DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

22-year old US student Joshua Steven Riibe left the Riu Republica on the same day of the court hearing that cleared him from police surveillance at the hotel room the Attorney General Office was paying for him to continue staying at the Riu Republica. Riibe was investigated in the case of missing 20-year old Indian student Sudiskha Konanki. The court, nevertheless, did not order the Dominican authorities to return his passport and cell phone.

In Santo Domingo, Riibe received an emergency passport from the US Consulate and traveled on 20 March 2025 back to the United States via Puerto Rico. He is from Rock Rapids, Iowa. He studies land surveying at the St. Cloud State University in Minnesota.

Riibe had arrived to Punta Cana for a spring break vacation on 1 March. On 6 March, he became the last person to be with the Indian tourist Sudiksha Konanki, here with five friends...