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Surveillance footage seems to indicate the 20-year-old school scholar who disappeared within the Dominican Republic strolling arm-in-arm with a person on her method to the seaside.
Sudiksha Konanki, a scholar on the College of Pittsburgh and resident of Loudoun County, Va., was final seen strolling on the seaside at Riu Republica, a resort in Punta Cana, early on the morning of March 6. She had been touring in a bunch of six feminine college students.
The surveillance footage, which was reported by native outlet Noticias SIN, exhibits Konanki and a person sporting a tank high strolling towards the seaside, with their backs to the digicam.
Dominican authorities consider Konanki drowned, although her physique has not been recovered, in line with a report from ABC Information.
In a press launch, Dominican Nationwide Police mentioned she was final seen coming into the seaside with a bunch of individuals at round 4:15 a.m. on March 6. Following her disappearance, police mentioned an “exhaustive search was launched by sea, air, and land.”
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ABC additional reported that Konanki’s pals have been questioned however that no costs have been filed.
Citing sources, Dominican outlet El Nacional reported that Konanki’s garments have been discovered on a chaise lounge on the seaside and that there have been no evident indicators of violence.
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On Wednesday, March 12, the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Workplace named Joshua Riibe, 24, as an individual of curiosity, although he has not been accused of a criminal offense.
“He’s an individual of curiosity in what remains to be a lacking individual investigation,” Loudoun County Sheriff’s spokesperson Thomas Julia mentioned in an emailed assertion to PEOPLE.
Riibe couldn’t be reached for remark.
Noticias SIN reported that Riibe was seen on surveillance cameras strolling again from the seaside at 8:55 a.m. on March 6.
Dominican authorities haven’t confirmed whether or not additionally they think about Riibe an individual of curiosity.
