head":"\nProsecutors seek death penalty for man accused of killing 2 USF students from Bangladesh - Jacksonville Moving News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/?p=68\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Prosecutors seek death penalty for man accused of killing 2 USF students from Bangladesh - Jacksonville Moving News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Prosecutors say they’re seeking the death penalty for a man accused of killing two University of South Florida students from Bangladesh. The Hillsborough\u2026\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/?p=68\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Jacksonville Moving News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-05-10T22:33:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/b51447295810c7b3addf05e8f5ae59a0.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\\\/?p=68#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\\\/?p=68\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/bd97a0052a7a1d8119a1fd0b85af888b\"},\"headline\":\"Prosecutors seek death penalty for man accused of killing 2 USF students from Bangladesh\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-10T22:33:35+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\\\/?p=68\"},\"wordCount\":405,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\\\/?p=68#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/b51447295810c7b3addf05e8f5ae59a0.webp\",\"articleSection\":[\"Florida\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\\\/?p=68#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\\\/?p=68\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\\\/?p=68\",\"name\":\"Prosecutors seek death penalty for man accused of killing 2 USF students from Bangladesh - Jacksonville Moving News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\\\/?p=68#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\\\/?p=68#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/b51447295810c7b3addf05e8f5ae59a0.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-10T22:33:35+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/bd97a0052a7a1d8119a1fd0b85af888b\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\\\/?p=68#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\\\/?p=68\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\\\/?p=68#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/b51447295810c7b3addf05e8f5ae59a0.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/b51447295810c7b3addf05e8f5ae59a0.webp\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":675},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\\\/?p=68#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Prosecutors seek death penalty for man accused of killing 2 USF students from Bangladesh\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Jacksonville Moving News\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/bd97a0052a7a1d8119a1fd0b85af888b\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Prosecutors seek death penalty for man accused of killing 2 USF students from Bangladesh - Jacksonville Moving News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/?p=68","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Prosecutors seek death penalty for man accused of killing 2 USF students from Bangladesh - Jacksonville Moving News","og_description":"Prosecutors say they’re seeking the death penalty for a man accused of killing two University of South Florida students from Bangladesh. The Hillsborough\u2026","og_url":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/?p=68","og_site_name":"Jacksonville Moving News","article_published_time":"2026-05-10T22:33:35+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":675,"url":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/b51447295810c7b3addf05e8f5ae59a0.webp","type":"image\/webp"}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/?p=68#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/?p=68"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/bd97a0052a7a1d8119a1fd0b85af888b"},"headline":"Prosecutors seek death penalty for man accused of killing 2 USF students from Bangladesh","datePublished":"2026-05-10T22:33:35+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/?p=68"},"wordCount":405,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/?p=68#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/b51447295810c7b3addf05e8f5ae59a0.webp","articleSection":["Florida"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/?p=68#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/?p=68","url":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/?p=68","name":"Prosecutors seek death penalty for man accused of killing 2 USF students from Bangladesh - Jacksonville Moving News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/?p=68#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/?p=68#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/b51447295810c7b3addf05e8f5ae59a0.webp","datePublished":"2026-05-10T22:33:35+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/bd97a0052a7a1d8119a1fd0b85af888b"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/?p=68#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/?p=68"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/?p=68#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/b51447295810c7b3addf05e8f5ae59a0.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/b51447295810c7b3addf05e8f5ae59a0.webp","width":1200,"height":675},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/?p=68#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Prosecutors seek death penalty for man accused of killing 2 USF students from Bangladesh"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/","name":"Jacksonville Moving News","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/bd97a0052a7a1d8119a1fd0b85af888b","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com"],"url":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=68"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/67"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}