DR, Sudiksha Konanki, 20, Punta Cana, 6 March 2025

[thebedbug]

My gut is I am going with #3. Daily mail has the surveillance video on their site and he is clearly stumbling drunk with what appears to be another drink in his hand. His "three versions" of his story sound like the same story to me told by a nervous 24 year old who probably remembers very little- they went in the water, I got sick and had to come out, I passed out on the beach, but I might have seen her out of the water walking in a moment when I woke up for a minute."

Haunting footage shows missing student walking to Dominican beach

The video shows Konanki striding towards the beach in Punta Cana with Joshua Steven Ribe, the last man to have seen her alive.

www.dailymail.co.uk

I would tend to agree. I kind of wonder if, in the sober light of day, he realizes things were going badly for her and he could've done more.

 

[Chimera]

@CStewartNews


Sudiksha is still missing in DR. Crews reportedly found her clothes. ABC News is reporting that at this point her disappearance is being treated as an accident. The young man who was with her last says she was swept away by a wave when they went swimming.

10:44 AM · Mar 11, 2025

Bbm.
IF he saw this occur, did he alert anyone ?
Assuming he and Sudiksha weren't the only ones at the beach.
There are going to be questions as to the timeline and if he said nothing until questioned by LE after he went back to his room at the resort ?
It's good he's cooperating.
Imo.

 

[Curiousobserver]

I would tend to agree. I kind of wonder if, in the sober light of day, he realizes things were going badly for her and he could've done more.

It's not a heroic story you want to have to tell. I got sick so I saved myself and passed out...

 

[JudiK]

My daughter was just at the resort next door. I asked her why she never went swimming. She is a very strong swimmer but she said the current was too strong. She felt it wasn't safe to swim and she has been to beaches all over the world.

 

[NoviceCrimeWatcher]

Thinking out loud. It seems that people are rarely without their phones. For me, even if my phone is out of battery, I still carry it around in case I find a charging spot or need to make an emergency call with whatever little power is left. Secondly, when the boy regained consciousness/woke up, it’s puzzling that he didn’t notice her clothes were still there. Did he think she walked back to her hotel room with no clothes on? Why didn’t he check on her or with her friends to ensure she was alright? That aspect feels a bit hinky.

 

[Judy Sleuth]

Thinking out loud. It seems that people are rarely without their phones. For me, even if my phone is out of battery, I still carry it around in case I find a charging spot or need to make an emergency call with whatever little power is left. Secondly, when the boy regained consciousness/woke up, it’s puzzling that he didn’t notice her clothes were still there. Did he think she walked back to her hotel room with no clothes on? Why didn’t he check on her or with her friends to ensure she was alright? That aspect feels a bit hinky.

Drunk, stumbling out of the water, he may not have passed out near where they entered the water or near where she put her clothes. He may also have assumed that she ditched on him since he was wasted and went back to the room on her own. I wonder if they knew each other's full names or room numbers as well.

 

[TMich6811]

Speaking from (unfortunate) experience pass out puking drunk - waking up 5 hours later I would have no idea what my surroundings were or any ability to understand just able to get to somewhere for the world to stop
Spinning.

Remember 5 hours after being that drunk he was probably still drunk.

 

[CityKid]

My gut is I am going with #3. Daily mail has the surveillance video on their site and he is clearly stumbling drunk with what appears to be another drink in his hand. His "three versions" of his story sound like the same story to me told by a nervous 24 year old who probably remembers very little- they went in the water, I got sick and had to come out, I passed out on the beach, but I might have seen her out of the water walking in a moment when I woke up for a minute."

Haunting footage shows missing student walking to Dominican beach

The video shows Konanki striding towards the beach in Punta Cana with Joshua Steven Ribe, the last man to have seen her alive.

www.dailymail.co.uk

In that video, I'm seeing SK and JR at the back, three other women and one other man. Then at around 2:50 on the recording, it looks like SK and JR are at the front and he's recording them, with two women behind them. I'm curious about what her friends have told authorities about the evening's activities.

 

[tarabull]

Mystery deepens around Indian-origin student's disappearance in Dominican Republic

There is no breakthrough yet on the case relating to the missing University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki. The Indian citizen and US permanent resident

www.newindianexpress.com

 

[whitelilac]

Drunk, stumbling out of the water, he may not have passed out near where they entered the water or near where she put her clothes. He may also have assumed that she ditched on him since he was wasted and went back to the room on her own. I wonder if they knew each other's full names or room numbers as well.

My feeling now is that this is what happened. He did pass out on the beach after feeling sick, and when he came to later, went back to his room believing she had ditched him and left too. That's why there was no call for help or panic when she disappeared.

Earlier when I saw on the map it was one hotel after the other along the beach, it's highly unlikely that local people were wandering around. Very different from when I was there many years ago. At the time there wasn't even that airport nearby.

Terrible tragedy.

 

[LittleSeaTree]

Mar 11, 2025

FBI joins search for college student who vanished in Dominican Republic

The FBI has joined the search for a 20-year-old University of Pittsburgh student who went missing nearly a week ago

torontosun.com

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A member of civil defense canine unit searches for Sudiksha Konanki, a university student from the U.S. who disappeared on a beach in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, Monday, March. 10, 2025. Photo by Francesco Spotorno /AP Photo

''SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — The FBI has joined the search for a 20-year-old University of Pittsburgh student who went missing nearly a week ago while on spring break in the Dominican tourist town of Punta Cana, police said Tuesday.''

''The hotel said in a statement that Konanki’s disappearance coincided with a power outage that prompted multiple guests to head to the beach where she was last seen.
Dominican President Luis Abinader told reporters that he lamented the situation.''

Power outages on a Caribbean island pre or at the crack of dawn prompt guests to head to the beach? Like, get out of bed and march to the beach? Huh?

 

[Stunned]

Power outages on a Caribbean island pre or at the crack of dawn prompt guests to head to the beach? Like, get out of bed and march to the beach? Huh?

Yes, if it's cooler there than your room and also for the sunrise!

 

[LittleSeaTree]

Yes, if it's cooler there than your room and also for the sunrise!

Def for the sunrise no matter what, right? and I guess it does get stuffy fast….I just thought it sounded funny and I pictured a Twilight Zone worthy scene. Been up for 26 hours, shall be quiet and go to sleep now! Thinking of this poor family.

 

[CityKid]

Power outages on a Caribbean island pre or at the crack of dawn prompt guests to head to the beach? Like, get out of bed and march to the beach? Huh?

I'd do it, sure! Watch the sun rise, get a little ocean breeze.

 

[whitelilac]

There's more info here: videos and photos
Also timing was off,
"While the video time stamp showed 5:16 am local time, Noticias SIN confirmed the surveillance system's clock was inaccurately set an hour ahead - making the time the group was filmed at 4:16 am.

Additional footage showed Johnson and another woman holding hands as they returned from the beach at 5:05 am, 10 minutes before the other two young women had left the beach.

The camera picked up Riibe, barefooted and without his shirt, as he slowly walked back to his room at 8:54 am."

High school wrestling star who last saw Dominican spring breaker alive

A source close to the investigation told DailyMail.com that Riibe, 22, a powerfully-built former high school wrestler, was 'being cooperative'. He is still in Punta Cana.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Judy Sleuth]

There's more info here: videos and photos
Also timing was off,
"While the video time stamp showed 5:16 am local time, Noticias SIN confirmed the surveillance system's clock was inaccurately set an hour ahead - making the time the group was filmed at 4:16 am.

Additional footage showed Johnson and another woman holding hands as they returned from the beach at 5:05 am, 10 minutes before the other two young women had left the beach.

The camera picked up Riibe, barefooted and without his shirt, as he slowly walked back to his room at 8:54 am."

High school wrestling star who last saw Dominican spring breaker alive

A source close to the investigation told DailyMail.com that Riibe, 22, a powerfully-built former high school wrestler, was 'being cooperative'. He is still in Punta Cana.

www.dailymail.co.uk

BBM - Did I misread the article, or did the reporter get a name wrong? Who is "Johnson"?

 

[Vaderman]

This one reminds me of Natalee Holloway's disappearance, especially as more news trickles in.

 

[megaCB]

Additional footage showed Johnson and another woman holding hands as they returned from the beach at 5:05 am, 10 minutes before the other two young women had left the beach.

Who is Johnson? I read the article this quote was from and still don’t know.

 

[flowershop]

My daughter was just at the resort next door. I asked her why she never went swimming. She is a very strong swimmer but she said the current was too strong. She felt it wasn't safe to swim and she has been to beaches all over the world.

I am glad your daughter was able to gauge the situation. The words "strong swimmer" often come up in conversations I have with people about rip currents. Being a strong swimmer is quite irrelevant when it comes to rip currents. People try to swim against them, tire themselves out and drown.

 

[NervousNellie]

When they say they found her clothes, are they clear t

Who is Johnson? I read the article this quote was from and still don’t know.

More quality reporting from the DM! (but the photos are excellent!)