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Last-Known Person to See Missing Student Is Cleared

Friday's written decision explains reasoning for allowing Joshua Riibe to return home

(Newser) - The US college student named as a " person of interest " in the disappearance of Sudiksha Konanki in the Dominican Republic has been officially cleared of wrongdoing, according to reports. Joshua Riibe, the 22-year-old Iowa native who is the last-known person to see Konanki alive, told police he helped...

Last Person Reportedly to See Missing Student Returns to US

Parents ask to have Sudiksha Konanki declared dead

(Newser) - Joshua Riibe, the person believed by authorities to be the last to have been seen with a missing college student, has returned to the US. The 20-year-old flew back from the Dominican Republic on Wednesday, NBC News reports, after a stay he said was extended by officials who kept him...

Authorities Confiscate Man's Passport Over Missing Student

But Sudiksha Konanki's disappearance might still be an accidental drowning

(Newser) - Authorities in the Dominican Republic have confiscated the passport of an Iowa man who was the last person to see a missing University of Pittsburgh student, reports CNN . Investigators continue to interview Joshua Steven Riibe, 22, and he has not been charged with any wrongdoing in the disappearance of Sudiksha...

Last Person to See Missing Student: I Thought I Saved Her

Joshua Riibe says he fought to get Sudiksha Konanki to shore after they were hit by a wave

(Newser) - The last person to see missing University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki alive told authorities he thought he'd saved her life in the Dominican Republic. During his fourth interview with prosecutors on Wednesday, Joshua Riibe said the pair were frolicking in waist-deep water near their Punta Cana resort in...

Cops Name Person of Interest Around Missing Spring Breaker

He's believed to be the man who went into the ocean with Sudiksha Konanki, 20

(Newser) - US authorities have identified a person of interest in the disappearance of University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki in the Dominican Republic. The man—named by CBS News as 24-year-old Joshua Riibe—was identified Wednesday by the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office in Virginia, where Konanki hails from. The sheriff'...

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