American student seen in new hotel security images before disappearance

Missing Student of the University of Pittsburgh Sudiksha Konanki It is seen in images of recently launched security cameras obtained by local news of the hotel, where it was housed in the Dominican Republic before disappearing.

Konanki, 20, was last seen on the beach with a witness identified as Joshua Riibe, 22, from Iowa around 4:50 in the morning of March 6. The couple had been drinking with friends in The Republic of Road in Punta Cana Before Riibe said they went to swim during a Flag Red warning.

The images obtained by news without a hotel bar show Konanki and Riibe drinking before the Pitt student disappeared. They have not appointed suspects in relation to their disappearance, and Riibe has only been identified as a witness and has not been accused of any crime.

Konanki can be seen with the white Sorong style dress that the authorities found in a beach chair after she disappeared.

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Other images obtained by newsless news from Riu Republic show Konanki with their friends before their disappearance.

Konanki and Riibe stayed in the Riu Republic on separate trips to Punta Cana. Riibe had arrived with a friend on March 1, and Konanki had arrived with five Pitt friends on March 3.

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Around 4:15 am on March 6, Konanki was part of a group of six women and two men, including Riibe, seen in surveillance video approaching the beach. Six of them returned around 6 in the morning, leaving Konanki alone on the beach with Riibe. He returned only around 10 am

He sat with the police for multiple interviews, including a Wednesday that is recorded in a transcription obtained by Fox News.

According to the document, Riibe said that he and Konanki were talking in the water when a “great wave” hit them, the transcription is read. There was a warning of Flag Red on the beach at that time, indicating a warning so that people were not swimming in rough waves.

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“(W) with the backward of water, we dragged us more to the sea,” he said. “As soon as we appeared, we tried to ask for help, but there was no one there.”

Riibe is a former lifeguard of the pool. He said he fought to pull Konanki on the ground, according to transcription. Once they stood up, she said she moved away to get her belongings and he vomited and passed out. He told the police that he was walking in water to the knee when he saw her for the last time.

The Sheriff’s Office of the Loudoun County in Virginia said that he could not validate the transcription on Wednesday, but that it was consistent with what Riibe told two detective of lounge sent to help in the investigation.

“Mr. Riibe is not suspicious in any way,” a spokesman for Fox News Digital told and added that the Dominican Republic leads the investigation.

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Riibe’s lawyer, Beatriz Santana, refused to comment on the case or interviews of his client with the police. Riibe’s parents issued a statement through their lawyer on Friday who disagreed with the management of the case for the management of the Dominican authorities.

“Despite his full will to cooperate, Josh has been arrested in irregular conditions and has undergone extensive interrogation without the presence of official translators or legal advisor until Wednesday, March 12,” said his parents, Albert and Tina Riibe, through their lawyers.

His parents said that the 22 -year -old “has remained 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.”

“This situation has raised a serious concern within his family, which has led us to retain legal advice to initiate legal actions that guarantee their safety and the protection of their rights throughout this process,” they said.

The family said they were willing to continue cooperating with search efforts and wanted to share their “deep pain and solidarity” with Konanki’s family.

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“Above all, we want to contribute to search efforts and understand the anguish and uncertainty that are going through and we share the hope that Sudiksha will be as soon as possible,” they said. “Joshua Riibe is deeply dismayed by His disappearance and has cooperated completely in the search and clarification of the facts from the beginning. “

Michael Ruiz and Bryan full of Fox News contributed to this report.