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Punta Cana, Dominican Republic – Beach section where Pittsburgh University Student Sudiksha Konanki disappeared further spring holidays Last week, four European tourists drowned in the same place in January.
It is known that this is dangerous with a rough attachment and strong and unpredictable currents, said Louis Vilchez, a Dominican prosecutor who is not involved in this case.
“Every beach located in the Macau area where this one is located, and the Uve -Balto is Punta beaches, where you should be careful because when these waves are strong, they pull you into the sea,” he said Fox News Digital.
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The 20 -year -old Sudyksha Konanka from Northern Virginia, first reported missing on March 6 after disappearing from the beach in the Dominican Republic. (Material, left; Defensa Civil Dominicana, right)
In January, several people were drowned and others were rescued from the beach behind the same resort, where Konanka, the Republic of Riu in Punta -Can, was the last time. The first three restored were identified as European tourists, two from Poland and from Portugal.
According to the local Bavaro Digital newspaper, the remains of a third Polish citizen were washed ashore.
Vilchez noted that the in the morning of the disappearance of the horse flew red warning flags, which at the time of surfing were especially rough. But she and her friends may not have been suspicious of the victims after the night’s night’s drinking in the morning the next day.
US College Student Sudiksha Konanki went missing while on vacation with Punta -Canno on March 6, 2025. (Fox News graphics)
At about 4:15 a.m., horseback was part of a group of six women and two men who saw the CCTV, which was approaching the beach. Six of them returned at about 6 am, leaving the horse alone on the beach with a 22-year-old Ioow named Joshua Riebe.
RIIBE, a colleague -spring switch with University of St. -Boblak In Minnesota, he cooperates with the authorities and not named the suspect, returned alone at about 10am Konanka – the only person who does not consider.
“Drunk people in the middle of the night do not take into account it,” Vilchez said. “Although waves on this particular beach can be dangerous in normal cases, they are even more when the red flag is over.”
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Kananki and her friends saw a drink at the Bar of the Hotel before heading to the beach behind the resort, the authorities reported.
Military officers are looking for vascular Konanka, a student of Pittsburg, who disappeared on the beach in Punta -ana, the Dominican Republic, March 10. (AP/Francesco Spotorno)
“In the video, both see them go side; they couldn’t go straight,” he said Digital Fox News, citing the latest famous video of the horse showing that she headed to the beach with a group of friends. “If they got into the water at this time, the wave could easily do whatever he was saying.”
Fish allegedly told the authorities that the two were placed a strong wave and brought the shoreline, the transcript of one of his interviews with the police said. After he returned to the ground, he said he threw out of the salt water.
Investigators expanded the search zone when a student of the American College Sudiksha Konanki was still missing after she disappeared from the beach in Punta -on March 6, 2025. (Fox News graphics)
“I asked if everything was fine. I didn’t hear her answer because I started to vomit all the seawater I swallowed,” Rib said. “After vomiting, I looked around and didn’t see anyone. I thought she grabbed her things and left. I felt very bad and exhausted. I lay on the beach chair, fell asleep because I couldn’t go very far, and then woke up from the bites of the sun and mosquitoes.
Then he fell asleep on the beach chair and was seen returning to the hotel around 10am
Previously, experts said Fox News Digital, the beach is known for its strong currents and that they can be unpredictable, changing without warning.
Authorities are looking for missing US Student Sudiksha Konanki in Punta -Can, Dominican, Thursday, March 13, 2025. (Santigo Baez for Digital Fox News)
“Punta -ano is located on the passage of Mona, which connects the Caribbean and the Atlantic Ocean between the Dominican Republic and Puerto -Trik”, Andrew Wolfek, a The meteorologist of the fox meteorologist And the manufacturer of digital content, explained. He considered the coastal records since the extinction of the horse.
“How often it occurs when there are two waterways, swelling can be chaotic and difficult to predict, unlike more predictable patterns that are often found on the beaches along the US East coast.”
While some experts took the question with his story, Vilchez said he believed that there would be no time commit the wrong game and hide the evidence.
“At 6 am there are people descending on Sunbathe,” he said Digital Fox News. “If he killed her, he wouldn’t have had time to go anywhere without seeing.”
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According to him, there are cameras in the resort and its neighboring competitors, including on both sides of Riu.
“The drunk guy would not have the mental ability to drown it and throw it into the present – and lucky that this body has not yet been found,” he said.
People on the beach at the Riu Republica resort in Punta -Kan, Dominican, Thursday, March 13, 2025. (Santigo Baez for Digital Fox News)
RIIBE cooperates with the authorities and is not named suspicious. But in a statement on Friday, his parents said they were concerned about “irregular conditions” he had encountered during the first six days of the investigation.
“Despite his full readiness to cooperate, Josh was detained in irregular conditions and was subjected to a wide interrogation without the presence of official translators and legal lawyers by March 12,” his parents said.
“He remained in his hotel room under the police observation and was repeatedly delivered to the police from March 6, where he was interrogated for long hours. This situation caused serious concern in his family, which made us maintain a legal law to initiate legal actions that ensure his security and protection throughout this process.”
Authorities are looking for missing US Student Sudiksha Konanki in Punta -Can, Dominican, Thursday, March 13, 2025. (Santigo Baez for Digital Fox News)
The family stated that they were ready to continue to cooperate with the search efforts and wanted to share their “deep sadness and solidarity” with the Konanka family.
“First of all, we want to contribute to the search efforts and understand the longing and uncertainty they are experiencing, and we share the hope that the vows will be found as soon as possible,” they said. “Joshua fish is deeply scary Her disappearance And he completely collaborated in search and explanation from the beginning. “
The location of the horse remains unknown and the officials say they work in the missing case and not a criminal investigation But they left open opportunities. On the other hand, experts also say that bodies are usually floating ashore for two or three days. It disappeared on March 6.
People enjoy the time at the beach at the Riu Republica resort in Punta -Can, the Dominican Republic, Thursday, March 13, 2025. (Santigo Baez for Digital Fox News)
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Dominican police are investigating with several US agencies, including FBI and Homeland Security. Investigators with the Sheriff of Loudoun District in Konanka’s hometown sent two detectives to Punta -can with the permission of the Dominican authorities. They interviewed RIIBE on Thursday, carried out some independent work on Earth and headed back to the United States on Friday.
“Mr -n RIIBE is not a suspect in any way,” said Sheriff’s Fox News Digital Sheriff’s press.
