The man last known to be seen with a University of Pittsburgh student before she vanished from a beach in the Dominican Republic gave more details to local prosecutors about the last time he saw her, Dominican news station Noticias SIN reported.
Sudiksha Konanki, 20, disappeared from the beach of the Riu República Hotel in the early hours of March 6, sparking a frantic search involving authorities from the Dominican Republic, the United States and India, where Konanki was born.
The man who was with her at the beach, Joshua Steven Riibe, told prosecutors he and Konanki were hit by an intense wave and were swept out to sea when the water returned, according to Noticias SIN. Riibe, a 22-year-old American, is not considered a suspect in the case and has not been accused of wrongdoing.
Dominican Republic attorney general Yeni Berenice Reynoso interviewed Riibe Saturday as part of the investigation into Konanki’s disappearance, according to a source with firsthand knowledge of the interview. CNN has contacted Riibe’s family attorney for comment. More here