After nearly two weeks in the Dominican Republic, an Iowa gentleman who was previously identified as a person of interest in the removal of University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki has now returned to the country.
Joshua Riibe, 22, was able to keep after receiving a new card from the Caribbean island’s US Consulate. According to his attorneys, according to the New York Post, he was traveling with his parents on the way home.
The Dominican rules company Guzman Ariza, in an email to The Post, informed Riibe that the lawyer’s office in La Altagracia was ready to return his passport. Joshua” thought this determination was reasonable, but he decided to apply for a new card at the US Consulate for private reasons, which was quickly issued. We’re happy to let you know that Joshua and his parents are now making their way back to their American hometown.
Konanki is also missing.
Sudiksha Konanki vanished after the pair went for a swim in harsh waters at the RIU Hotel &, Resort in Punta Cana on March 6 after Riibe, a pupil at St. Cloud State College, vanished.
Riibe claimed to have saved Konanki from harm but that he had lost consciousness while walking her to the seashore, where she had not been seen since.
Riibe was not officially identified as a believe in the case, despite being identified by authorities as a potential suspect. His card and cellphone were taken, preventing him from leaving the island, though.
Riibe’s confinement is the subject of legal challenge.
Tensions grew as prosecutors refuted says that Riibe was being unjustly detained during a judge hearing on Tuesday.
Judge Edwin Delgado granted Riibe’s ask to stop police surveillance and permit him to keep the hotel, but he was still unable to do so.
Suddenly, on Wednesday, Riibe boarded a flight home to Rock Rapids, Iowa, putting an end to his legal battle.
Missing Sudiksha Konanki event
Sudiksha Konanki, a 20-year-old Virginia native of India, went missing on March 6 while taking a spring break with five companions at the Riu Republic Resort in Punta Cana.
When the mysterious disappearance of the Pitt University undergraduate was viewed as a case of drowning, Konanki’s parents initially pleaded with the administration to expand their search.
Several friends and Konanki were at the beach before the majority of them made the decision to leave Konanki with a female companion, according to Dominican media reviews.
Sudiksha’s families, Subbarayudu and Sridevi, finally gave up hope of her child returning dead after a large research on land, water, and air turned out to be useless even after 12 weeks. They wrote a notice to the government of the Dominican Republic asking them to consider their daughter “dead.”
