American Tourist

A judge in the Dominican Republic granted a request for freedom for Joshua Riibe, who is believed to be the last person to have seen missing U.S. tourist Sudiksha Konanki before her disappearance on March 6. Riibe’s lawyer Alfredo Guzmán Saladín filed a habeas corpus petition seeking the release of their client. A hearing addressing … Read more

“Person of interest” Joshua Riibe’s lawyers are demanding that he be released from custody in the Dominican Republic as the search for missing U.S. tourist Sudiksha Konanki continues. Konanki, a 20-year-old student at the University of Pittsburgh and an Indian citizen, vanished before dawn on March 6 in the resort town of Punta Cana. Surveillance … Read more

Joshua Riibe, the man believed to be the last person who saw Sudiksha Konanki — who disappeared in the Dominican Republic on March 6 — broke his silence after having his passport seized by authorities. Last week, the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office in Virginia, where Konanki is a biology student, told NBC news that a … Read more

A person of interest has been identified in the search for a 20-year-old student from the University of Pittsburgh who disappeared last week on spring break in Punta Cana. Sudiksha Konanki was last seen in surveillance footage entering the beach at the Riu República Hotel around 4:15 a.m. on March 6, according to a statement from … Read more

Authorities in the Dominican Republic are searching on land, by air and in the ocean for a 20-year-old student from the University of Pittsburgh who disappeared last week on spring break in Punta Cana. Sudiksha Konanki was last seen on a surveillance camera with seven other people entering the beach at the Riu República Hotel … Read more