{"id":18915,"date":"2026-04-27T19:53:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T19:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/18915\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T19:53:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T19:53:13","slug":"suspect-in-usf-students-killings-asked-chatgpt-about-disposing-of-a-body-prosecutors-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/18915\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspect in USF students\u2019 killings asked ChatGPT about disposing of a body, prosecutors say"},"content":{"rendered":"

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) \u2014 The suspect in the killings of two University of South Florida doctoral students from Bangladesh had asked ChatGPT what would happen if a human body was put in a garbage bag and thrown in a dumpster, days before they went missing, according to a report filed by prosecutors over the weekend.<\/p>\n

Hisham Abugharbieh, 26, also asked the artificial intelligence chatbot whether the VIN identification number on his car could be changed, and whether he could keep a gun at home without a license, according to the pretrial detention report filed Saturday. ChatGPT responded that Abugharbieh\u2019s question sounded dangerous, according to the report.<\/p>\n

\"NahidaNahida Bristy, 27, and Zamil Limon, 27, were last seen April 16.(Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office)<\/p>\n

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) \u2014 The suspect in the killings of two University of South Florida doctoral students from Bangladesh had asked ChatGPT what would happen if a human body was put in a garbage bag and thrown in a dumpster, days before they went missing, according to a report filed by prosecutors over the weekend.<\/p>\n

Hisham Abugharbieh, 26, also asked the artificial intelligence chatbot whether the VIN identification number on his car could be changed, and whether he could keep a gun at home without a license, according to the pretrial detention report filed Saturday. ChatGPT responded that Abugharbieh\u2019s question sounded dangerous, according to the report.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe suspect was identified as Hisham Salah Abugharbieh, 26, a roommate of Limon.(HCSO)<\/p>\n

Limon was studying geography, environmental science and policy, and Bristy was studying chemical engineering. She was a graduate of Noakhali Science and Technology University. The school, which spelled her last name as Brishti, said in a statement Saturday that she was a Ph.D. candidate and described her as a talented and promising student.<\/p>\n

A friend contacted police April 17 about being unable to reach both Bristy and Limon, despite repeated attempts by phone, according to the report. Police investigators searched Bristy\u2019s campus office the next day and found her purse, lunchbox, MacBook and iPad.<\/p>\n

At Limon\u2019s off-campus apartment, detectives questioned Limon\u2019s two roommates and noticed that Abugharbieh\u2019s left pinky finger was bandaged. When confronted by detectives, Abugharbieh denied any involvement with Limon\u2019s disappearance.<\/p>\n

The third roommate told detectives that Abugharbieh had used a cart overnight on April 16 to move cardboard boxes from his room to the trash compactor. In the trash compactor, detectives found Limon\u2019s wallet and campus ID badge, credit card, eyeglasses and clothes that appeared to have blood on them.<\/p>\n

Detectives found blood leading from the kitchen to Abugharbieh\u2019s bedroom and more blood in his bedroom. In Limon\u2019s bedroom, they found Bristy\u2019s campus ID and credit cards, suggesting she had been at the apartment before she disappeared, according to the report.<\/p>\n

Using cellphone location and license plate reader data, detectives concluded that Abugharbieh\u2019s car and Limon\u2019s phone had both been on the bridge and on Clearwater Beach, the report said. Based on location data from Abugharbieh\u2019s phone, detectives searched around the bridge and found a trash bag containing Limon\u2019s body. The medical examiner concluded that Limon had numerous stab wounds.<\/p>\n

Abugharbieh, a native-born U.S. citizen, was initially taken into custody on Friday at his family\u2019s home on preliminary charges that include unlawfully moving a dead body, failure to report a death, tampering with evidence, false imprisonment and battery. Reached by email on Monday, Jennifer Spradley, an attorney in the public defender\u2019s office in Tampa, said the office wouldn\u2019t comment on Abugharbieh\u2019s case.<\/p>\n

Officers encountered Abugharbieh as they responded to a report of domestic violence at his family\u2019s home, just north of the campus, and were able to move his relatives to safety. But then he barricaded himself inside and refused to come out. A SWAT team responded \u2014 along with a drone, a robot and crisis negotiators \u2014 before Abugharbieh came out with his hands up, apparently wearing nothing but a blue towel.<\/p>\n

Abugharbieh had been a USF student but was not currently enrolled. University records showed he had attended the school from Spring 2021 through Spring 2023, and had pursued a BS in Management, a university spokesperson said. ___<\/p>\n

Brumfield reported from Cockeysville, Maryland.<\/p>\n

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