, April 25 -- Nahida Sultana Bristy, a Bangladeshi PhD student who went missing in Florida, United States, has also died, according to a claim made by her brother on social media, although authorities have yet to officially confirm her death.

"Our sister is no longer with us. Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi raji'un," her brother Zahid Hasan Pranto said in a Facebook post on Saturday.

Bristy had gone missing in Florida along with another Bangladeshi student, Zamil Limon, whose body was recovered on Friday.

Limon's body was recovered on Friday morning from the Howard Frankland Bridge, which spans Tampa Bay, reports AP.

An autopsy is underway to determine the cause and manner of Limon's death.

Limon's roommate Hisham Saleh Abugharbeih, 26, ...