Pittsburg: A new footage of missing University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki and Joshua Riibe, the person of interest, at an outdoor bar before she vanished from a Punta Cana beach has reportedly surfaced. The videos were obtained by local outlet Noticia SIN. According to reports, Konanki and Riibe do not interact in the videos.
One of the clips shows Konanki hanging at a resort bar with friends. Near them is a struggling man, who appears to be Riibe. Konanki and her friends are seen at the bar. Later, the Pitt student puts her hand to her mouth and quickly excuses herself.
She then hunches over a patch of grass barely a few feet away. It seems she may have vomited. However, no reports have confirmed the same. The outlet has identified the woman putting hand to her mouth as Konanki. She then walks back to the bar. In subsequent clips, she reportedly appears to jump up and down in excitement and then hugs one of her female friends.
A man believed to be Riibe is seen bent over and struggling outside the bar. Another young man was appearing to comfort him. Riibe seems to be wearing the same clothes he was seen in in previously released surveillance footage of him and Konanki walking together, arm-in-arm, before she went missing, reports the Hindustan Times.
A separate video shows Konanki, along with three other girls, in the lobby of the RIU Hotel & Resort.
Riibe was reportedly interrogated by Dominican Attorney General Yeni Berenice Reynoso and Navy Vice Admiral Agustin Morillo Rodriguez until nearly 3 am on Sunday. An Iowa native and a senior at St. Cloud State University in Minnesota, Ribe has been in cop custody shortly after the girl vanished.
But he has not been charged or accused of wrongdoing. His passport has been confiscated, though.
