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Punta Cana, Dominican Republic – The authorities of the Dominican Republic have seized Joshua Riibe’s passport, the man seen with the student of Pittsburgh University SUDIKSHA KONANKI Before disappearing, Fox News learned.
Riibe’s lawyers said on Saturday that Riibe Travel document It was taken by the authorities “several days ago.” He has not been appointed suspect in the disappearance of the 20 -year -old student, but the authorities have said that he is a “person of interest” in the matter, who consider a case of missing person.
“It was confiscated by the authorities when he tried to visit several days ago, when the investigation began,” said lawyers from Guzmán Ariza, a Dominican Republican law firm. “He hasn’t had access to that since then.”
Although Riibe, from Rock Rapids, Iowa, and a last year student at St. Cloud State University in Minnesota, has not been accused of any crime, the 22 -year -old has been examined intensely since Konanki’s disappearance on March 6. A source close to the investigation told Fox News Digital Friday, the only publicly known oj. It is considered a “key element in the investigation.”
The American university student Sudiksha Konanki disappeared while on vacation with her friends in Punta Cana on March 6, 2025. (Fox News Graphics)
Konanki, from Loudon County, Virginia, He was staying at the Riu Republic hotel in Punta Cana with five Pitt companions before disappearing. He was last seen in images of the surveillance chamber that enter a beach with five other people after 4:15 am March 6.
All group members, except Konanki, returned around 6 in the morning, the 20 -year -old stayed on the beach with Riibe.
On Wednesday, Riibe completed a almost four -hour interview with detectives, answering more than 50 questions about the events prior to Konanki’s disappearance.
Riibe’s parents, Albert and Tina Riibe, have denounced their child’s investigation, saying that “he has been arrested in irregular conditions and has undergone a wide interrogation without the presence of official translators or legal advisors until Wednesday, March 12”.
“He has stayed in his hotel room under police surveillance and has been repeatedly taken to the police station since March 6, where he has been interrogated for long hours,” the statement said, through the lawyers of the Riibes. “This situation has raised a serious concern within his family, which has led us to retain legal advisor to initiate legal actions that guarantee their safety and the protection of their rights throughout this process.”
According to reports, Riibe has told variable stories about Konanki’s disappearance to the authorities. According local outlet news without, Riibe told the Police that he went to swim with Konanki, but he left after getting sick from the waves, leaving Konanki in the water.
Sudiksha Konanki appears in a photo without date on her Tiktok profile. He was last seen on March 6 at a resort beach in Punta Cana. (@Sudikshakonanki/Tiktok)
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In a second version of the story, according to reports, he said he left Konanki in waters to his knees before fainting on the beach. In a third story, Riibe said he saw Konanki walking along the beach before falling asleep.
Bryan Fulls, Audrey Conklin and Michael Ruiz de Fox News Digital contributed to this report.
