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

[whitelilac]

I wonder if they can do a reenactment.
Same surf conditions level 4, at night, with two individuals same sizes and genders, and according to what Joshua described. With rescue personnel on a ski jet or whatever nearby of course.

eta...not drunk of course, but to determine the force etc of the waves.

 

[ASipowicz]

I do know that many pages of posts ago, one master sleuth actually posted a link to a site that reports detailed data on surf conditions every day of the year and even more than one time per day. I wish I could remember their handle or locate their post to give credit where credit is due — but all I could do is locate the link they shared in my history:

I think it was Himako14, post #354.

 

[cocomonkey]

American Red Cross Lifeguarding Manual
DANGEROUS BEHAVIOURS: Alcohol
Page #10 of the pdf
or
Page #39 of the booklet

In case you are looking...
(ET fix page #'s)

Thank you for that link to how Alcohol may affect you around water. The two of them were visibly drunk and vomiting on the evening. I think it's completely plausible that what he says happend is in fact what happened.

 

[Rotten apple]

Was he sick from alcohol or was it the intake of the salt water? It seems like he’s stated that it was the amount of water he took in that he was spitting up, not necessarily from drinking- IMO

 

[TheTeach]

Argh - again with the conflicting translations by those reporting this story in media outlets.

We have here (bold by me) a quote from the second article linked in post #726 by Fox5 in Washington, DC, that ".. she went to collect her belongings because the ocean had moved them" (her belongings). In the article, the reporter gives this as a direct quote from JR. (Sleuth Warwick7 is just cutting and pasting perfectly from the article; it's not Warwick7's translation or interpretation).

Yet in the nbcwashington post I harped on earlier (posts #704 and originally in #694) we have his quote being given - by that reporter - as "Then she went to gather her belongings, since the sea had moved us" (the two people).

Okay, I'll get off my soap-box now, but this inaccuracy has got to be playing havoc with the thoughts and emotions of those who care about SK and JR but who have no other source of info than the news. I can't imagine either of their families having the time right now to straighten out or follow up on the concern, panic, or anger of aunts, uncles, neighbors, college friends, etc. who aren't in a direct communication loop with the police. And I wonder how often the families are getting detailed updates from the police? I can't imagine that this is the only case being worked right now, either in the DR or in Loudoun County.

Also pro soap box

 

[ShowerSinger]

It seems like at the beginning of the video of all the friends walking, that there are others way in the background of that sidewalk that ought to be zoomed in on...Also, I never ever wear anything shiny , swimsuit or jewelry in the ocean because barracuda are out there and attracted to shiny
objects, and I sure don't want them to bite me...

 

[nerosleuth]

It has been ten days since Sudiksha Konanki was last seen and she still hasn't been found yet.

We do know that something transpired between Sudiksha Konanki and Joshua Riibe when they were in the water.

We just don't know if it is a drowning tragedy by drunken misadventure that occurred or if something more sinister had occurred.

The way I see this unfortunate situation is that people are going to blame Joshua Riibe as being responsible for Sudiksha Konanki's disappearance.

And if Sudiksha Konanki isn't found as time goes by, people are going to believe the worst that something sinister had happened to her.

This incident is an unfortunate situation in which Joshua Riibe will always be under suspicion for the rest of his life.

 

[tarabull]

Where are you Sudiksha??? (You're such cutie!!!!!!)

image found here

 

[tarabull]

A statement from the chief prosecutor is expected tomorrow.

St. Cloud State student's passport held amid questioning into missing woman in Punta Cana

22-year-old Joshua Riibe is believed to be the last person to have seen University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki before she went missing nearly 10 days ago.

kstp.com

 

[Warwick7]

A statement from the chief prosecutor is expected tomorrow.

St. Cloud State student's passport held amid questioning into missing woman in Punta Cana

22-year-old Joshua Riibe is believed to be the last person to have seen University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki before she went missing nearly 10 days ago.

kstp.com

Good!

 

[Ghostwheel]

I realize everyone is different at a young age and after having consumed enormous amounts of booze, BUT to mix the inebriated state with the OCEAN is an entirely new level

I don't drink and I'm an excellent swimmer with lifeguard training, so I have pulled my fair share of friends out of the ocean who had no business being in the ocean. Had I not been there to stop them before they got too far out, I don't want to think what would have happened.

I'm not even sure they realized they were IN the ocean they were so far drunk, to be honest. Years later they joked and called me the designated diver. But no concept of the ocean dangers at the time. They thought they were just fine.

 

[Ghostwheel]

Was he sick from alcohol or was it the intake of the salt water? It seems like he’s stated that it was the amount of water he took in that he was spitting up, not necessarily from drinking- IMO

I am taking a guess here. It could have been both. My experience with taking on sea water (both swallowing and inhaling some) would cause coughing, then throwing up, rinse and repeat while gasping for air. If a person were also drunk, maybe to the edge of alcohol poisoning, even, it seems to me that if you started violently coughing, you'd throw up, salt water or alcohol or both.

But that a guess on my part. I know if I have an upset stomach and cough too hard, it leads to tossing my cookies even if not drunk.

 

[Charlot123]

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I don't drink and I'm an excellent swimmer with lifeguard training, so I have pulled my fair share of friends out of the ocean who had no business being in the ocean. Had I not been there to stop them before they got too far out, I don't want to think what would have happened.

I'm not even sure they realized they were IN the ocean they were so far drunk, to be honest. Years later they joked and called me the designated diver. But no concept of the ocean dangers at the time. They thought they were just fine.

I am a normal swimmer, and yet i once almost drowned in the sea because a wave covered me and dragged back. Getting water inside your mouth and lungs is serious, and what was concerning was that adults around me didn't notice that I was drowning as they were frolicking in the waves, so I had to wrestle with the sea. I lost my swimming cap.

Drowning is more common that we think. I have heard of people drowning in the lakes or rivers that they knew well. Swimming in an ocean is dangerous; much more so, when people are drunk and it is night.

The situation sounds even more sad because they both had friends, and it was a resort. Perhaps everyone was drunk around them.

This is the situation when everyone has to do some soul-searching. To the resort and the DR where legal age for drinking is 18: if there is an accident leading to no light/water, people will probably be drinking more and be driven to the sea because swimming pools are closed. Perhaps a guard on the beach could have helped? Don't overestimate people's reasoning when they are young and drunk. They won't see the red signs. What will inevitably happen now is loss in tourism.

 

[tarabull]

Why experts believe missing Spring Break student didn't drown

Sudiksha Konanki, 20, has not been seen since the early hours of March 6 at the Riu Republica Resort on Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic - and experts fear foul play is why she hasn't been found

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[truthfinder2019]

Photos in this article clarify fully what was found on the lounge chair

Sudiksha Konanki's dress and flip-flops found as experts say drowning 'unlikely'

Pictures of a sarong and flip-flops believed to belong to missing Sudiksha Konanki have been released by the authorities as some experts say they don't believe the Pitt student drowned

www.themirror.com

I am surprised this also leaked

ETA: and they keep confusing people in the cctv, the two pictured (man with shirt and girl , hand in hand) are not SK and JR .

 

[Karin1974]

Just my guessing: J.R. has never checked at the front desk if S.K. had returned to the hotel safely just because he could be very well aware of what happened to her that morning.
Again, I am just speculating.

IMO - it wouldn’t matter, the front desk aren’t about to give out information regarding another guest no matter the situation due to privacy laws. MOO

 

[Karin1974]

I'm so sorry, it wasn't meant to be a personal attack. I did act foolish when drunk and I did put myself in dangerous circumstances. When sober I am a completely different, straight laced, conservative and sensible person.
I really am sorry for offending you as it really wasn't the way I wanted it to come across.

All good. My Mum drilled awareness & responsibility into me very young. I got a car & my licence at 16 & 10 months of age & drove to school for my senior year. I was always the designated driver when my friends & I went out clubbing. I saw my friends do some crazy, risky stuff but I was just always the ‘responsible’ one.

 

[CityKid]

Though Spanish has a word for ocean, by far the most common word I have heard in Spanish for ocean is "mar". "Mar" translates to "sea" in English. One can see this in the name of towns such as Del Mar, California.

Your observation about the translated "gathering belongings" sounding stilted strongly suggests that the translator has a learned fluency in English. As a result, his / her translations will come off as overly formal or stilted at times.

This reminds me of me when I informally translated a variety of material and conversations from English into Spanish. One native speaker said my translations were good, but also sounded too formal and used words from the previous generation.

In defense of all translators, translating conversations at a natural pace is hard. 100% accurate translations of entire conversations both technically and context wise can often require somebody who is fully bilingual and fully bi cultural. These people are not always available.

Rather, fully bilingual and fully bi cultural people can be pretty rare from what I have seen. Even people who think they are, will usually end up being stronger in one culture / language over the other.

I agree re: translations. I'm a native English speaker and decently fluent in Spanish, having studied it for years, but that was 20 years ago, and that was formal Spanish, which doesn't always reflect regional or national spoken languages. For example, I know what it means to ghost someone and I know the Spanish word for ghost, but I'd need to look up how a native Spanish speaker would phrase it.

 

[Kittypoo]

Bad sunburns are dehydrating and can make you much more susceptible to alcohol.

Yes and a serious sunstroke could also induce confusion and vomiting

 

[Himako14]

I think it was Himako14, post #354.

It was, indeed, me.