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Parents of Sudixha Konanka, Pittsburgh University Student who disappeared from the Dominican Republic on March 6, he spoke after telling the authorities to declare his daughter dead.
Their statement comes after they sent a letter La Policia Nacional, Dominican national police forces, On Monday, she stated that “the Dominican authorities have concluded that it is believed that the Sudixha is drowned.”
“Both sides of the authorities have shown us how high the ocean waves are at the time of the incident,” Subbarayud Konanki, a Sudixes father, said on Tuesday, adding that her death was “difficult to process.”
Sudiksha Konanki was reported missing on March 6 from the resort, where she was in Punta Cani. It was later discovered that a 20-year-old college student swam during a warning with red cash registers with a male hotel guest, who is considered a witness in Konanki’s disappearance, but not a suspected or a person of interest.
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The parents of Sudiksha Konanki speak after the death of their daughter. (Fox 5 dc)
“It is precisely with a deep sadness and heavy heart that we come to the conditions with the fact that our daughter is gone,” Subbarayud said on Tuesday.
“We went through too much pain all these days and we were sad and we were not able to believe that.”
Witness, 22-year-old Joshua Riibe of Iowa, obviously said to the Dominican authorities If they were swimming, a large wave collapsed over them, according to the transcript of his interview with the police he shared from Fox News.
Sudixha Konanki, 20, from northern Virginia, was first reported disappeared on Thursday, March 6, after disappearing from the beach in the Dominican Republic. (Position, left and defenses civilian Dominican, right.)
He said he tried to help her and he last saw him passing through the water deep knee. Then he started vomiting with seawater and he noticed that Konanki was no longer in sight And assumed she returned to her hotel room. Riibe said he fell asleep in a beach chair before he eventually returned to his room.
The hotel surveillance footage shows that Riibe is returning to their hotel room around 9am.
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Joshua Riibe arrives at the Dominican Court of Dominican together with his father Albert Riibe on Tuesday, March 18, 2025. Riibe is a key witness in the disappearance of Sudiksha Konanki, an American student who disappeared while swimming on Punta Cana Beach on March 6th. (Fox News Digital)
Police “explained that a person of interest was not suspected,” Subbarayud told reporters.
“Keep our daughter in his prayers,” he said, adding that he and his wife have other children who care for as they “try to move on” with their life. He said that the Sudiksha was “very bright” and “wanted to follow medicine”, which is why she enrolled in Pret-Mad in Pitt.
People enjoy the beach at Riu Republik’s resort in Punta Cani, Dominican Republic, Friday, March 14, 2025. Sudiksha Konanki, 20, was last seen on the beach in front of Riu Republi resort in the Dominican Republic on 6 March 2025. (Fox News Digital)
Subbarayud also said that he and his wife believe in “100%” power.
The Sheriff of the Loudoun County Office, Virginia, where Konanki, issued on Tuesday, sharing his family’s belief that she drowned.
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Local authorities are looking for a missing American Sudixha Student of Konanki to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, Wednesday, March 11, 2025, Konaki, 20, was last seen on the beach outside Riu Republic of Dominican on March 6, 2025. (Santiago Baez for Fox News Digital)
“Although the final decision to adopt such a declaration rests on the authorities in the Dominican Republic, we will support the Konanka family in every possible way as we continue to review the evidence and information available to us during this investigation,” Sheriff’s office said.
Ribbe, who is believed to be one of the last people seen with Konanki on Tuesday he had a hearing on his letter about Habeas Corpus, or the challenge of the Dominican Republic to take away his passport and hold him in the country of March 6.
People enjoy time on the beach at the Riu Republic of Punta Cani, the Dominican Republic, Tuesday, March 11, 2025, Konaki, 20, was last seen on March 6 on the beach in front of Riu Republica in Dominican Republic. (Santiago Baez for Fox News Digital)
The judge eventually agreed with Riibe that he was illegally detained, and he was scheduled for another hearing for March 28. It was not immediately clear when he could leave the Dominican Republic.
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Riibe, older State University of St. Cloud in Minnesota who are not charged with the crime but is considered a key witness in that case, he has been under surveillance at the resort since Konanka was missing.
His family called his continuous necessary presence in the country “irregular”.
Fox News’ Michael Ruiz, Mara Robles and Nate Foy contributed to this report.
