{"id":76951,"date":"2026-04-23T05:34:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T05:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/2-university-of-south-florida-doctoral-students-have-gone-missing-authorities-say\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T05:34:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T05:34:31","slug":"2-university-of-south-florida-doctoral-students-have-gone-missing-authorities-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/2-university-of-south-florida-doctoral-students-have-gone-missing-authorities-say\/","title":{"rendered":"2 University of South Florida doctoral students have gone missing, authorities say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Two doctoral students at the University of South Florida have gone missing, according to authorities. Family and friends of the pair, both from Bangladesh, say they haven&#8217;t heard from them since last Thursday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Zamil Limon and Nahida Bristy, both 27, were last seen in the Tampa area on April 16, the University of South Florida Police Department <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/USFPD\/posts\/pfbid02sCCm6nsyC5orDfB8xLkvRFX4Xi5QgYtr84Km75p4xDknh3gPe53u3mCWWDgqUTX4l?rdid=WPKAmY3bywz80eLc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> in a news release. In a statement to CBS News, the Hillsborough County Sheriff&#8217;s Office, which is also investigating, said detectives are actively following leads and conducting searches in multiple locations, including Hillsborough and Pinellas counties.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Limon is studying the use of AI in environmental science and was set to present his doctoral thesis this week, his family said. He was last seen around 9 a.m. last Thursday at his residence in Tampa, the USFPD said. Bristy is studying chemical engineering. She was also last seen on April 16, at approximately 10:00 a.m. on the USF Tampa campus, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>Loved ones say their disappearances are out of character and are concerned for their well-being.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/04\/22\/5c942f47-9d9c-4dd1-ad6c-778c58b0d86a\/thumbnail\/620x349\/d135a6d46b700d62c7e526eaf2b6413a\/zamil-limon-nahida-bristy-usf-split.jpg#\" alt=\"zamil-limon-nahida-bristy-usf-split.jpg \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/04\/22\/5c942f47-9d9c-4dd1-ad6c-778c58b0d86a\/thumbnail\/620x349\/d135a6d46b700d62c7e526eaf2b6413a\/zamil-limon-nahida-bristy-usf-split.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/04\/22\/5c942f47-9d9c-4dd1-ad6c-778c58b0d86a\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/4c75940650e36f86a724b77b6bef23e2\/zamil-limon-nahida-bristy-usf-split.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Zamil Limon and Nahida Bristy, both 27, were last seen in the Tampa area on April 16, the University of South Florida Police Department said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Families of Zamil Limon and Nahida Bristy<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s extremely suspicious for us,&#8221; said Zubaer Ahmed, Limon&#8217;s brother. &#8220;How can two people&#8230; disappear out of nowhere?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to Ahmed, Limon had asked family members not to contact him because of his upcoming thesis presentation. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He was extremely busy, and Tuesday [April 14]<strong>&#8230;<\/strong>\u00a0he also informed us that, please don&#8217;t call me unless it is&#8230; [an] emergency,&#8221; Ahmed told CBS News. There has been no further contact with Limon confirmed since Thursday, April 16, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>A friend of the pair told CBS News that Limon had put on a shared Outlook calendar at the lab that he was planning to work from home on the day he and Bristy went missing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He took a work-from-home to work on [his] thesis,&#8221; said Omer Hossain, the friend. &#8220;He put it in the Outlook calendar.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hossain said the pair were part of the same friend group, and that friends were unaware that the two may have had a romantic relationship.<\/p>\n<p>Ahmed said the pair had developed feelings, &#8220;gradually they thought about having a future together, but they preferred their study first.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bristy&#8217;s older brother, Zahid Pranto, told CBS News that Bristy would typically be in touch with her family on a daily basis.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There has been no single day without contact with her,&#8221; Pranto said. &#8220;My family is just devastated.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to the families, the disappearances also don&#8217;t make sense because the pair already had flights booked to travel to Bangladesh for summer break.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information is asked to contact university authorities at 813-974-2628.<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"component__item-recirc-block\">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">Go deeper with The Free Press<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__tags\">\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/university-of-south-florida-doctoral-students-missing\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two doctoral students at the University of South Florida have gone missing, according to authorities. 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