Roommate charged with two counts of murder in death, disappearance of two USF students

The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office responds to a neighborhood close to the University of South Florida campus, Friday, April 24, 2026 in Tampa, Fla. Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office/AP

Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office/AP

A former University of South Florida student has been charged with killing his roommate and the roommate’s girlfriend — two doctoral students from Bangladesh who disappeared earlier this month, authorities said Saturday.

Hisham Abugharbieh, 26, is facing two counts of premeditated murder in