{"id":77775,"date":"2026-04-28T00:31:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T00:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/brother-of-suspect-in-deaths-of-2-tampa-doctoral-students-we-tried-to-warn-police-in-the-past\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T00:31:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T00:31:02","slug":"brother-of-suspect-in-deaths-of-2-tampa-doctoral-students-we-tried-to-warn-police-in-the-past","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/brother-of-suspect-in-deaths-of-2-tampa-doctoral-students-we-tried-to-warn-police-in-the-past\/","title":{"rendered":"Brother of suspect in deaths of 2 Tampa doctoral students: &#8220;We tried to warn police in the past&#8221;"},"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>The brother of Hisham Abugharbieh, the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/roommate-murder-charges-deaths-university-south-florida-doctoral-students\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">suspect in the killings of two University of South Florida doctoral students<\/a><\/span>, tells CBS News his family had warned police in the past about Abugharbieh&#8217;s erratic behavior.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ahmad Abugharbie, 22, told CBS News his older brother was quick to anger and shouldn&#8217;t have been living in a shared space with roommates. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I didn&#8217;t know he had a roommate,&#8221; Ahmad Abugharbie said. &#8220;He should&#8217;ve lived on his own or been homeless.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hisham Abugharbieh, 26, is facing two first-degree murder charges in connection with the deaths of his roommate, 27-year-old Zamil Limon, and Nahida Bristy, also 27. Limon&#8217;s body was found Friday and authorities <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/human-remains-found-search-nahida-bristy-university-south-florida\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">found human remains<\/a><\/span> Sunday while searching for Bristy, although those remains have not yet been identified. Both sets of remains were found on or near the Howard Frankland Bridge, which spans a portion of Tampa Bay, authorities said.<\/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>Ahmad Abugharbie said he was among the members of his family who called police to the family home after the elder Abugharbie suddenly showed up Friday morning.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He was being very weird, so I called them to get him out,&#8221; Ahmad Abugharbieh said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hisham Abugharbieh had been estranged from the family since 2023, according to court records.<\/p>\n<p>According to an arrest report, Hisham Abugharbie&#8217;s younger sister confronted him after she found him in the living room playing video games, wearing only a towel. Then he approached her.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The defendant was attempting to kiss the victim,&#8221; the report states. &#8220;The victim was able to push away.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hisham Abugharbieh was taken into custody in dramatic fashion on Friday. He came out with his hands up, still wearing only a towel, and was confronted by Hillsborough County Sheriff&#8217;s Office deputies who took him into custody.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He is due in court on Tuesday and is being held without bond.<\/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\/25\/4c941878-bdda-4c53-909c-f275dc29eeb8\/thumbnail\/620x349\/7ae027d3f10177e72efefc6fcf3a4c7a\/cbsn-fusion-man-faces-murder-charges-in-case-of-usf-doctoral-students-as-police-still-search-for-1-of-them-thumbnail.jpg#\" alt=\"cbsn-fusion-man-faces-murder-charges-in-case-of-usf-doctoral-students-as-police-still-search-for-1-of-them-thumbnail.jpg \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/04\/25\/4c941878-bdda-4c53-909c-f275dc29eeb8\/thumbnail\/620x349\/7ae027d3f10177e72efefc6fcf3a4c7a\/cbsn-fusion-man-faces-murder-charges-in-case-of-usf-doctoral-students-as-police-still-search-for-1-of-them-thumbnail.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/04\/25\/4c941878-bdda-4c53-909c-f275dc29eeb8\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/4e1536d1af95300261aa9b40fb7844a6\/cbsn-fusion-man-faces-murder-charges-in-case-of-usf-doctoral-students-as-police-still-search-for-1-of-them-thumbnail.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Hisham Abugharbieh with his hands raised prior to being taken into custody.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Hillsborough County Sheriff&#8217;s Office<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ahmad Abugharbieh had a message for the families of the victims:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I just can&#8217;t stop thinking about all of them. &#8230; I&#8217;m just, I just feel so awful,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I&#8217;m really sorry about everything. I feel so, my entire family feels so much shame and guilt.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ahmad Abugharbieh added, &#8220;We tried to warn police in the past.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The family had filed two protective orders against Hisham Abugharbieh, one in 2023 that was granted and another in 2025, which was denied, according to court records. Protective orders are a civil matter handled by the Clerk of Courts in Hillsborough County.<\/p>\n<p>A judge denied the 2025 request because the battery criminal charges were not pursued.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The younger Abugharbieh said he declined to move forward with potential battery charges against his brother in 2023 because of financial constraints.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I dropped them because I thought it was going to cost me a lot of money,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I regretted that choice immediately after.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the 2023 protective order, a copy of which was obtained by CBS News, Ahmad Abugharbieh wrote that his brother \u00a0&#8220;&#8230; repeatedly punched me in the head, he ripped my shirt and made me bleed and gave me a few bruises on my face. I went outside to call the cops. He tried to escape by using the family minivan but came back after realizing it wouldn&#8217;t work.&#8221; \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On another occasion, the younger brother alleges that Hisham   Abugharbieh &#8220;tore up the entire living room after a short argument with my mom.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He also alleged his brother &#8220;would start screaming in the middle of the night about how he is God and we should all bow down to him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the Hillsborough County Public Defender&#8217;s Office, which is representing Hisham Abugharbieh, told CBS News, &#8220;While we understand the attention surrounding the case, our ethical obligations and our client&#8217;s right to a fair trial require that we refrain from public comment. We remain focused on representing our client through the legal process.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Hillsborough County State Attorney&#8217;s Office would not comment specifically on Ahmad Abugharbieh&#8217;s comments.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a Facebook post, they wrote that Hisham Abugharbieh &#8220;remains a danger to our community and should be held without bond until trial.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our hearts are with both students&#8217; families during this incredibly difficult time, and we are keeping them in our thoughts as they await answers,&#8221; State Attorney Suzy Lopez said.<\/p>\n<p>The Hillsborough County Sheriff&#8217;s Office did not reply to CBS News&#8217; request for comment.<\/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 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