Investigators said Friday they identified remains found this week as part of the investigation into the murders of two missing University of South Florida doctoral students as Nahida Bristy.<\/p>\n
Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister said that forensic investigators took several days to identify the remains of the 27-year-old student because of the advanced stages of decay her body was in.<\/p>\n
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<\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>In these photos released by the University of South Florida Police Department, Nahida Bristy is shown.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n University of South Florida Police Department<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The announcement came a week after investigators found and identified the remains of Zamil Limon, 27, a friend of Bristy who was also reported missing from the campus on April 16.<\/p>\n “We are now actively working to release both bodies for religious reasons back to the families who live in Bangladesh,” Chronister told reporters.<\/p>\n Investigators allege that Hisham Abugharbieh, 26, Limon’s roommate, murdered the pair and dumped their bodies.<\/p>\n Chronister said that Limon was stabbed repeatedly. He did not say how Bristy was killed and said the investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n “At this point we don’t know what the motive is. The why, we don’t know yet,” Chronister said.<\/p>\n Abugharbieh was arrested on April 24, following a standoff with police. His family called 911 about a domestic dispute involving Abugharbieh.<\/p>\n He was charged on with with two counts of first-degree murder with a weapon and ordered to be held without bond.<\/p>\n The sheriff revealed more details about the investigation, including that Abugharbieh allegedly used a cart that belonged to the apartment building he lived in to move the bodies to his car.<\/p>\n In this booking photo released by the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, Hisham Abugharbieh is shown.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Chronister alleged that Abugharbieh searched for terms on his Internet devices related to murdering the victims including “can you bury a body in a trash bag and throw it in a dumpster” and “can a knife penetrate a skull?”<\/p>\n “This is someone very calculated,” the sheriff said.<\/p>\n Prosecutors alleged that the suspect used ChatGPT for those searches and it answered “that it sounds dangerous,” and then Abugharbieh allegedly asked, “How would they find out.”<\/p>\n Chronister added that tech companies have been cooperating with the investigation by providing them with the suspect’s search history.<\/p>\n “This might be able to provide us with the why that we are still searching for,” he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n![\"Chad](\"https:\/\/i.abcnewsfe.com\/a\/218de4c2-0e6d-4482-b046-9b96df3d9f98\/hisham-abugharbieh-mugshot-ht-jt-260424_1777059860921_hpEmbed_10x13.jpg?w=375 "\\"Chad")
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