Police say Joshua Riibe, an American tourist from Iowa, was with Sudikhsa Konanki just before she vanished. While police say no suspects have been identified in Konanki’s disappearance, Riibe’s lawyers say he has been confined to his hotel and escorted by police everywhere he goes.

The case of missing Indian-origin student Sudiksha Konanki continues to unravel. The last person to see the 20-year-old, who disappeared in the Dominican Republic, was Joshua Riibe. Authorities have declared the 22-year-old man a ‘person of interest’ and confiscated his passport;

Joshua Riibe, the person of interest in the disappearance of University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki, has given Dominican Republic cops an ultimatum. His attorney Beatriz Santana said in a motion filed Monday,