"Person of interest" in the disappearance of the female student in the Dominican Republic

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Joshua Riibe revealed during his police interview that eh and Pittsburg University student Sudiksha Konanki kissed in the ocean before a wave nearly pulled them under. Riibe claimed he saved her from drowning, despite nearly losing consciousness himself. However, Riibe declined to answer several key questions, staying silent when officers.

Riibe also revealed that he had previously worked as a lifeguard at a swimming pool and tried to save Konanki before he began feeling unwell and lost consciousness. Riibe has been named a person of interest in the case. This came as the last Venmo transactions of Konanki were revealed before she disappeared from a resort in the Dominican Republic.

A full transcript of Riibe's police interview has now surfaced, revealing details about his last interactions with Konanki and the chaotic events following her mysterious disappearance.

However, Riibe declined to answer several key questions, staying silent when officers asked whether Konanki could swim, if she called for help, and what he told a friend after that fateful night.

Riibe, a senior at St. Cloud State University in Minnesota, said that he had only recently met Konanki before they decided to go to the beach together, according to an interview transcript obtained by Noticias SIN.

He revealed that they kissed in the ocean before a wave nearly pulled them under. Riibe claimed he rescued her from drowning, despite nearly losing consciousness himself.

"We were in waist-deep water. We talked and kissed a bit," Riibe said. "A big wave came and hit us both. And when the water returned, it swept us out to sea. As soon as we were able to surface, we tried to call for help."

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