Vacationer Joshua Riibe was held for 4 hours and grilled by the Dominican Republic’s prime regulation enforcement official within the pupil’s largest authorized hurdle for the reason that disappearance of lacking spring breaker Sudiksha Konanki.
The Lawyer Basic of the Republic, Yeni Berenice Reynoso, arrived on the Riu Republica resort in Punta Cana Saturday afternoon to interview Riibe, the final particular person to see Sudiksha earlier than she vanished on March 6.
The previous highschool wrestling champ, 24, has not been named as a suspect however has surrendered his passport and resides below round the clock police surveillance on the sprawling occasion resort.
He was summoned from his room round 3pm for one more grueling spherical of questions. The session wrapped round 7pm.
Later within the evening, Riibe was questioned but once more by authorities in a session that went previous midnight.
The somber-faced Rock Rapids, Iowa native declined to reply questions earlier this week when DailyMail.com encountered him strolling by means of the foyer along with his father Mike, 46, and a police chaperone.
However in a subsequent assertion, his mother and father Mike and Tina complained that their son was successfully being detained and was subjected to ‘irregular therapy’.
Riibe, 24, was seen on digital camera with College of Pittsburgh pupil Konanki. within the early hours of March 6 on the Riu Republica Resort in Punta Cana.
Vacationer Joshua Riibe was grilled by the Dominican Republic’s prime regulation enforcement official over the disappearance of lacking spring breaker Sudiksha Konanki
College of Pittsburgh pupil Sudiksha Konanki disappeared from the Riu Republica Lodge in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic on March 6
The Lawyer Basic of the Republic, Yeni Berenice Reynoso, grilled Riibe throughout a 4 hour session
Her disappearance has baffled officers and prompted cries from her mother and father to widen the frantic seek for the pre-med pupil.
Riibe, a senior at St. Cloud State College in Minnesota, claimed he had solely simply met the younger lady once they determined to move to the seashore, in accordance with the transcript of his interview obtained by Noticias SIN.
Riibe advised cops they’d kissed within the ocean earlier than they nearly acquired swept away by a wave. He stated he saved her from drowning whereas nearly shedding consciousness.
He refused to reply some questions nonetheless, with officers probing him over how they may make sure what he was saying was truthful.
Riibe was additionally requested about what he advised his shut buddy about Konanki and what he considered her disappearance.
Riibe was additionally requested if he knew if Konanki was in a position to swim, if she made any gestures or cries within the sea, if he referred to as the cops or advised the resort, if he had advised his mates about what occurred and was additionally requested how he felt in regards to the scenario.
To all of these questions, he stated: ‘My attorneys advise me to not reply that query and I comply with their recommendation’, earlier than going silent.
Surveillance footage confirmed Konanki vomiting at a bar contained in the resort shortly earlier than she disappeared.
CDN tv obtained surveillance video that confirmed Sudiksha Konanki vomiting outdoors a bar on the Riu Republica Lodge the early morning of March 6 earlier than she went to the seashore subsequent to the resort and disappeared
Riibe, a senior at St. Cloud State College in Minnesota, claimed he had solely simply met the younger lady once they determined to move to the seashore
The disturbing clip additionally reveals Riibe throwing up close to an entrance to bar.
Separate safety digital camera from the all-inclusive resort confirmed Riibe holding a cup and putting his arm round Konanki again as they trailed the group at 4:15 am.
At about 4:55 am, the resort safety digital camera system confirmed two of her mates returning to the resort.
The identical digital camera picked up one other feminine buddy accompanied by Johnson strolling into the constructing at 5:05 am.
The surveillance digital camera would present Riibe, barefoot and shirtless, as he slowly walked again to his room at 8:54am with Konanki nowhere in sight.
The footage emerged because it was revealed that Riibe, 24, modified his story a number of occasions throughout a collection of interrogations by authorities, Folks reported
In a prolonged assertion shared with DailyMail.com on Friday, Riibe’s mother and father Tina and Albert ‘Mike’ Riibe expressed their ‘deep sorrow and solidarity’ with Konanki’s household and stated their son is ‘deeply dismayed’ by her disappearance.
Joshua Riibe (pictured) was seen leaving the prosecutor’s workplace for the province of La Altagracia after he was peppered with over 50 questions in regards to the disappearance of Pitt pupil Sudiksha Konanki
Her disappearance has baffled investigators within the Dominican Republic
‘Regardless of his full willingness to cooperate, Josh has been detained below irregular situations and subjected to intensive questioning with out the presence of official translators or authorized counsel till Wednesday, March 12,’ the assertion learn.
‘He has remained in his resort room below police surveillance and has been repeatedly taken to the police station since March 6, the place he has been interrogated for lengthy hours.
‘This case has raised severe concern inside his household, which has led us to retain authorized counsel to provoke authorized actions guaranteeing his security and the safety of his rights all through this course of.’
