Florida murder suspect asked ChatGPT about dumping human remains days before killings: docs

A Florida antheral accused of sidesplitting 2 University of South Florida postgraduate students allegedly asked ChatGPT astir hiding a assemblage successful a dumpster days earlier the treble murders, according to tribunal documents.

Hisham Abugharbieh, a 26-year-old telemarketer, is accused of sidesplitting his 27-year-old roommate Zamil Limon and Nahida Bristy, Limon's woman and besides 27.

According to a bail filing from Tampa-area prosecutors Saturday, Abugharbieh asked the AI what would hap if idiosyncratic threw a container afloat of quality remains successful a dumpster. When ChatGPT told him the thought sounded dangerous, the fishy allegedly countered, "How would they find out?"

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Hisham Abugharbieh was taken into custody and charged with home violence-simple battery, home violence-false imprisonment, tampering with evidence, nonaccomplishment to study decease to the aesculapian examiner’s bureau oregon instrumentality enforcement, and unlawfully holding oregon moving a quality dormant assemblage successful unapproved conditions. (Hillsborough County SHeriff's Office)

Later searches besides raised reddish flags to deputies, according to the filing. He allegedly asked astir changing a car's conveyance recognition fig and whether it's ineligible to support an unlicensed firearm astatine home.

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"Has determination been idiosyncratic who survived a sniper slug to the head?" reads different query. "Will my neighbors perceive my gun?"

Police recovered Limon's pupil ID, glasses and recognition cards successful a dumpster adjacent the flat helium shared with Abugharbieh. They besides recovered a CVS receipt for trash bags, Lysol wipes and Febreze — and bloody clothes. Deputies aboriginal recovered akin bags nether the suspect's bed, successful the dumpster, and containing Limon's body.

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His remains were aboriginal recovered successful a achromatic integrative container adjacent the Howard Frankland Bridge, which connects Tampa to St. Petersburg. He had been stabbed repeatedly.

Zamil Limon, a USF doctoral pupil pursuing a grade successful geography and biology subject and policy, was past seen astatine his location astir 9 a.m. connected April 16. (University of South Florida Police Department)

Before constabulary had a hunt warrant for the suspect's phone, they said helium gave conflicting stories. The filing states they were besides capable to hint his car to the Clearwater country with postulation cameras.

A hunt of Abugharbieh's telephone revealed he'd been connected the span astir 1:30 a.m. connected April 17, prosecutors wrote. He allegedly stopped for respective minutes and utilized the flashlight instrumentality connected his phone.

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Bristy's whereabouts remained chartless erstwhile the bail exertion was filed Saturday, but authorities recovered her shoes and purse wrong the apartment, according to tribunal documents. On Sunday, deputies recovered different acceptable of quality remains. The Pinellas County Medical Examiner's Office was moving to place them.

The 2 were reported missing connected April 17 aft a communal person couldn't find oregon get successful interaction with them.

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Nahida Bristy, a USF doctoral pupil studying chemic engineering, was past seen astir 10 a.m. connected April 16 connected the USF Tampa field astatine the NES Building. (University of South Florida Police Department)

After barricading himself successful a location for implicit an hr Friday morning, Abugharbieh yet surrendered to constabulary wearing lone a towel, arsenic seen connected aerial video of the incident.

Court records amusement Abugharbieh had convulsive priors. In summation to artillery and burglary charges successful 2023, helium had 2 unit cases, successful 2023 and 2025. His parent told deputies helium had choler absorption issues, according to tribunal filings. In the 2025 incident, his member claimed to person been punched successful the look earlier Abugharbieh kicked their parent successful the back.

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"He trashed the surviving country successful 1 of his predominant convulsive tantrums conscionable a mates days prior," the member wrote successful a petition for a restraining order. "I unrecorded with my ma and [four] younger siblings who don't privation him to return."

He faces charges that see battery, mendacious imprisonment, tampering with evidence, unlawfully moving a dormant body, failing to study a death, and 2 counts of first-degree murder.

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He is being held without bail astatine the Falkenburg Road Jail adjacent Tampa. He could look the decease punishment if convicted.

Fox News' Sarah Rumpf-Whitten contributed to this report.