Joshua Riibe Detained in Puerto Rico After Launch From Dominican Republic

Joshua Riibe — the faculty pupil who was declared an individual of curiosity within the disappearance of College of Pittsburgh pupil Sudiksha Konanki — was detained in Puerto Rico after he was cleared to depart the Dominican Republic.

Riibe — who has not been charged in Konanki’s suspected drowning — obtained held up on the airport in Puerto Rico Wednesday as a result of his model new U.S. passport wasn’t correctly stamped, NotiCentro stories.

The 22-year-old was issued a alternative passport from the U.S. consulate within the D.R. after native regulation enforcement reportedly refused to offer his unique passport again — regardless of a Dominican decide ruling he was allowed to go free after being topic to police surveillance on account of his connection to Konanki.

NotiCentro cameras captured Riibe’s father, Albert Riibe, in a state of frustration on the airport after he was separated from Joshua. He was seen yelling to Joshua down a corridor … “Ask on your lawyer!”

He additionally pleaded with reporters to let him and his son be, explaining … “I am only a dad, who had his son taken away, and I don’t perceive. We simply spent two weeks making an attempt to remain collectively, and now … I don’t perceive.” It is unclear how lengthy Joshua was held.

Joshua, a pupil at St. Cloud State College in Minnesota, was named an individual of curiosity after surveillance video recorded him because the final individual seen with Konanki earlier than she disappeared.

The pair have been seen strolling towards the seaside at Riu República Lodge in Punta Cana early within the morning of March 6. Surveillance video additionally reveals each Konanki and Riibe vomiting on the lodge’s bar shortly earlier than the time of her disappearance — though they weren’t mingling on the time.

Riibe advised regulation enforcement they have been within the water collectively and almost obtained swept away by an enormous wave … however he was in a position to pull them each to shore. He remembers final seeing her strolling knee-deep within the water to seize her belongings.

Her garments have been later discovered draped over a seaside chair through the investigation.