Missing college student in the Dominican Republic from Ashburn

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Anonymous wrote:The NY Post article has a lot of new details saying he did save her from drowning. Then she said she was getting her things and that is when he passed out. Who knows their source but this is new info. He then refused to answer other questions according to this article.

All very weird

Yes because now he has a lawyer who is advising him. This is not an admission of guilt. The press/tabloids have now gotten rooms at the resort and are following him and his father around, asking him questions whenever he leaves his room that he also is saying "sorry, my lawyer said I cannot answer your questions."

[Anonymous]

It is a sad story. He was obviously very drunk - typical college student behavior on spring break. They made bad choices which lead to a tragic drowning.

Woulda coulda shoulda.

It could happen to any of us or our kids

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Anonymous wrote:Given how drunk they were, I am surprised he remembered anything at all.

I feel bad for a kid getting his name dragged through the mud for very normal spring break behavior. She got drunk and drowned. It was incredibly stupid for her to swim in the ocean in the dark, drunk, and sadly it ended tragically.

Well I think that's the main issue. He was so drunk, not clear on what happened after he vomited and passed out.

Right, but he wasn't responsible for her. He had no obligation to her--another adult with free will. She is responsible for herself.

It's not about obligation. He was blottoed, cognitively impaired and in no position to help her.

His failure to report and changing stories are suss.

She seems the most impaired when walking. Was something slipped in her drink?

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Yet in his own words, he used his lifeguard training to be a halfway hero.

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Anonymous wrote: Some different details here

https://nypost.com/2025/03/14/us-news/pitt-student-sudiksha-konanki-person-of-interest-joshua-riibe-saved-her-life-didnt-answer-key-questions/

This is not a serious newspaper, lol. Hope the young man has a lawyer keeping track of innuendo inferring malicious intent. I'd be suing into the next century.

You think he’s going to sue for them recounting his claim of extraordinary heroism?

His account is very narcissistic. Given his heroism then purported indifference toward her well being and never alerting anyone, warrants further investigation.

Nonsense. Sounds like a typical blackout drunk kid. There is nothing suspicious about his behavior, her behavior or their friends behavior.

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Anonymous wrote: Some different details here

https://nypost.com/2025/03/14/us-news/pitt-student-sudiksha-konanki-person-of-interest-joshua-riibe-saved-her-life-didnt-answer-key-questions/

This is not a serious newspaper, lol. Hope the young man has a lawyer keeping track of innuendo inferring malicious intent. I'd be suing into the next century.

You think he’s going to sue for them recounting his claim of extraordinary heroism?

His account is very narcissistic. Given his heroism then purported indifference toward her well being and never alerting anyone, warrants further investigation.

Nonsense. Sounds like a typical blackout drunk kid. There is nothing suspicious about his behavior, her behavior or their friends behavior.

+1 He didn't report because he had no idea something bad happened.

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I do think this is the case and gives hope that she may still be alive but kidnapped. I am praying for her. Given the power was off at the resort for 23 hours then someone with bad intentions could have suck in and looked at drunk kids as crime of opportunity. I sure hope she can still be saved.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve read mixed facts re that. He is being watched 24/7 in a room by police.

I'd be prepared to sue every news outlet and individual who created innuendo or worse if I were that young man.

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Yeah, describing the facts is not actionable.

"facts": what do YOU know as a fact?

I mean even just taking verbatim what the guy himself reported causes people to raise an eyebrow a want to double check (even if, like me, you think the girl likely drowned.)

Wtf do you want, lady-that a young man is alone w a young woman that disappears and no should even double check his account of the situation? Just “he said they were swimming and the she was gone-who knows?!” And no one should want thorough look-see about that?

I think she sadly drowned but you’ve got real #boymom energy that’s not a good look.

Np. Of course they should look into it. But his stories really aren’t that different. Especially considering how much they drank.

I’d be very interested in what they drank at the bar. How much, and testing the liquor. I’d hold culpable any bartender that continued to serve them and then allowed them to leave walking around the beach.

#boymom energy comment is gross. He needs to be investigated but putting his picture on media and sensationalizing his involvement is terrible, just as it would be tarnishing her reputation.

This point of what alcohol was brought up before. Are DR national police or Louduon county (and as someone asked why exactly are they there??) & FBI going to pin this on any bartender? #but.resort.business.tourism. They must have already reviewed security videos of the time this young lady was at the bar(s). yeah bartenders are supposed to be responsible and cut off drinks but did they even notice their state of condition- there was a party that night at the lobby and it could have been busy. Does anyone know how many drinks the young woman (& young man) actually had? Can probably be seen in hotel video. Could it have been just a couple of drinks but illegitimate drinks or combined with other stuff?

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Lost consciousness several times while in the midst of conducting a rescue in rough seas-sure buddy.

I think it’s far more likely he’s an inconsiderate dumba55 than a murderer but if you all seriously wouldn’t want your sons to behave differently after a girl he had been fooling around w disappeared literally moments later on an empty beach that’s startling.

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This thread is going the same direction as the thread on that family dying on that home in hot weather. (“It was a boulder!”)
The girl got drunk and she decided to jump in the ocean at night. The result was predictable.

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Anonymous wrote:Given how drunk they were, I am surprised he remembered anything at all.

I feel bad for a kid getting his name dragged through the mud for very normal spring break behavior. She got drunk and drowned. It was incredibly stupid for her to swim in the ocean in the dark, drunk, and sadly it ended tragically.

Well I think that's the main issue. He was so drunk, not clear on what happened after he vomited and passed out.

Right, but he wasn't responsible for her. He had no obligation to her--another adult with free will. She is responsible for herself.

It's not about obligation. He was blottoed, cognitively impaired and in no position to help her.

His failure to report and changing stories are suss.

She seems the most impaired when walking. Was something slipped in her drink?

It’s not always drugs. She could be a lightweight. She could have had more than everyone else. She could have just done shots. Not everyone is ruffled.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The NY Post article has a lot of new details saying he did save her from drowning. Then she said she was getting her things and that is when he passed out. Who knows their source but this is new info. He then refused to answer other questions according to this article.

All very weird

Yes because now he has a lawyer who is advising him. This is not an admission of guilt. The press/tabloids have now gotten rooms at the resort and are following him and his father around, asking him questions whenever he leaves his room that he also is saying "sorry, my lawyer said I cannot answer your questions."

If he hired a lawyer then he must be guilty.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve read mixed facts re that. He is being watched 24/7 in a room by police.

I'd be prepared to sue every news outlet and individual who created innuendo or worse if I were that young man.

+1
Absolutely

Yeah, describing the facts is not actionable.

"facts": what do YOU know as a fact?

I mean even just taking verbatim what the guy himself reported causes people to raise an eyebrow a want to double check (even if, like me, you think the girl likely drowned.)

Wtf do you want, lady-that a young man is alone w a young woman that disappears and no should even double check his account of the situation? Just “he said they were swimming and the she was gone-who knows?!” And no one should want thorough look-see about that?

I think she sadly drowned but you’ve got real #boymom energy that’s not a good look.

Np. Of course they should look into it. But his stories really aren’t that different. Especially considering how much they drank.

I’d be very interested in what they drank at the bar. How much, and testing the liquor. I’d hold culpable any bartender that continued to serve them and then allowed them to leave walking around the beach.

#boymom energy comment is gross. He needs to be investigated but putting his picture on media and sensationalizing his involvement is terrible, just as it would be tarnishing her reputation.

Sorry, boymom-that’s the price you pay for not seeking aid when the woman you’ve been night swimming with is swept away by a wave!

Had he told anyone would be very different.

I also wonder if she may have been drugged, her friends seemed to be walking unimpaired.

That could be a reason they still have the young man there to question if he played a role in her state of condition other than he allegedly didn't call for help if she was in deep waters as he himself stated. But there were also several others with her in the hotel then on the walk to the beach - another man and few women (the ones with whom she was vacationing). But how come they don't have them on hotel watch or whatever it's called?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The NY Post article has a lot of new details saying he did save her from drowning. Then she said she was getting her things and that is when he passed out. Who knows their source but this is new info. He then refused to answer other questions according to this article.

All very weird

Yes because now he has a lawyer who is advising him. This is not an admission of guilt. The press/tabloids have now gotten rooms at the resort and are following him and his father around, asking him questions whenever he leaves his room that he also is saying "sorry, my lawyer said I cannot answer your questions."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is a sad story. He was obviously very drunk - typical college student behavior on spring break. They made bad choices which lead to a tragic drowning.

Woulda coulda shoulda.

It could happen to any of us or our kids

But didn't a few posts above say he "saved her from drowning"? Or was that fake news?