A key witness in the disappearance of the Sudiksha Konanki passport was taken away by the authorities
Authorities in the Dominican Republic seized Joshua Riibe’s passport, a man who was last seen with the missing students of the University of Pittsburgh Sudixha KonankiFox News found out.
Riiba’s lawyers said on Saturday that Riibe’s passenger document The authorities took them “a few days ago.” He was not appointed suspected in the disappearance of a 20-year-old student, but the authorities said he was a “person of interest” in the matter, which they consider the case of a missing person.
“The authorities took him away when he tried to check it a few days ago, when the investigation began,” said Guzmán Ariz lawyers, a Dominican Republican law firm. “Since then, he has not had access to that.”
Although Riibe, who is from Rock Rapids, Iowa, is also older at St. Cloud State in Minnesota, has not been charged with any crime, the 22-year-old has been intensely carefully examined since Konanki’s disappearance on March 6th. A source close to the investigation, he said that Riibe Digital, which is only publicly known, is a basic element, which is only publicly known, based on the founding independently.
US college student Sudiksha Konanka disappeared while she was on vacation with her friends at Punta Cani on March 6, 2025. (Fox News Graphics)
Konanki, resident Loudon district, Virginia, He was at the Riu República Hotel in Punta Cani with five colleagues Pitt students before she disappeared. She was last seen on a supervisory camera entering the beach with five more people after 4:15 in the morning last Thursday.
All the members of the group, except Konanki, returned around 6 o’clock in the morning, while the 20-year-old remained on the beach with Riibe.
On Wednesday, Riibe finished almost a four -hour interview with detectives, answering over 50 questions about the events that led to Konanki’s disappearance.
Riiba’s parents, Albert and Tina Riiba, condemned their son’s investigation by saying that he was “detained under irregular conditions and subjected to an extensive examination without the presence of official translators or legal advisor until Wednesday, March 12.”
“He remained in his hotel room under police supervision and was repeatedly taken to a police station from March 6, where he questioned for a long time,” the statement said, divided through Riibes’ lawyers. “This situation has caused serious concerns in his family, which led us to retain a legal advisor to initiate legal actions by ensuring his safety and protection of his rights during this process.”
Riibe allegedly told different stories about Konanki’s disappearance to local authorities. According to local output examples of sin, Riibe told police that he went to swim with Konanki, but left after he got sick from the waves, leaving Konanki in the water.
Sudiksha Konanki appears in a undated photo on his tictic profile. She was last seen on March 6 at a resort in Punta Cani. (@Sudikshakonanki/Tiktok)
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In the second version of the story, he allegedly said that Konanka left in the water deep knee before he left the sick on the beach. In the third story, Riibe said he saw Konanki walking on the beach before falling asleep.
Fox News Digital’s Bryan Llenas, Audrey Conklin and Michael Ruiz contributed to this report.
