(File Photo: Military personnel search for Sudiksha Konanki, a university student from the U.S. who disappeared on a beach in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, Monday, March. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Francesco Spotorno)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Punta Cana, Dominican Republic) The last person to allegedly see missing University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki is now leaving the Dominican Republic to come back to the United States. According to law enforcement officials, twenty-two-year-old Joshua Riibe got an emergency travel document from the US Embassy. The attorneys of Riibe ensure that he is completely cooperating with police regarding the search for Konanki, who disappeared on March 6th in Punta Cana.