Authorities have revealed that Joshua Riibe, the individual of curiosity within the disappearance of College of Pittsburgh pupil Sudiksha Konanki, was interrogated by Dominican Lawyer Common Yeni Berenice Reynoso and Navy Vice Admiral Agustin Morillo Rodriguez till practically 3 am on Sunday, March 16, in keeping with the Spanish-language outlet Noticias SIN. Riibe, an Iowa native and a senior at St. Cloud State College in Minnesota, has been “in custody” since shortly after Konanki disappeared on March 6, the outlet reported. He’s anticipated to be questioned on Monday, March 17, once more.
Whereas Riibe is taken into account an individual of curiosity, he has not been charged or accused of wrongdoing. Authorities within the Dominican Republic have confiscated his passport so he can’t depart till the investigation is over. The Dominican authorities mentioned that he has additionally been put below police monitoring, the New York Put up reported.
“Joshua Steven Riibe, who has been recognized as a ‘individual of curiosity,’ stays in custody and is being interrogated on the Nationwide Police’s Gender Violence Unit to assemble extra details about the incident,” a rep for the Caribbean nation mentioned in an replace not too long ago.
“So long as authorities contemplate Joshua Steven Riibe a key ingredient within the investigation, he’ll stay in custody,” the discover added.
What did Joshua Riibe declare?
Riibe claimed that he and Konanki went into waist-deep waters, however had been quickly swept out to sea by a giant wave, following which he grabbed Konanki to avoid wasting her and introduced her again nearer to shore. Within the course of, he swallowed sea water, he claimed.
“It took me a very long time to get her out, it was troublesome,” Riibe instructed officers, in keeping with a transcript obtained by Noticias SIN. “I used to be a lifeguard within the pool, not within the sea.”
“The final time I noticed her I requested if she was okay,” he allegedly added. “I didn’t hear her reply as a result of I began vomiting all the ocean water I had swallowed.”
Riibe mentioned he handed out on the seashore, and later awakened and returned to his room, assuming Konanki had left too. In the meantime, clothing believed to belong to Konanki was found on a lounge chair on the seashore the place she went lacking.
