Missing college student in the Dominican Republic from Ashburn

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why people are blaming the guy, and her friends, for not keeping close track of her (as if she were a child)- particularly when they too, were all drinking.

It was very very common in college for one of us to “go home with a guy” or “crash somewhere else” or whatever. In the AM people were either sleeping in, or had places to be. A person would not necessarily be missed until afternoon at the earliest. Which seemed to be the case here.

Now many could say “how terrible, so irresponsible!” and they would not be wrong. It IS irresponsible. And dangerous! But it is not uncommon behavior among partying college kids at all. Particularly if this activity is in a confined space like a college campus or resort (as opposed to going out to clubs etc or somewhere more unusual).

I think it is very understandable (and very believable) that no one realized she was missing until later in the day. They all thought she was with others and/or sleeping, and this would not really be considered unusual college behavior.

Yes but I think posters think the friends could have made sure she was definitely not going on the excursion (someone said Venmo history was released and she had Venmo her friend for the outing). When they heard the young man had not returned (not sure if that part matches timeline), they could have assumed that she was still with him.

I cannot imagine a scenario in which I do not check in with my friend to confirm she’s OK when she has spent multiple hours with a man She has only just met especially when she’s paid a large sum to go on this excursion. Nothing flagged in her friends heads that something was odd or off that she was hooking up with some random guy And missing out on the excursion?

You? Me? Yes of course. But them? They are foolish college girls, presumably running on a few hours sleep and probably very hungover. And didn’t want to miss the excursion they paid for, either. Odds are they woke up not long before the scheduled pickup time (not leaving a lot of extra time to search for their friend) and assumed she was with him and probably sleeping for a hangover. They had her phone so they couldn’t check with her to confirm. So they decided to go on the excursion (rather than be out $) and assumed she’d be there when they returned.

Per Ribe, her friend texted Carter Johnson looking for her. Since Ribe was not back at that point, they and CJ likely believed they were together. When Ribe returned alone and heard that the girl he says he had not seen for hours had not returned, at 10am he at least knew she was missing. We don’t know what he told CJ since he did not answer that LE question. We know he did not communicate that to friends, resort or LE. Friends had to deduce she was missing when returned at 4.

Why? Who benefits from delayed search? What was in his pocket that was not a phone or key?

All the detail about his arm on her neck could be trying to get a story out if she is found with bruising on her throat.

Why didnt CJ tell anyone she was missing at that point either? Would't both him and Ribe know at the same time she hadn't returned?

They barely knew the girl, and had just met her the night before. It really wasn’t their responsibility. When someone is missing for just a few hours, it is very likely they will turn up. Even if they’d reported it to the hotel (“hey this girl is kind of missing? Haven’t seen her in a few hours. Her name is sudisa or something like that? No, I don’t know her last name. No, I don’t know her room number? Her friends are on a boat excursion and don’t have cell service). You really think the hotel was going to take that seriously or start some type of official search? Especially as reported by guys that are still likely drunk from the night before? I doubt it.

Easy to claim that, we can’t know what the resort would have done because they were not provided with information. Nor were her friends.

It looks suspicious, esp in light of his detailed heroics just hours before.

Had he reported at 10am would look a lot better for him.

YOU don't know what the girls knew, what they reported or what they did. Except have possession of Sudiksha's phone, leave her alone on red flag beach with drunk dude at 5am, go on a tour for the day and then fly home.

We know what Ribe told LE about it. And we know he did not ever report. We know the friends reported at 4 when they got back and she was still missing. Had Ribe or CJ told them Ribe was back alone and had not seen her for hours before that, it likely would have been reported.

Perhaps Ribe thought the longest possible delay would allow her body to float further out and give him time to make up his story. And perhaps hide whatever he was clutching in his pocket that was not a phone or room key.

Wait - the girls reported Sudiksha missing at 4am when they got back from the beach? Well the least the could have done.

4 PM Thursday obviously. They were with her at the 4 AM hour Thursday.

You'd assume they report a friend missing before the rest of them took a day trip, and leaving her alone again, no?

Perhaps you didnt read repeatedly posted comments above. It seems the friends did try to figure out if she may still have been with the guy before they left for the outing. Apparently the young man's friend replied young man (Riibe) hadn't returned. So the friends assumed she may be with him. Maybe they looked around too for her, don't know. When they returned from outing and still didn't see her they reported.

So YOU say. They left her on the beach. They left her to take a daylong boat cruise. They left her on the island and went home. Oh but they did have her phone

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Unless the friends thought it was totally normal behavior for this girl to F random guys and not come home. Is that it?

just listen to yourself talking you are talking about a girl who lost her life and is potentially victim of a crime. How can you stoop so low.

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Anonymous wrote:To all the people suffering from victim complex that a poor American citizen is being detained and there are forces conspiring against him. The FBI and the Indian law-enforcement are there on an advisory role and support role. Do you think US law enforcement will sit there idle while some supposedly powerful forces are trying to influence the investigation and framing a US citizen. US LE is much more influential than DR or Indian law-enforcement A life seems to be lost here and another life is facing serious scrutiny and possibly some serious consequences. My heat goes out to the family who possibly lost their child and have no answers and are grieving helplessly. Let the DR Law enforcement to his investigation and come to its conclusions that does not make this about racism here. Think about it what if it was your daughter would you still be making these arguments?

All well and good. We do not detain people "while the investigation plays out." If there's not a case to charge him, we demand his release not because of what we think but because US citizens are entitled to a presumption of innocence. That's not an emotional response.

You are an idiot. That right of the presumption of innocence is for people (not just citizens) IN the United States. What rights you may have in the US are irrelevant in the DR. Being a US citizen confers no special status overseas.

Again, the US does this all the time for US citizens held abroad.

No. They don't. There are thousands of citizens being held abroad. They get involved when it serves some other US government purpose. The State Department is NOT there for you.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why people are blaming the guy, and her friends, for not keeping close track of her (as if she were a child)- particularly when they too, were all drinking.

It was very very common in college for one of us to “go home with a guy” or “crash somewhere else” or whatever. In the AM people were either sleeping in, or had places to be. A person would not necessarily be missed until afternoon at the earliest. Which seemed to be the case here.

Now many could say “how terrible, so irresponsible!” and they would not be wrong. It IS irresponsible. And dangerous! But it is not uncommon behavior among partying college kids at all. Particularly if this activity is in a confined space like a college campus or resort (as opposed to going out to clubs etc or somewhere more unusual).

I think it is very understandable (and very believable) that no one realized she was missing until later in the day. They all thought she was with others and/or sleeping, and this would not really be considered unusual college behavior.

Yes but I think posters think the friends could have made sure she was definitely not going on the excursion (someone said Venmo history was released and she had Venmo her friend for the outing). When they heard the young man had not returned (not sure if that part matches timeline), they could have assumed that she was still with him.

I cannot imagine a scenario in which I do not check in with my friend to confirm she’s OK when she has spent multiple hours with a man She has only just met especially when she’s paid a large sum to go on this excursion. Nothing flagged in her friends heads that something was odd or off that she was hooking up with some random guy And missing out on the excursion?

You? Me? Yes of course. But them? They are foolish college girls, presumably running on a few hours sleep and probably very hungover. And didn’t want to miss the excursion they paid for, either. Odds are they woke up not long before the scheduled pickup time (not leaving a lot of extra time to search for their friend) and assumed she was with him and probably sleeping for a hangover. They had her phone so they couldn’t check with her to confirm. So they decided to go on the excursion (rather than be out $) and assumed she’d be there when they returned.

Per Ribe, her friend texted Carter Johnson looking for her. Since Ribe was not back at that point, they and CJ likely believed they were together. When Ribe returned alone and heard that the girl he says he had not seen for hours had not returned, at 10am he at least knew she was missing. We don’t know what he told CJ since he did not answer that LE question. We know he did not communicate that to friends, resort or LE. Friends had to deduce she was missing when returned at 4.

Why? Who benefits from delayed search? What was in his pocket that was not a phone or key?

All the detail about his arm on her neck could be trying to get a story out if she is found with bruising on her throat.

Why didnt CJ tell anyone she was missing at that point either? Would't both him and Ribe know at the same time she hadn't returned?

They barely knew the girl, and had just met her the night before. It really wasn’t their responsibility. When someone is missing for just a few hours, it is very likely they will turn up. Even if they’d reported it to the hotel (“hey this girl is kind of missing? Haven’t seen her in a few hours. Her name is sudisa or something like that? No, I don’t know her last name. No, I don’t know her room number? Her friends are on a boat excursion and don’t have cell service). You really think the hotel was going to take that seriously or start some type of official search? Especially as reported by guys that are still likely drunk from the night before? I doubt it.

Easy to claim that, we can’t know what the resort would have done because they were not provided with information. Nor were her friends.

It looks suspicious, esp in light of his detailed heroics just hours before.

Had he reported at 10am would look a lot better for him.

YOU don't know what the girls knew, what they reported or what they did. Except have possession of Sudiksha's phone, leave her alone on red flag beach with drunk dude at 5am, go on a tour for the day and then fly home.

We know what Ribe told LE about it. And we know he did not ever report. We know the friends reported at 4 when they got back and she was still missing. Had Ribe or CJ told them Ribe was back alone and had not seen her for hours before that, it likely would have been reported.

Perhaps Ribe thought the longest possible delay would allow her body to float further out and give him time to make up his story. And perhaps hide whatever he was clutching in his pocket that was not a phone or room key.

Wait - the girls reported Sudiksha missing at 4am when they got back from the beach? Well the least the could have done.

4 PM Thursday obviously. They were with her at the 4 AM hour Thursday.

You'd assume they report a friend missing before the rest of them took a day trip, and leaving her alone again, no?

Perhaps you didnt read repeatedly posted comments above. It seems the friends did try to figure out if she may still have been with the guy before they left for the outing. Apparently the young man's friend replied young man (Riibe) hadn't returned. So the friends assumed she may be with him. Maybe they looked around too for her, don't know. When they returned from outing and still didn't see her they reported.

So YOU say. They left her on the beach. They left her to take a daylong boat cruise. They left her on the island and went home. Oh but they did have her phone

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Unless the friends thought it was totally normal behavior for this girl to F random guys and not come home. Is that it?

That’s why the girls should have given background info. They would have said there’s no way or they would have had a clue as to her intentions or state of mind. And before incessant pp comes and says “maybe they did” — the point is we’ve heard nothing from them and their pov would be informative if not helpful.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why people are blaming the guy, and her friends, for not keeping close track of her (as if she were a child)- particularly when they too, were all drinking.

It was very very common in college for one of us to “go home with a guy” or “crash somewhere else” or whatever. In the AM people were either sleeping in, or had places to be. A person would not necessarily be missed until afternoon at the earliest. Which seemed to be the case here.

Now many could say “how terrible, so irresponsible!” and they would not be wrong. It IS irresponsible. And dangerous! But it is not uncommon behavior among partying college kids at all. Particularly if this activity is in a confined space like a college campus or resort (as opposed to going out to clubs etc or somewhere more unusual).

I think it is very understandable (and very believable) that no one realized she was missing until later in the day. They all thought she was with others and/or sleeping, and this would not really be considered unusual college behavior.

Yes but I think posters think the friends could have made sure she was definitely not going on the excursion (someone said Venmo history was released and she had Venmo her friend for the outing). When they heard the young man had not returned (not sure if that part matches timeline), they could have assumed that she was still with him.

I cannot imagine a scenario in which I do not check in with my friend to confirm she’s OK when she has spent multiple hours with a man She has only just met especially when she’s paid a large sum to go on this excursion. Nothing flagged in her friends heads that something was odd or off that she was hooking up with some random guy And missing out on the excursion?

You? Me? Yes of course. But them? They are foolish college girls, presumably running on a few hours sleep and probably very hungover. And didn’t want to miss the excursion they paid for, either. Odds are they woke up not long before the scheduled pickup time (not leaving a lot of extra time to search for their friend) and assumed she was with him and probably sleeping for a hangover. They had her phone so they couldn’t check with her to confirm. So they decided to go on the excursion (rather than be out $) and assumed she’d be there when they returned.

Per Ribe, her friend texted Carter Johnson looking for her. Since Ribe was not back at that point, they and CJ likely believed they were together. When Ribe returned alone and heard that the girl he says he had not seen for hours had not returned, at 10am he at least knew she was missing. We don’t know what he told CJ since he did not answer that LE question. We know he did not communicate that to friends, resort or LE. Friends had to deduce she was missing when returned at 4.

Why? Who benefits from delayed search? What was in his pocket that was not a phone or key?

All the detail about his arm on her neck could be trying to get a story out if she is found with bruising on her throat.

Why didnt CJ tell anyone she was missing at that point either? Would't both him and Ribe know at the same time she hadn't returned?

They barely knew the girl, and had just met her the night before. It really wasn’t their responsibility. When someone is missing for just a few hours, it is very likely they will turn up. Even if they’d reported it to the hotel (“hey this girl is kind of missing? Haven’t seen her in a few hours. Her name is sudisa or something like that? No, I don’t know her last name. No, I don’t know her room number? Her friends are on a boat excursion and don’t have cell service). You really think the hotel was going to take that seriously or start some type of official search? Especially as reported by guys that are still likely drunk from the night before? I doubt it.

Easy to claim that, we can’t know what the resort would have done because they were not provided with information. Nor were her friends.

It looks suspicious, esp in light of his detailed heroics just hours before.

Had he reported at 10am would look a lot better for him.

YOU don't know what the girls knew, what they reported or what they did. Except have possession of Sudiksha's phone, leave her alone on red flag beach with drunk dude at 5am, go on a tour for the day and then fly home.

We know what Ribe told LE about it. And we know he did not ever report. We know the friends reported at 4 when they got back and she was still missing. Had Ribe or CJ told them Ribe was back alone and had not seen her for hours before that, it likely would have been reported.

Perhaps Ribe thought the longest possible delay would allow her body to float further out and give him time to make up his story. And perhaps hide whatever he was clutching in his pocket that was not a phone or room key.

Wait - the girls reported Sudiksha missing at 4am when they got back from the beach? Well the least the could have done.

4 PM Thursday obviously. They were with her at the 4 AM hour Thursday.

You'd assume they report a friend missing before the rest of them took a day trip, and leaving her alone again, no?

Perhaps you didnt read repeatedly posted comments above. It seems the friends did try to figure out if she may still have been with the guy before they left for the outing. Apparently the young man's friend replied young man (Riibe) hadn't returned. So the friends assumed she may be with him. Maybe they looked around too for her, don't know. When they returned from outing and still didn't see her they reported.

So YOU say. They left her on the beach. They left her to take a daylong boat cruise. They left her on the island and went home. Oh but they did have her phone

+1

Unless the friends thought it was totally normal behavior for this girl to F random guys and not come home. Is that it?

That’s why the girls should have given background info. They would have said there’s no way or they would have had a clue as to her intentions or state of mind. And before incessant pp comes and says “maybe they did” — the point is we’ve heard nothing from them and their pov would be informative if not helpful.

LE heard plenty from them. Sadly you are not their chain of command for them
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Come and report it to you. So shut up and stop speculating.

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4:15am young woman and group spotted on security video going towards beach.
4:50am last time reported her being seen on beach, according to a flyer on Instagram.
5:55am video of 5 women and 1 man leaving beach.
9:55am video of man believed to have stayed behind with young woman seen leaving beach.
4pm young women's traveling companions reported her missing.

If above timeline is most updated and is correct, according to online news either abc or fox etc., there was over an hour and half (100 minutes) when all friends- women and one man - were on the beach 4:15am -5:55am with Konanki and Ribe. And that she was last seen on beach at 4:50am at the time when friends and the other man (plus Ribe) were still on beach. The friends and other man didn't see her between 4:50am and 5:55am (65min)? Did they assume she was hanging out with Ribe in water or outside of water in dark? Did they leave without seeing her between 4:50am and 5:55am just taking her phone??

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This thread has come down to blaming the victim. How progressive!

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why people are blaming the guy, and her friends, for not keeping close track of her (as if she were a child)- particularly when they too, were all drinking.

It was very very common in college for one of us to “go home with a guy” or “crash somewhere else” or whatever. In the AM people were either sleeping in, or had places to be. A person would not necessarily be missed until afternoon at the earliest. Which seemed to be the case here.

Now many could say “how terrible, so irresponsible!” and they would not be wrong. It IS irresponsible. And dangerous! But it is not uncommon behavior among partying college kids at all. Particularly if this activity is in a confined space like a college campus or resort (as opposed to going out to clubs etc or somewhere more unusual).

I think it is very understandable (and very believable) that no one realized she was missing until later in the day. They all thought she was with others and/or sleeping, and this would not really be considered unusual college behavior.

Yes but I think posters think the friends could have made sure she was definitely not going on the excursion (someone said Venmo history was released and she had Venmo her friend for the outing). When they heard the young man had not returned (not sure if that part matches timeline), they could have assumed that she was still with him.

I cannot imagine a scenario in which I do not check in with my friend to confirm she’s OK when she has spent multiple hours with a man She has only just met especially when she’s paid a large sum to go on this excursion. Nothing flagged in her friends heads that something was odd or off that she was hooking up with some random guy And missing out on the excursion?

You? Me? Yes of course. But them? They are foolish college girls, presumably running on a few hours sleep and probably very hungover. And didn’t want to miss the excursion they paid for, either. Odds are they woke up not long before the scheduled pickup time (not leaving a lot of extra time to search for their friend) and assumed she was with him and probably sleeping for a hangover. They had her phone so they couldn’t check with her to confirm. So they decided to go on the excursion (rather than be out $) and assumed she’d be there when they returned.

Per Ribe, her friend texted Carter Johnson looking for her. Since Ribe was not back at that point, they and CJ likely believed they were together. When Ribe returned alone and heard that the girl he says he had not seen for hours had not returned, at 10am he at least knew she was missing. We don’t know what he told CJ since he did not answer that LE question. We know he did not communicate that to friends, resort or LE. Friends had to deduce she was missing when returned at 4.

Why? Who benefits from delayed search? What was in his pocket that was not a phone or key?

All the detail about his arm on her neck could be trying to get a story out if she is found with bruising on her throat.

Why didnt CJ tell anyone she was missing at that point either? Would't both him and Ribe know at the same time she hadn't returned?

They barely knew the girl, and had just met her the night before. It really wasn’t their responsibility. When someone is missing for just a few hours, it is very likely they will turn up. Even if they’d reported it to the hotel (“hey this girl is kind of missing? Haven’t seen her in a few hours. Her name is sudisa or something like that? No, I don’t know her last name. No, I don’t know her room number? Her friends are on a boat excursion and don’t have cell service). You really think the hotel was going to take that seriously or start some type of official search? Especially as reported by guys that are still likely drunk from the night before? I doubt it.

Easy to claim that, we can’t know what the resort would have done because they were not provided with information. Nor were her friends.

It looks suspicious, esp in light of his detailed heroics just hours before.

Had he reported at 10am would look a lot better for him.

YOU don't know what the girls knew, what they reported or what they did. Except have possession of Sudiksha's phone, leave her alone on red flag beach with drunk dude at 5am, go on a tour for the day and then fly home.

We know what Ribe told LE about it. And we know he did not ever report. We know the friends reported at 4 when they got back and she was still missing. Had Ribe or CJ told them Ribe was back alone and had not seen her for hours before that, it likely would have been reported.

Perhaps Ribe thought the longest possible delay would allow her body to float further out and give him time to make up his story. And perhaps hide whatever he was clutching in his pocket that was not a phone or room key.

Wait - the girls reported Sudiksha missing at 4am when they got back from the beach? Well the least the could have done.

4 PM Thursday obviously. They were with her at the 4 AM hour Thursday.

You'd assume they report a friend missing before the rest of them took a day trip, and leaving her alone again, no?

Perhaps you didnt read repeatedly posted comments above. It seems the friends did try to figure out if she may still have been with the guy before they left for the outing. Apparently the young man's friend replied young man (Riibe) hadn't returned. So the friends assumed she may be with him. Maybe they looked around too for her, don't know. When they returned from outing and still didn't see her they reported.

So YOU say. They left her on the beach. They left her to take a daylong boat cruise. They left her on the island and went home. Oh but they did have her phone

+1

Unless the friends thought it was totally normal behavior for this girl to F random guys and not come home. Is that it?

That’s why the girls should have given background info. They would have said there’s no way or they would have had a clue as to her intentions or state of mind. And before incessant pp comes and says “maybe they did” — the point is we’ve heard nothing from them and their pov would be informative if not helpful.

We are hearing about Riibe from his community. There is nothing about Sudiksha from her community, school friends, college friends etc., not just the 5 friends who went on the vacation - where is the outrage? At this point, I have no idea what sort of person she is.

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Anonymous wrote:To all the people suffering from victim complex that a poor American citizen is being detained and there are forces conspiring against him. The FBI and the Indian law-enforcement are there on an advisory role and support role. Do you think US law enforcement will sit there idle while some supposedly powerful forces are trying to influence the investigation and framing a US citizen. US LE is much more influential than DR or Indian law-enforcement A life seems to be lost here and another life is facing serious scrutiny and possibly some serious consequences. My heat goes out to the family who possibly lost their child and have no answers and are grieving helplessly. Let the DR Law enforcement to his investigation and come to its conclusions that does not make this about racism here. Think about it what if it was your daughter would you still be making these arguments?

All well and good. We do not detain people "while the investigation plays out." If there's not a case to charge him, we demand his release not because of what we think but because US citizens are entitled to a presumption of innocence. That's not an emotional response.

You are an idiot. That right of the presumption of innocence is for people (not just citizens) IN the United States. What rights you may have in the US are irrelevant in the DR. Being a US citizen confers no special status overseas.

Again, the US does this all the time for US citizens held abroad.

No. They don't. There are thousands of citizens being held abroad. They get involved when it serves some other US government purpose. The State Department is NOT there for you.

For whatever reasons, this case is gaining worldwide attention and making the US look like bumbling fools who don’t mind a “sh%thole” country (trump’s characterization) trampling all over the civil liberties of a US citizen. It’s low-hanging fruit for trump to tap out a demand on his sm — doesn’t he want to look STRONG? Instead he looks like a weakling.

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Anonymous wrote:This thread has come down to blaming the victim. How progressive!

Mostly asking what all the girlfriends have to say. And that US citizens should not be detained to “let the investigation play out”.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why people are blaming the guy, and her friends, for not keeping close track of her (as if she were a child)- particularly when they too, were all drinking.

It was very very common in college for one of us to “go home with a guy” or “crash somewhere else” or whatever. In the AM people were either sleeping in, or had places to be. A person would not necessarily be missed until afternoon at the earliest. Which seemed to be the case here.

Now many could say “how terrible, so irresponsible!” and they would not be wrong. It IS irresponsible. And dangerous! But it is not uncommon behavior among partying college kids at all. Particularly if this activity is in a confined space like a college campus or resort (as opposed to going out to clubs etc or somewhere more unusual).

I think it is very understandable (and very believable) that no one realized she was missing until later in the day. They all thought she was with others and/or sleeping, and this would not really be considered unusual college behavior.

Yes but I think posters think the friends could have made sure she was definitely not going on the excursion (someone said Venmo history was released and she had Venmo her friend for the outing). When they heard the young man had not returned (not sure if that part matches timeline), they could have assumed that she was still with him.

I cannot imagine a scenario in which I do not check in with my friend to confirm she’s OK when she has spent multiple hours with a man She has only just met especially when she’s paid a large sum to go on this excursion. Nothing flagged in her friends heads that something was odd or off that she was hooking up with some random guy And missing out on the excursion?

You? Me? Yes of course. But them? They are foolish college girls, presumably running on a few hours sleep and probably very hungover. And didn’t want to miss the excursion they paid for, either. Odds are they woke up not long before the scheduled pickup time (not leaving a lot of extra time to search for their friend) and assumed she was with him and probably sleeping for a hangover. They had her phone so they couldn’t check with her to confirm. So they decided to go on the excursion (rather than be out $) and assumed she’d be there when they returned.

Per Ribe, her friend texted Carter Johnson looking for her. Since Ribe was not back at that point, they and CJ likely believed they were together. When Ribe returned alone and heard that the girl he says he had not seen for hours had not returned, at 10am he at least knew she was missing. We don’t know what he told CJ since he did not answer that LE question. We know he did not communicate that to friends, resort or LE. Friends had to deduce she was missing when returned at 4.

Why? Who benefits from delayed search? What was in his pocket that was not a phone or key?

All the detail about his arm on her neck could be trying to get a story out if she is found with bruising on her throat.

Why didnt CJ tell anyone she was missing at that point either? Would't both him and Ribe know at the same time she hadn't returned?

They barely knew the girl, and had just met her the night before. It really wasn’t their responsibility. When someone is missing for just a few hours, it is very likely they will turn up. Even if they’d reported it to the hotel (“hey this girl is kind of missing? Haven’t seen her in a few hours. Her name is sudisa or something like that? No, I don’t know her last name. No, I don’t know her room number? Her friends are on a boat excursion and don’t have cell service). You really think the hotel was going to take that seriously or start some type of official search? Especially as reported by guys that are still likely drunk from the night before? I doubt it.

Easy to claim that, we can’t know what the resort would have done because they were not provided with information. Nor were her friends.

It looks suspicious, esp in light of his detailed heroics just hours before.

Had he reported at 10am would look a lot better for him.

YOU don't know what the girls knew, what they reported or what they did. Except have possession of Sudiksha's phone, leave her alone on red flag beach with drunk dude at 5am, go on a tour for the day and then fly home.

We know what Ribe told LE about it. And we know he did not ever report. We know the friends reported at 4 when they got back and she was still missing. Had Ribe or CJ told them Ribe was back alone and had not seen her for hours before that, it likely would have been reported.

Perhaps Ribe thought the longest possible delay would allow her body to float further out and give him time to make up his story. And perhaps hide whatever he was clutching in his pocket that was not a phone or room key.

Wait - the girls reported Sudiksha missing at 4am when they got back from the beach? Well the least the could have done.

4 PM Thursday obviously. They were with her at the 4 AM hour Thursday.

You'd assume they report a friend missing before the rest of them took a day trip, and leaving her alone again, no?

Perhaps you didnt read repeatedly posted comments above. It seems the friends did try to figure out if she may still have been with the guy before they left for the outing. Apparently the young man's friend replied young man (Riibe) hadn't returned. So the friends assumed she may be with him. Maybe they looked around too for her, don't know. When they returned from outing and still didn't see her they reported.

So YOU say. They left her on the beach. They left her to take a daylong boat cruise. They left her on the island and went home. Oh but they did have her phone

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Unless the friends thought it was totally normal behavior for this girl to F random guys and not come home. Is that it?

just listen to yourself talking you are talking about a girl who lost her life and is potentially victim of a crime. How can you stoop so low.

+1mil. Prayers to her family and anyone affected.

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Anonymous wrote:4:15am young woman and group spotted on security video going towards beach.
4:50am last time reported her being seen on beach, according to a flyer on Instagram.
5:55am video of 5 women and 1 man leaving beach.
9:55am video of man believed to have stayed behind with young woman seen leaving beach.
4pm young women's traveling companions reported her missing.

If above timeline is most updated and is correct, according to online news either abc or fox etc., there was over an hour and half (100 minutes) when all friends- women and one man - were on the beach 4:15am -5:55am with Konanki and Ribe. And that she was last seen on beach at 4:50am at the time when friends and the other man (plus Ribe) were still on beach. The friends and other man didn't see her between 4:50am and 5:55am (65min)? Did they assume she was hanging out with Ribe in water or outside of water in dark? Did they leave without seeing her between 4:50am and 5:55am just taking her phone??

Why did the friends take her phone with them? Did she give it to them? If she did then the timeline doesn’t add up.

Maybe she was walking along the shore with Riibe when her friends left? Maybe they were making out. In any case, why did she need to give her phone to her friends?

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why people are blaming the guy, and her friends, for not keeping close track of her (as if she were a child)- particularly when they too, were all drinking.

It was very very common in college for one of us to “go home with a guy” or “crash somewhere else” or whatever. In the AM people were either sleeping in, or had places to be. A person would not necessarily be missed until afternoon at the earliest. Which seemed to be the case here.

Now many could say “how terrible, so irresponsible!” and they would not be wrong. It IS irresponsible. And dangerous! But it is not uncommon behavior among partying college kids at all. Particularly if this activity is in a confined space like a college campus or resort (as opposed to going out to clubs etc or somewhere more unusual).

I think it is very understandable (and very believable) that no one realized she was missing until later in the day. They all thought she was with others and/or sleeping, and this would not really be considered unusual college behavior.

Yes but I think posters think the friends could have made sure she was definitely not going on the excursion (someone said Venmo history was released and she had Venmo her friend for the outing). When they heard the young man had not returned (not sure if that part matches timeline), they could have assumed that she was still with him.

I cannot imagine a scenario in which I do not check in with my friend to confirm she’s OK when she has spent multiple hours with a man She has only just met especially when she’s paid a large sum to go on this excursion. Nothing flagged in her friends heads that something was odd or off that she was hooking up with some random guy And missing out on the excursion?

You? Me? Yes of course. But them? They are foolish college girls, presumably running on a few hours sleep and probably very hungover. And didn’t want to miss the excursion they paid for, either. Odds are they woke up not long before the scheduled pickup time (not leaving a lot of extra time to search for their friend) and assumed she was with him and probably sleeping for a hangover. They had her phone so they couldn’t check with her to confirm. So they decided to go on the excursion (rather than be out $) and assumed she’d be there when they returned.

Per Ribe, her friend texted Carter Johnson looking for her. Since Ribe was not back at that point, they and CJ likely believed they were together. When Ribe returned alone and heard that the girl he says he had not seen for hours had not returned, at 10am he at least knew she was missing. We don’t know what he told CJ since he did not answer that LE question. We know he did not communicate that to friends, resort or LE. Friends had to deduce she was missing when returned at 4.

Why? Who benefits from delayed search? What was in his pocket that was not a phone or key?

All the detail about his arm on her neck could be trying to get a story out if she is found with bruising on her throat.

Why didnt CJ tell anyone she was missing at that point either? Would't both him and Ribe know at the same time she hadn't returned?

They barely knew the girl, and had just met her the night before. It really wasn’t their responsibility. When someone is missing for just a few hours, it is very likely they will turn up. Even if they’d reported it to the hotel (“hey this girl is kind of missing? Haven’t seen her in a few hours. Her name is sudisa or something like that? No, I don’t know her last name. No, I don’t know her room number? Her friends are on a boat excursion and don’t have cell service). You really think the hotel was going to take that seriously or start some type of official search? Especially as reported by guys that are still likely drunk from the night before? I doubt it.

Easy to claim that, we can’t know what the resort would have done because they were not provided with information. Nor were her friends.

It looks suspicious, esp in light of his detailed heroics just hours before.

Had he reported at 10am would look a lot better for him.

YOU don't know what the girls knew, what they reported or what they did. Except have possession of Sudiksha's phone, leave her alone on red flag beach with drunk dude at 5am, go on a tour for the day and then fly home.

We know what Ribe told LE about it. And we know he did not ever report. We know the friends reported at 4 when they got back and she was still missing. Had Ribe or CJ told them Ribe was back alone and had not seen her for hours before that, it likely would have been reported.

Perhaps Ribe thought the longest possible delay would allow her body to float further out and give him time to make up his story. And perhaps hide whatever he was clutching in his pocket that was not a phone or room key.

Wait - the girls reported Sudiksha missing at 4am when they got back from the beach? Well the least the could have done.

4 PM Thursday obviously. They were with her at the 4 AM hour Thursday.

You'd assume they report a friend missing before the rest of them took a day trip, and leaving her alone again, no?

Perhaps you didnt read repeatedly posted comments above. It seems the friends did try to figure out if she may still have been with the guy before they left for the outing. Apparently the young man's friend replied young man (Riibe) hadn't returned. So the friends assumed she may be with him. Maybe they looked around too for her, don't know. When they returned from outing and still didn't see her they reported.

So YOU say. They left her on the beach. They left her to take a daylong boat cruise. They left her on the island and went home. Oh but they did have her phone

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Unless the friends thought it was totally normal behavior for this girl to F random guys and not come home. Is that it?

That’s why the girls should have given background info. They would have said there’s no way or they would have had a clue as to her intentions or state of mind. And before incessant pp comes and says “maybe they did” — the point is we’ve heard nothing from them and their pov would be informative if not helpful.

We are hearing about Riibe from his community. There is nothing about Sudiksha from her community, school friends, college friends etc., not just the 5 friends who went on the vacation - where is the outrage? At this point, I have no idea what sort of person she is.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why people are blaming the guy, and her friends, for not keeping close track of her (as if she were a child)- particularly when they too, were all drinking.

It was very very common in college for one of us to “go home with a guy” or “crash somewhere else” or whatever. In the AM people were either sleeping in, or had places to be. A person would not necessarily be missed until afternoon at the earliest. Which seemed to be the case here.

Now many could say “how terrible, so irresponsible!” and they would not be wrong. It IS irresponsible. And dangerous! But it is not uncommon behavior among partying college kids at all. Particularly if this activity is in a confined space like a college campus or resort (as opposed to going out to clubs etc or somewhere more unusual).

I think it is very understandable (and very believable) that no one realized she was missing until later in the day. They all thought she was with others and/or sleeping, and this would not really be considered unusual college behavior.

Yes but I think posters think the friends could have made sure she was definitely not going on the excursion (someone said Venmo history was released and she had Venmo her friend for the outing). When they heard the young man had not returned (not sure if that part matches timeline), they could have assumed that she was still with him.

I cannot imagine a scenario in which I do not check in with my friend to confirm she’s OK when she has spent multiple hours with a man She has only just met especially when she’s paid a large sum to go on this excursion. Nothing flagged in her friends heads that something was odd or off that she was hooking up with some random guy And missing out on the excursion?

You? Me? Yes of course. But them? They are foolish college girls, presumably running on a few hours sleep and probably very hungover. And didn’t want to miss the excursion they paid for, either. Odds are they woke up not long before the scheduled pickup time (not leaving a lot of extra time to search for their friend) and assumed she was with him and probably sleeping for a hangover. They had her phone so they couldn’t check with her to confirm. So they decided to go on the excursion (rather than be out $) and assumed she’d be there when they returned.

Per Ribe, her friend texted Carter Johnson looking for her. Since Ribe was not back at that point, they and CJ likely believed they were together. When Ribe returned alone and heard that the girl he says he had not seen for hours had not returned, at 10am he at least knew she was missing. We don’t know what he told CJ since he did not answer that LE question. We know he did not communicate that to friends, resort or LE. Friends had to deduce she was missing when returned at 4.

Why? Who benefits from delayed search? What was in his pocket that was not a phone or key?

All the detail about his arm on her neck could be trying to get a story out if she is found with bruising on her throat.

Why didnt CJ tell anyone she was missing at that point either? Would't both him and Ribe know at the same time she hadn't returned?

They barely knew the girl, and had just met her the night before. It really wasn’t their responsibility. When someone is missing for just a few hours, it is very likely they will turn up. Even if they’d reported it to the hotel (“hey this girl is kind of missing? Haven’t seen her in a few hours. Her name is sudisa or something like that? No, I don’t know her last name. No, I don’t know her room number? Her friends are on a boat excursion and don’t have cell service). You really think the hotel was going to take that seriously or start some type of official search? Especially as reported by guys that are still likely drunk from the night before? I doubt it.

Easy to claim that, we can’t know what the resort would have done because they were not provided with information. Nor were her friends.

It looks suspicious, esp in light of his detailed heroics just hours before.

Had he reported at 10am would look a lot better for him.

YOU don't know what the girls knew, what they reported or what they did. Except have possession of Sudiksha's phone, leave her alone on red flag beach with drunk dude at 5am, go on a tour for the day and then fly home.

We know what Ribe told LE about it. And we know he did not ever report. We know the friends reported at 4 when they got back and she was still missing. Had Ribe or CJ told them Ribe was back alone and had not seen her for hours before that, it likely would have been reported.

Perhaps Ribe thought the longest possible delay would allow her body to float further out and give him time to make up his story. And perhaps hide whatever he was clutching in his pocket that was not a phone or room key.

Wait - the girls reported Sudiksha missing at 4am when they got back from the beach? Well the least the could have done.

4 PM Thursday obviously. They were with her at the 4 AM hour Thursday.

You'd assume they report a friend missing before the rest of them took a day trip, and leaving her alone again, no?

Perhaps you didnt read repeatedly posted comments above. It seems the friends did try to figure out if she may still have been with the guy before they left for the outing. Apparently the young man's friend replied young man (Riibe) hadn't returned. So the friends assumed she may be with him. Maybe they looked around too for her, don't know. When they returned from outing and still didn't see her they reported.

So YOU say. They left her on the beach. They left her to take a daylong boat cruise. They left her on the island and went home. Oh but they did have her phone

+1

Unless the friends thought it was totally normal behavior for this girl to F random guys and not come home. Is that it?

That’s why the girls should have given background info. They would have said there’s no way or they would have had a clue as to her intentions or state of mind. And before incessant pp comes and says “maybe they did” — the point is we’ve heard nothing from them and their pov would be informative if not helpful.

LE heard plenty from them. Sadly you are not their chain of command for them
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Come and report it to you. So shut up and stop speculating.

So says the poster who has repeatedly explained to us what the girls said and what they assumed and what is reasonable activity and fully excuses their behavior take girl’s phone and to go on a boat day trip without their friend. But also has an entire murder scenario too.

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Anonymous wrote:4:15am young woman and group spotted on security video going towards beach.
4:50am last time reported her being seen on beach, according to a flyer on Instagram.
5:55am video of 5 women and 1 man leaving beach.
9:55am video of man believed to have stayed behind with young woman seen leaving beach.
4pm young women's traveling companions reported her missing.

If above timeline is most updated and is correct, according to online news either abc or fox etc., there was over an hour and half (100 minutes) when all friends- women and one man - were on the beach 4:15am -5:55am with Konanki and Ribe. And that she was last seen on beach at 4:50am at the time when friends and the other man (plus Ribe) were still on beach. The friends and other man didn't see her between 4:50am and 5:55am (65min)? Did they assume she was hanging out with Ribe in water or outside of water in dark? Did they leave without seeing her between 4:50am and 5:55am just taking her phone??

I believe they adjusted the timeline that the friends and 1 man left the beach at 4:55, not 5:55 - at the same time as they last saw her.

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Anonymous wrote:To all the people suffering from victim complex that a poor American citizen is being detained and there are forces conspiring against him. The FBI and the Indian law-enforcement are there on an advisory role and support role. Do you think US law enforcement will sit there idle while some supposedly powerful forces are trying to influence the investigation and framing a US citizen. US LE is much more influential than DR or Indian law-enforcement A life seems to be lost here and another life is facing serious scrutiny and possibly some serious consequences. My heat goes out to the family who possibly lost their child and have no answers and are grieving helplessly. Let the DR Law enforcement to his investigation and come to its conclusions that does not make this about racism here. Think about it what if it was your daughter would you still be making these arguments?

All well and good. We do not detain people "while the investigation plays out." If there's not a case to charge him, we demand his release not because of what we think but because US citizens are entitled to a presumption of innocence. That's not an emotional response.

You are an idiot. That right of the presumption of innocence is for people (not just citizens) IN the United States. What rights you may have in the US are irrelevant in the DR. Being a US citizen confers no special status overseas.

Again, the US does this all the time for US citizens held abroad.

No. They don't. There are thousands of citizens being held abroad. They get involved when it serves some other US government purpose. The State Department is NOT there for you.

For whatever reasons, this case is gaining worldwide attention and making the US look like bumbling fools who don’t mind a “sh%thole” country (trump’s characterization) trampling all over the civil liberties of a US citizen. It’s low-hanging fruit for trump to tap out a demand on his sm — doesn’t he want to look STRONG? Instead he looks like a weakling.

DP. Call Musk.