By Isabel Rosales, Jason Morris, CNN

(CNN) — Authorities found the body of one of two missing University of South Florida doctoral students Friday on a bridge connecting St. Petersburg and Tampa, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office announced.

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, were last seen April 16 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.

This is a developing story and will be updated.

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By Allison Gordon, Casey Tolan, CNN

(CNN) — A former staffer who accused former California Rep. Eric Swalwell of raping her is now cooperating with an investigation by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, she told CNN.

The woman, who said Swalwell raped her in a New York City hotel in April 2024, shared her story with CNN and the San Francisco Chronicle earlier this month. She also accused Swalwell of having nonconsensual sexual contact with her after a night of heavy drinking in California in 2019, when she worked for him as a junior staffer.

The Manhattan DA’s office launched an investigation into the allegations a day after CNN’s initial report. Swalwell dropped out of the California governor’s race shortly afterward, and then resigned his seat in Congress.

Swalwell said at the time that “these allegations are false,” and vowed to “defend myself with the facts and where necessary bring legal action.”

The woman who accused Swalwell, who asked not to be named out of fear of retaliation, has also retained new legal counsel, she said.

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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – Gabriel Zepeda of Santa Maria was convicted of the March 14, 2022, murder of Theresa Carina on State Street near Stearns Wharf.

Zepeda, 49, was convicted of first-degree murder and first-degree robbery with special circumstances following a five-week trial shared the Santa Barbara Police Department in a press release Friday.

On March 14, 2022, law enforcement began to investigate the suspicious death of an unhoused woman found in the parking lot of Surf N Wear's Beach House near Stearns Wharf in the 100 block of State Street .

Later the same day, Zepeda was arrested while wearing a court-ordered GPS ankle monitor in connection with the murder and robbery.

On March 16, the 49-year-old Santa Maria man was officially charged with the killing and the special circumstance that the murder occurred during a robbery and that Zepeda had a prior felony conviction that qualified as a strike offense.

Zepeda is currently scheduled for sentencing on June 16, 2026, where he faces a potential life sentence without the possibility for parole shared the Santa Barbara Police Department.

The Santa Barbara Police Department added that he will remain in custody without bail.

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