Punta Cana, Dominican Republic – Parents of a disappeared spring breaker from the University of Pittsburgh asked the Dominican police a declaration of death almost two weeks after having disappeared from a five -star seaside resort in the seaside town of Punta Cana, telling the authorities that they accept the history of the only public witness.
Subbarayudu and SreEdevi Konanki do not dispute the story of Joshua Riibe, a 22 -year -old man from Iowa and a spring breaking colleague who would be the last person who saw their daughter alive, according to a letter they sent to the Dominican police on Monday. His father had already asked the police to investigate all the possibilities.
Sudiksha Konanki, 20, disappeared on March 6 after she went to the beach with seven other people around 4:15 am, according to a surveillance video. Most of her group was seen coming back around 6 a.m., leaving her alone with Riibe, although he returned without his hours later.
Konanki’s family did not immediately respond to a request for comments on the letter, which was obtained by Fox News.
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Sudiksha Konanki, 20, from northern Virginia, was missing on Thursday, March 6, after having disappeared from a beach in the Dominican Republic. (Handout, left and Dominican civil defense, right.)
“Following in -depth research, the Dominican authorities concluded that Sudiksha would have drowned,” his parents wrote in a letter to the Policia Nacional, the country’s national police on Monday evening. “Her clothes were discovered on a beach near the place where she was seen for the last time. The last person seen with her cooperates with the investigation, and no evidence of unfair play was found.”
They said they had made the request after “many deliberations” and thanked the supporters for the international research effort.
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Sudiksha Konanki, 20, was seen for the last time on a beach outside the Riu Republica five -star resort in the Dominican Republic on March 6, 2025. (Fox News Digital)
“The launch of this process will allow our family to start the mourning process and resolve questions related to their absence,” wrote the parents in mourning.
“Although no statement can really facilitate our sorrow, we hope that this step will be closed and will allow us to honor its memory.”
Read the Konanki letter:
RIIBE, a senior at St. Cloud State University in Minnesota who was not accused of a crime but who is considered a crucial witness in the case, was held under surveillance at the station since Konanki was missing.
His family called his required presence continues in the “irregular” country.
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RIU Republica Resort beach in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. (With courtesy: from Lani Sweeney)
In a transcription disclosed by an interview with the police, he would have told the detectives that he had seen her for the last time on the beach after being drawn abroad in a strong current.
Riibe said that after having read in difficulty, he saw her for the last time moving away in the water to the knees, then he vomited and fell asleep on a chair, according to a transcription obtained by Fox News.
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On Monday, his lawyers deposited a brief from Habeas Corpus, contesting his detention de facto in the country. He was locked in the Riu Republica Resort since Konanki disappeared. They both stayed there for holidays on spring holidays when they met.
RIIBE is not accused of a crime, but the authorities confiscated its passport while investigating its version of events.
An audience on the Habeas petition is expected to take place on Tuesday afternoon, sources said, but the moment could change.
