Missing college student in the Dominican Republic from Ashburn

[Anonymous]

If you keep somebody awake and under stress for a long enough period of time they will even confess to things they didn't do. Had a case in my city where a woman was murdered (lots of evidence leading to a car thief whose phone was in the area, although not enough to convict). But her psych med taking ex boyfriend turned himself in to police because he was afraid maybe he did it because he couldn't account for his time. They had to tell him to get lost because he was just delusional due to panic and upset and pre-existing mental health issues.

None of this speculative chit chat is going to result in this poor girl being found alive. How about we let this thread fade so people who casually knew her won't have to run across these random speculations? People sitting around accusing the young guy are also potentially contributing to destroying his life if he is innocent. Let the police do their jobs. DCUM isn't going to crack this case.

[Anonymous]

Hmmmm…

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14499867/amp/sudiksha-konanki-joshua-riibe-missing-student-police-interview-punta-cana.html

There have been threads on this site re teens and “breath play” - seems could lead to tragedy easily. As could anger. Force is harder to gauge when impaired, esp with a large size/weight differential. Lots of things could have happened very quickly without prolonged or nefarious intent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you keep somebody awake and under stress for a long enough period of time they will even confess to things they didn't do. Had a case in my city where a woman was murdered (lots of evidence leading to a car thief whose phone was in the area, although not enough to convict). But her psych med taking ex boyfriend turned himself in to police because he was afraid maybe he did it because he couldn't account for his time. They had to tell him to get lost because he was just delusional due to panic and upset and pre-existing mental health issues.

None of this speculative chit chat is going to result in this poor girl being found alive. How about we let this thread fade so people who casually knew her won't have to run across these random speculations? People sitting around accusing the young guy are also potentially contributing to destroying his life if he is innocent. Let the police do their jobs. DCUM isn't going to crack this case.

Feel free to scroll past this thread.

There are thousands of articles, blogs, tik toks, etc. and this is a discussion forum. The missing girl is a local and it’s a parenting site, of course it is of interest. Participation is voluntary.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm just weird with the fact that he said she was OUT of the water when he was puking. Where did she go then? I can't imagine she would have gone back to the water after him saving them both. Thats the part that doesn't add up.

I think he said she was walking out of the water but very possible for another wave to knock her over and pull her out again.

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Anonymous wrote:It is ridiculous to see people trying to vouch for this man as just a drunk kid.

Pay attention to the video, the man was holding the drunk girl with his one arm and using the other one to take selfies/videos of them so not a blackout drunk at all. They were not headed to ocean for swimming but just to make out in front of ocean setting. The pro wrestling champion was way overpowered to the petite girl so she couldn’t struggle much if there was foul play as their idea of making out could be different. His story about her being taken out by waves or him passing out is bs. Any man will report a drowning or mention something to front desk if girls friends left them in privacy trusting him with their friend. He is definitely hiding what truly happened and lawyering up to avoid further investigation. And him walking back without his shirt and shoes/socks clearly indicates there’s more to what happened.

Really wish Loudoun County sheriff was asked to assist considering girl’s family are tax paying residents of the county. DR just wants it to be drowning case as they don’t want any crime reported in their country for tourism.

See, as a Loudoun taxpayer, I don’t want a couple of detectives chilling in the DR on taxpayer funds for however long. Jurisdiction belongs to the DR.

If it was your kid you would.

Maybe if they were divers who located dead bodies in the ocean, but there is no evidence of a crime here so what are the sheriffs even doing?

Assisting the FBI in questioning POI among other tasks, it seems.

Since it’s in the DR / outside the US, can the FBI use those enhanced interrogation techniques on him until he talks?

He's not accused of a crime and there is zero evidence a crime was committed by anyone at any point that night. His story matches the evidence. Why is it so hard for people to accept that this poor girl got drunk and foolishly drowned? There is zero other plausible explanation for her disappearance.

Yet LE is investigating. They know information not yet released.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do bots bump up topics on this site? I can't imagine actual humans are so obtuse. They just want to keep harping on this poor drunk college guy and accusing him of mysterious crimes that they have no evidence of.

Natalee Holloway.

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Anonymous wrote:It is ridiculous to see people trying to vouch for this man as just a drunk kid.

Pay attention to the video, the man was holding the drunk girl with his one arm and using the other one to take selfies/videos of them so not a blackout drunk at all. They were not headed to ocean for swimming but just to make out in front of ocean setting. The pro wrestling champion was way overpowered to the petite girl so she couldn’t struggle much if there was foul play as their idea of making out could be different. His story about her being taken out by waves or him passing out is bs. Any man will report a drowning or mention something to front desk if girls friends left them in privacy trusting him with their friend. He is definitely hiding what truly happened and lawyering up to avoid further investigation. And him walking back without his shirt and shoes/socks clearly indicates there’s more to what happened.

Really wish Loudoun County sheriff was asked to assist considering girl’s family are tax paying residents of the county. DR just wants it to be drowning case as they don’t want any crime reported in their country for tourism.

See, as a Loudoun taxpayer, I don’t want a couple of detectives chilling in the DR on taxpayer funds for however long. Jurisdiction belongs to the DR.

If it was your kid you would.

Maybe if they were divers who located dead bodies in the ocean, but there is no evidence of a crime here so what are the sheriffs even doing?

Assisting the FBI in questioning POI among other tasks, it seems.

Since it’s in the DR / outside the US, can the FBI use those enhanced interrogation techniques on him until he talks?

He's not accused of a crime and there is zero evidence a crime was committed by anyone at any point that night. His story matches the evidence. Why is it so hard for people to accept that this poor girl got drunk and foolishly drowned? There is zero other plausible explanation for her disappearance.

I agree. Parents want to blame someone not their daughter.

+100

Which is totally understandable, in their grief.

But it doesn’t make this man guilty.

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Anonymous wrote:It is ridiculous to see people trying to vouch for this man as just a drunk kid.

Pay attention to the video, the man was holding the drunk girl with his one arm and using the other one to take selfies/videos of them so not a blackout drunk at all. They were not headed to ocean for swimming but just to make out in front of ocean setting. The pro wrestling champion was way overpowered to the petite girl so she couldn’t struggle much if there was foul play as their idea of making out could be different. His story about her being taken out by waves or him passing out is bs. Any man will report a drowning or mention something to front desk if girls friends left them in privacy trusting him with their friend. He is definitely hiding what truly happened and lawyering up to avoid further investigation. And him walking back without his shirt and shoes/socks clearly indicates there’s more to what happened.

Really wish Loudoun County sheriff was asked to assist considering girl’s family are tax paying residents of the county. DR just wants it to be drowning case as they don’t want any crime reported in their country for tourism.

See, as a Loudoun taxpayer, I don’t want a couple of detectives chilling in the DR on taxpayer funds for however long. Jurisdiction belongs to the DR.

If it was your kid you would.

Maybe if they were divers who located dead bodies in the ocean, but there is no evidence of a crime here so what are the sheriffs even doing?

Assisting the FBI in questioning POI among other tasks, it seems.

Since it’s in the DR / outside the US, can the FBI use those enhanced interrogation techniques on him until he talks?

He's not accused of a crime and there is zero evidence a crime was committed by anyone at any point that night. His story matches the evidence. Why is it so hard for people to accept that this poor girl got drunk and foolishly drowned? There is zero other plausible explanation for her disappearance.

I agree. Parents want to blame someone not their daughter.

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Which is totally understandable, in their grief.

But it doesn’t make this man guilty.

Totally agree.

[Anonymous]

He confirmed they met that night.

https://x.com/EzequielVZ_/status/1900575623468155335

[Anonymous]

Him being drunk doesn’t make him innocent, either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Him being drunk doesn’t make him innocent, either.

I don’t understand what people are suggesting here. That he murdered her? Via strangulation or whacking her head with a rock, or drowning her? And then swam the body a ways out to sea? Or what? It really would not be a great way to cover up a murder. He would know the body is fairly likely to be recovered, and quite likely to have the cause of death investigated (for signs of a struggle- which there very likely would have been, or alternate cause of death). And all this without anyone seeing anything.

He had no vehicle or easy means of disposing of the body elsewhere- and there are cameras and security everywhere in this resort area (even at night) if he’d tried to come up from the beach. In the same way he was captured returning to the hotel in the AM. And no one would notice he is lugging a dead body around??

Or working with a human trafficking ring? That is….incredibly unlikely. .

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Do bots bump up topics on this site? I can't imagine actual humans are so obtuse. They just want to keep harping on this poor drunk college guy and accusing him of mysterious crimes that they have no evidence of.

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Agreed.

[Anonymous]

Always some White frat boy.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Him being drunk doesn’t make him innocent, either.

I don’t understand what people are suggesting here. That he murdered her? Via strangulation or whacking her head with a rock, or drowning her? And then swam the body a ways out to sea? Or what? It really would not be a great way to cover up a murder. He would know the body is fairly likely to be recovered, and quite likely to have the cause of death investigated (for signs of a struggle- which there very likely would have been, or alternate cause of death). And all this without anyone seeing anything.

He had no vehicle or easy means of disposing of the body elsewhere- and there are cameras and security everywhere in this resort area (even at night) if he’d tried to come up from the beach. In the same way he was captured returning to the hotel in the AM. And no one would notice he is lugging a dead body around??

Or working with a human trafficking ring? That is….incredibly unlikely. .

People are trying to say that she was drunk and drowned and he was there and him, being that he has a penis, should have helped her although he was in the same drink mental state as her. It’s the dumbest thing I have ever heard of. I hope they recover the body soon so that the only person they can possibly blame is her. It’s disgusting how every one is blaming the man, the friends, even the damn ocean but not her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Always some White frat boy.

Sure racist AH