The missing student of Sudiksha Konanki disappeared in Punta Cani on a spring vacation. Here’s what we know about the case.

Search efforts pressed on their second week for Sudixha KonankiA student at the University of Pittsburgh, who disappeared earlier this month while traveling to Town Punta Punta Can Dominican Republic.

The details of the eye Konaki’s disappearance They began to appear as an international investigation continued. Here’s what we know about her case so far.

Konanki seen on video walk to the beach

Konaki, 20, is from Chantilly, Virginia, Washington, DC, suburbs and attends a college in Pittsburgh. He has a constant residence in the United States, as well as citizenship in India. She arrived at the Dominican Republic for the Spring breaks on March 3rd. She rested with a group of friends, five other women, according to researchers and her parents.

She was missing Since Thursday, March 6, after a supervisory video, he showed her, three of her friends and two other American men Walking toward the beach Outside the Riu República Hotel. The video was around 4:15 in the morning, investigators in the Dominican Republic said.

Electricity disappearances at the hotel may have encouraged guests to go outdoors around that time, according to a hotel statement. The earlier video of the supervision was shown by Konanki and one of her friends who hugged at the hotel bar.

One of the men in a beach group is identified as 22-year-old Joshua Riibe, a American college student. The recording shows Konanki and Riibe walking with their hands.

The video shows the other four people who later returned to the hotel, but Konaki and Riibe remained behind the beach, a police source said.

Riibe told the police that the Konanki Velika Val also pushed him into the ocean and both fought against the rude seas. He said he believed that Konanki came out of the water, but he was not sure, according to a person with a direct knowledge of Riib’s statements to US investigators.

It is assumed that the last person to see Konanki is alive.

The disappearance of the missing so far is being explored as a case of missing persons, not as a criminal investigation.

The Dominican State Attorney of the Dominican Republic said investigators were investigating whether Konanki had drowned, but not excluding the possibility of a misdemeanor game.

Riibe confronts the examination, says he cooperates

Riibe was in Punta Cani for examination since the investigation began.

The authorities seized his passport, his lawyer Guzmán Ariz said on Saturday, noting that his client was imprisoned at a hotel with police escorts anywhere. Yeni Berenice Reynoso, a Dominic general General, was directly questioned by Riibe, for CBS News is Ariza.

Riibe and his parents, Tina and Albert Riiba expanded “deep sadness and solidarity” with the Konan family in a statement published through his lawyer.

“Above all, we want to contribute to the efforts to search and understand the anxiety and the uncertainty through which they go through, and we share the hope that the Sudiksha will be found as soon as possible,” the statement said. “Joshua Riibe is deeply scared of her disappearance and has collaborated completely in search and clarifying the facts from the beginning.”

Originally from Iowa, Riibe is a college older at St. Cloud State in Minnesota, where he received a diploma from the land research.

In their statement, his family described him as “his beloved son, brother and friend, known for his kind nature, a sense of humor and dedication to his community.”

They also shared concerns about the “irregular conditions” of his custody in Punta Cani, where, they said, “he was undergoing an extensive test without the presence of official translators or legal advisor until Wednesday, March 12.” The family retained a lawyer “to initiate legal actions, ensuring his safety and protection of his rights during this process,” the statement said.

Intensifying effort to search

More than 300 police and other officials, with the support of the FBI, search air, sea and land to find it, said Dominican President Luis Abinader. National Police Dominican Republic announced that they brought together a new “high -level commission” to monitor the case and Interpol issued a global police warning At the request of the investigator.

“We’re worried,” Ambinader said at a press conference on March 10th. “All government agencies search … because the latest information we have from one of them, of the last person with a young woman, what he says according to reports is that the wave, while on the beach, crashed into them.”

The Dominican Republic National Police said in a statement on March 11th that they “re -examined the target individuals who were near the victim at the time of her disappearance.” Investigators said individuals involved “the employees of the hotel where Konanki and her companions were staying, with the aim of collecting information to confirm her movements, interactions and all relevant details for the investigation.”

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