Zamil Limon and Nahida S. Bristy, both 27, were last seen on the USF campus. Limon was seen around 9 a.m. at his student apartment on Avalon Heights Boulevard, and Bristy was seen around 10 a.m. at the Natural and Environmental Sciences Building, according to multiple reports. A family friend reported them missing at 5 p.m. the following day. Both students have been entered into state and national missing persons databases.
Investigators believe the pair are friends and are together. Both of their phones are turned off, and they are not in immigration custody, according to multiple reports. On Friday, a person was taken into custody as part of the investigation, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said. The person was a barricaded subject connected to the missing students, about 1 mile from campus. The situation has been resolved, a sheriff's office spokesperson said.
The situation has been resolved.
Unconfirmed reports from major media outlets suggest that one of the students has been found dead and that the deceased student's roommate has been arrested after a violent incident at home. However, these reports have not been confirmed by authorities. The identity of the deceased student, if any, and the connection between the person taken into custody and the missing students remain unknown.