The hometown sheriff’s division of a lacking American faculty scholar has named an individual of curiosity in Sudiksha Konanki’s disappearance within the Dominican Republic.
Loudoun County, Virginia Sheriff’s Workplace spokesperson Thomas Julia informed Fox Information Digital that 24-year-old Joshua Riibe is a “individual of curiosity” within the faculty scholar’s disappearance throughout the College of Pittsburgh scholar’s spring break.
Julia stated that Riibe “has been interviewed at size,” however famous its’ “nonetheless a lacking individual case, not a prison case.” Riibe has not been accused of any crime within the case.
“Sheriff [Michael] Chapman desires to verify the investigation is complete and contains all attainable belongings and methods,” he stated. “We’re working intently with the FBI on all of this, and they’re working with the Dominican Nationwide Police.”
Police stated Konanki, who’s a resident of Loudon County, Virginia, traveled with 5 different individuals from the College of Pittsburgh to the Riu República Lodge in Punta Cana throughout the college’s spring break, which started March 2 and ended Sunday.
She was final seen on surveillance digicam with 5 different individuals getting into the seashore on the five-star resort after 4:15 a.m. Thursday, the Dominican Nationwide Police beforehand stated in an announcement.
Footage obtained by Noticias SIN confirmed Konanki seemingly clinging to a person because the group made their means in the direction of the seashore.
It was the final time authorities tracked Konanki earlier than the Virginia resident disappeared.
Konanki’s disappearance has sparked widespread hypothesis in regards to the occasions main as much as it, prompting regulation enforcement in each the Dominican Republic and the US to analyze.
Authorities haven’t named any suspects amid the continued investigation. On Tuesday, the Dominican Nationwide Police stated it’s “re-interviewing focused people who have been within the sufferer’s proximity on the time of her disappearance.”
“This contains resort workers the place Konanki and her companions have been staying, with the objective of gathering data to corroborate her actions, interactions, and any related particulars for the investigation,” they stated.
When requested a few Monday report that Konanki might have drowned, a spokesperson for the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Workplace informed Fox Information Digital that authorities “have heard this and have seen no proof offered at the moment.”
A joint investigation into Konanki’s disappearance is being performed by the US Embassy within the Dominican Republic, the Dominican Nationwide Police and the Dominican Prosecutors Workplace. The FBI can be aiding.
The FBI declined to supply further particulars on the investigation.
Fox Information Digital has reached out to Joshua Riibe.
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