(File Photo: Source for 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

(Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) A person of interest has now been identified regarding the disappearance of University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki. According to a spokesperson from the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office, the person who allegedly last saw Konanki is Joshua Riibe. Konacki was last seen on March 6th in Punta Cana. According to reports, Riibe is in a surveillance video with Konacki and a bunch of people going towards a beach before she went missing. The search continues for Konanki in the Dominican Republic.