Person in custody in search for missing USF doctoral students
Summary
A person is in custody related to the disappearance of two University of South Florida doctoral students last seen on April 16 in Tampa. Authorities have declared the students endangered and are investigating the case near the university.Key Facts
- Two University of South Florida doctoral students, Zamil Limon and Nahida Bristy, aged 27, went missing on April 16.
- A person connected to the disappearance is being held by police at a home in the Lake Forest Community near USF's Tampa campus.
- Police did not confirm if the person in custody is a suspect.
- The Lake Forest Community was briefly closed off during the police operation.
- The students’ status was changed to endangered by the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office on April 18.
- Limon was studying artificial intelligence in environmental science and was about to present his doctoral thesis.
- Bristy was studying chemical engineering and regularly contacted her family until she disappeared.
- Authorities have not shared details about new information that led to raising the students’ status to endangered.
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