Punta Cana, Dominican Republic – The parents of a missing Spring Breaker from the University of Pittsburgh have asked the Dominican police for a death statement almost two weeks after She disappeared From a five -star resort in the Strandstad Punta Cana, the authorities says that they accept the story of the only publicly known eyewitness.
Subbarayudu and Sreedevi Konanki do not dispute the story of Joshua Riibe, a 22-year-old Iowa man and fellow predictor who is considered the last person who saw their daughter in life, according to a letter they sent to the Dominican police on Monday. Her father had previously asked the police to investigate all the possibilities.
Sudiksha Konanki, 20, disappeared on March 6 after she went to the beach with seven other people around 4.15 am, according to Surveillance Video. The majority of her group came back around 6 am and left her alone with Riibe, although he returned without her hours later.
The Van Konanki family did not immediately respond to a request for comments on the letter obtained by FOX News.
Key Witness asks the court to terminate de facto house arrest
Sudiksha Konanki, 20, from North Virginia, was missing for the first time on Thursday 6 March, after he disappeared from a beach in the Dominican Republic. (Handout, Links and Defensa Civil Dominicana, right.)
“After an extensive search, the Dominican authorities concluded that Sudiksha is supposed to drown,” her parents wrote in a letter to La Policia Nacional, the National Police of the Land, Monday evening. ‘Her clothes were discovered on a beach near where she was last seen. The person who is last seen with her works together with the research, and no Proof of cheating was found. “
They said they made the request after “a lot of deliberation” and thanked supporters for the international search effort.
Sudiksha Konanki, 20, was last seen on a beach outside the five -star RIU Republica Resort in the Dominican Republic on March 6, 2025. (Fox News Digital)
“By starting this process, our family will enable to start the grieving process and tackle the things related to her absence,” wrote the grieving parents.
“Although no explanation can really alleviate our grief, we trust that this step will bring some closure and enable us to honor her memory.”
Read the Konanki letter:
Riibe, a senior at St. Cloud State University In Minnesota who is not accused of a crime, but is considered a crucial witness in the case, has been supervised in the resort since Konanki was missing.
His family has called his constant required presence in the country ‘irregular’.
The beach area in the Riu Republica Resort in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. (Courtesy: d’lani Sweeney)
In a leaked transcript of an interview with the police, he reportedly told the detectives that he saw her on the beach for the last time after they were both pulled into a strong stream of a strong stream.
Riibe said he had struggled back to the country, he saw her run away for the last knee-deep water, and then he vomited and fell asleep on a chair, according to a transcript obtained by Fox News.
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On Monday, his lawyers submitted a writer of you have a body are de facto detention in the country. He is locked up in the Riu Republica resort since Konanki disappeared. They both stayed there for holidays for the spring break when they met.
Riibe is not accused of a crime, but the authorities seized his passport while investigating his version of events.
A hearing about the Habeas -Petition is expected to be held on Tuesday afternoon, says sources, but the timing could change.
