Missing college student in the Dominican Republic from Ashburn

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Anonymous wrote:She was drinking. They all were drinking. Zero hint of any drugs except for on this page, coming from women who need a pill or two.

It's truly impressive how some people can turn a tragic event into an opportunity to shame victims rather than seek understanding. Drinking doesn't erase the need for accountability, and the only pill here should be a dose of common sense. If you spent half as much energy on empathy as you do on making excuses, maybe we'd all be a little better off

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:She was drinking. They all were drinking. Zero hint of any drugs except for on this page, coming from women who need a pill or two.

It's truly impressive how some people can turn a tragic event into an opportunity to shame victims rather than seek understanding. Drinking doesn't erase the need for accountability, and the only pill here should be a dose of common sense. If you spent half as much energy on empathy as you do on making excuses, maybe we'd all be a little better off

Since both victims were drinking, both victims deserve empathy. Since we can't give it to her, we give sympathy to her family.

Zero excuses.

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Anonymous wrote:When I went out with my girlfriends in college we always had a pact to watch each other’s backs and we all left together. Always. Period. And that was before cellphones!

I can’t imagine letting my girlfriend get blackout throw-up drunk and letting her leave with a man we just met. And then shrugging off that she was missing the next morning? No, just no. Those are terrible friends.

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And seems like really weird behavior since “friends of the friends“ say they’re all “nice good girls“. Nice good girls would be alarmed if their friend were unable to be found after last being seen with a stranger on a beach at 5 AM. They certainly would not go off on a boat excursion because her friends behavior would be uncharacteristic.

Those girls made some bad decisions and choices. They will live with it for the rest of their lives. We all know that . They didn’t have anything to do with Sudiksha’s disappearance.

They did absolutely nothing to help find her. If they’d all acted more prudently, this incident would never have happened. Many bad choices.

Lies, reporting her missing to resort and contacting her family is not nothing. It was JR and CJ who did nothing.

His failure to alert resort at 10am or before is all the more curious given his claimed heroic actions and risking of his own life. Hmmmm.

There is nothing suspicious about the boys' behavior towards a literal stranger. Their behavior matches their recounting of what happened and all the evidence supports what they said happened AND what the friends said happened.

I bet you think its fine that her very close friends just hopped on a plane the next day after their friend disappeared.

Her friends are either sociopaths or she wasn’t actually their friend at all, she was just a late addition hanger-on to help off-set a group rate.

One of her friends on the trip went to TJ with her.

There are 2,000 kids at TJ, doesn’t mean they’re genuine friends.

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Anonymous wrote:When did the friends leave the DR? What day?

No one knows. Because no one asked and no one told. But like every US college week long spring break, assume they left soon after they last saw Sudiksha (Thursday).

So she disappeared on Thursday and they just flew off on Friday or Saturday ?

What would you do if your kid was one of the friends?

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I’d hang my head in shame, wondering where did I go wrong, to raise a girl who failed to learn every safety lesson I ever tried to teach.

Two things can happen at the same time, you can do all of the self shaming and want to kill your kid for not listening to you, while also getting the kid out of a third world country. Who knows, maybe the DR police hate Indian women and the Ribe family slipped them $10k and now your kid is at fault. Why stick around to see how it plays out?

The whole group of friends were Indian women?

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OK, the unhinged Indian lady rants make a lot more sense now.

They apparently checked out and flew home within a day of their friend disappearing.

It’s easy to assume the worst when we don’t have all the details, but we should be cautious before placing blame on the friends or making generalizations. We don’t know the exact timeline or circumstances of when they left the DR, and without that information, it’s hard to make any definitive conclusions.

This is an incredibly tragic situation, and we should focus on supporting efforts to find Sudiksha and bring clarity to what happened.

yes, we should be respectful and not rush to judgment except that we don't know that these girls actually consumed alcohol at the bar for hours, sure it was ok to leave their friend at the beach, off to the day trip and off the island without her and that hulking bruiser definitely spiked her drink, killed her and disposed of her body, may he rot in hell. Please don't assume the worst, let's support these young people.

Oh, absolutely! Let's keep it all in perspective. Who needs facts or evidence when we can just fill in the blanks with whatever makes us feel most comfortable? I mean, it’s totally reasonable to assume that leaving a friend behind on a beach after hours of drinking and then hopping on a day trip without her is just standard friendship behavior. And as for the hulking bruiser – clearly, he’s the only logical explanation here. Who needs a thoughtful investigation when we can jump straight to conclusions? Let's definitely focus on supporting these young people – especially the ones who might need a refresher on how to be responsible.

[Anonymous]

The boy too is now a victim — of a witch-hunt by racists and trolls and celibate women who binge watch too many hysteric crime thrillers and podcasts.

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Anonymous wrote:When I went out with my girlfriends in college we always had a pact to watch each other’s backs and we all left together. Always. Period. And that was before cellphones!

I can’t imagine letting my girlfriend get blackout throw-up drunk and letting her leave with a man we just met. And then shrugging off that she was missing the next morning? No, just no. Those are terrible friends.

Agree. The recent videos show she was in no position to consent. That is when friends take you home. And when real men take you home instead of trying to get some action (technically it is rape).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She was drinking. They all were drinking. Zero hint of any drugs except for on this page, coming from women who need a pill or two.

It’s not uncommon in DR resorts, many accounts have been posted in the thread. Educate yourself as to possibilities.

There were rumors about a resort bartender. It’s notable that only SK and JR are observed vomiting. Could be others did but vid was too short or it’s possible something was slipped into their drinks. This was discussed upthread, you appear not to have read.

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Natalee Holloway 2025

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Anonymous wrote:She was drinking. They all were drinking. Zero hint of any drugs except for on this page, coming from women who need a pill or two.

It's truly impressive how some people can turn a tragic event into an opportunity to shame victims rather than seek understanding. Drinking doesn't erase the need for accountability, and the only pill here should be a dose of common sense. If you spent half as much energy on empathy as you do on making excuses, maybe we'd all be a little better off

Since both victims were drinking, both victims deserve empathy. Since we can't give it to her, we give sympathy to her family.

Zero excuses.

Ah, I see. So now we’re extending empathy to the person under arrest, as if their actions somehow erase the harm caused to others? It’s truly something to witness when people leap straight into victimhood for the suspect while ignoring the very real victims in this situation. If empathy is being offered, it should go to the ones who are no longer here to defend themselves—not to someone who’s being investigated for their role in a tragic event. Maybe the only thing more tragic than what happened is the attempt to make the perpetrator into a victim.

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Anonymous wrote:She was drinking. They all were drinking. Zero hint of any drugs except for on this page, coming from women who need a pill or two.

It's truly impressive how some people can turn a tragic event into an opportunity to shame victims rather than seek understanding. Drinking doesn't erase the need for accountability, and the only pill here should be a dose of common sense. If you spent half as much energy on empathy as you do on making excuses, maybe we'd all be a little better off

For most Americans, pointing out that college students on spring break were drinking has nothing to do with "shaming" them.

Drinking causes people to lose their inhibitions, their balance, the contents if their stomach and their consciousness eventually which is what happened here.

What an odd, odd, odd thing to write. There is nothing "shameful" about college kids partying on spring break.

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Anonymous wrote:When I went out with my girlfriends in college we always had a pact to watch each other’s backs and we all left together. Always. Period. And that was before cellphones!

I can’t imagine letting my girlfriend get blackout throw-up drunk and letting her leave with a man we just met. And then shrugging off that she was missing the next morning? No, just no. Those are terrible friends.

Agree. The recent videos show she was in no position to consent. That is when friends take you home. And when real men take you home instead of trying to get some action (technically it is rape).

He was also in no state to consent to anything she did to him.

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Anonymous wrote:The boy too is now a victim — of a witch-hunt by racists and trolls and celibate women who binge watch too many hysteric crime thrillers and podcasts.

Because the real tragedy here is the "poor boy" who’s now the victim of a witch-hunt, rather than the actual victims involved. Never mind the circumstances or the investigation—let's shift the narrative to the guy who's under arrest. It's truly remarkable how some can twist things to make a suspect the center of sympathy. Maybe if we spent less time watching crime thrillers and more time paying attention to facts and accountability, we'd be in a better place. But hey, at least you're not the one on trial.

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Has that old Indian auntie been on this thread all day?

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Anonymous wrote:She was drinking. They all were drinking. Zero hint of any drugs except for on this page, coming from women who need a pill or two.

It's truly impressive how some people can turn a tragic event into an opportunity to shame victims rather than seek understanding. Drinking doesn't erase the need for accountability, and the only pill here should be a dose of common sense. If you spent half as much energy on empathy as you do on making excuses, maybe we'd all be a little better off

Since both victims were drinking, both victims deserve empathy. Since we can't give it to her, we give sympathy to her family.

Zero excuses.

Ah, I see. So now we’re extending empathy to the person under arrest, as if their actions somehow erase the harm caused to others? It’s truly something to witness when people leap straight into victimhood for the suspect while ignoring the very real victims in this situation. If empathy is being offered, it should go to the ones who are no longer here to defend themselves—not to someone who’s being investigated for their role in a tragic event. Maybe the only thing more tragic than what happened is the attempt to make the perpetrator into a victim.

If genders were reversed and the male disappeared, no one would investigate at all.

Two drunk college kids went swimming in the ocean at night. Only one came out.

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Anonymous wrote:When I went out with my girlfriends in college we always had a pact to watch each other’s backs and we all left together. Always. Period. And that was before cellphones!

I can’t imagine letting my girlfriend get blackout throw-up drunk and letting her leave with a man we just met. And then shrugging off that she was missing the next morning? No, just no. Those are terrible friends.

Agree. The recent videos show she was in no position to consent. That is when friends take you home. And when real men take you home instead of trying to get some action (technically it is rape).

He was also in no state to consent to anything she did to him.

It’s fascinating how quickly some rush to rewrite the narrative when it's convenient. The fact that she’s dead isn’t even enough to stop this revisionist thinking. Consent isn’t about who’s more "out of it," and pretending it is doesn’t just diminish her, it’s an insult to basic decency. Real men protect, they don’t exploit. And anyone using the “he couldn’t consent either” excuse is doing exactly what—making excuses? This isn’t a debate on fairness; it’s about responsibility, and if that’s too hard to grasp, maybe it's time to step back and rethink what being human really means.