One of two missing University of South Florida doctoral students was found dead Friday on a bridge connecting St. Petersburg and Tampa, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said.

The student whose remains were found is Zamil Limon, Chief Deputy Joseph Maurer of the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said.

Limon and Nahida Bristy, both 27 from Bangladesh, were last seen last week near and at the University of South Florida campus, respectively, according to the university’s police.

One person, Hisham Abugharbieh, who was Limon’s roommate, is in custody, after law enforcement was called to his home for a reported domestic violence incident this morning, Maurer said.

Abugharbieh, a 26-year-old US citizen, faces charges of domestic violence through simple battery and false imprisonment, tampering with evidence, failure to report a death, and unlawfully moving a dead body, the sheriff’s chief deputy said.

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