Man charged with killing Florida doctoral students allegedly consulted ChatGPT

The man charged with killing two University of South Florida doctoral students from Bangladesh allegedly asked ChatGPT about what happens if a person has been put in a garbage bag and “thrown in a dumpster”, according to prosecutors in a court filing. He also allegedly bought duct tape and trash bags in the days leading up to the students’ disappearance . Hisham Abugharbieh, 26, has been charged with two counts of premeditated murder in the first-degree with a weapon in the deaths of his roommate, Zamil Limon , 27, and his roommate’s girlfriend , Nahida Bristy, 27, the Hillsborough county sheriff’s office announced on Saturday. Authorities said Abugharbieh, a former USF student, was Limon’s off-campus roommate . Limon’s remains were found on Friday morning “within numerous black utility trash bags in advanced stages of decomposition” on the Howard Frankland Bridge over Tampa Bay. Bristy was still missing as of Saturday morning, but prosecutors said in the Saturday filing that “no evidence has been uncovered during the course of the investigation to support any probability Nahida Bristy remains alive”. The students disappeared from the USF campus on 16 April. During the missing persons investigation, deputies identified Abugharbieh as Limon’s roommate. Authorities said that he was arrested on Friday after they responded to a domestic violence call at his family’s home. …