Missing college student in the Dominican Republic from Ashburn

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Anonymous wrote:it did not happen on US soil. what more action can her family do? Suiing traveling companions and any people last to have seen her (which includes those same companions and the other young man that was vacationing with POI)? Resort?

Probably the resort and the guy she was with.

The resort will probably settle out of court. The guy will probably fight it. I'm not familiar with the laws in the DR, but most US states have exceptions for drowning cases where bystanders cannot be compelled to enter the water to rescue anyone drowning. And because of that, bystanders cannot be sued or prosecuted for failure to render aide.

Assumption of the risk. A case against Ribe won’t go anywhere.

Not one shred of evidence against him, he was never named a suspect despite intense scrutiny and no deep pockets.

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Anonymous wrote:It would be nice if the parents now hold a press conference here in the U.S., explain carefully to the public that neither the girls NOR the young man are responsible for her drowning. Perhaps they can add the young man went to great lengths to try to be helpful. They should ask the Dominican Republic to release the poor boy so he can go back to his studies.

While it's understandable that in their shock and embarrassment and grief they were suggesting their daughter might have been the victim of trafficking or murder, they need to be cognizant these accusations were picked up by the media to outright accuse the innocent young man. They need to publicly thank him, and offer an apology to him for what the media and the Dominican Republic have put him through.

I realize the parents didn't ask for this and they reacted as loving and horrified parents. But there has to be a certain level of culpability on their part for what this boy has gone through. They need to take steps to help lift the cloud of blame from his good name so that it doesn't follow him for the rest of his life -- just as the Indian community has circled around the girls to protect them from fallout.

I hope that young man acquires an SOB lawyer to go after the Dominican Republic for detaining him illegally, and to go after the media for dragging his good name through the mud. The Indian community did a good job of protecting the girls. Those girls were more culpable than this boy, as they were the friends who had a responsibility to keep tabs on each other. The boy was there to have fun, no more, but he is the one who paid the price.

What I've learned from this incident is that the Dominican Republic has dangerous resorts full of crime. I read an account of a woman who got assaulted by a resort employee. I read of bars that routinely spike drinks. It goes on. This is a freaking dangerous destination.

May this tragedy be a reminder to American college kids that these excursion can turn deadly in a moment. May the girl's soul rest in peace.

Press conference? Geez. They are probably not the reason the POI was detained and remained there so why should they "clear" him?

+1. Circled the wagons and to deflect from their culpability and abandonment, smeared an innocent boy, who probably risked his own life in a futile attempt to save her. The boy is honorable, her "friends" are rubbish.

Her friends are not rubbish. Had they been convinced to stay on the beach, they may have attempted to save her and there would be a lot more drownings. They did nothing wrong.

No need for phantom hypotheticals of some random outside force - we know for certain some things the girls did decide. Five of them walked to the beach from the hotel bar at 4am with an obviously unsteady Sudisksha walking arm-in-arm with a drunk dude they'd just met; the 5 of them left Sudiksha at the red flag beach with treacherous water and took Sudiska's phone with them; with Sudiksha's whereabouts unknown, the 5 of them continued on to their day excursion; and, they all left Sudisksha behind one final time as they left the island to fly home.

Why did they take her phone? Were they bullying her? Taking someone's phone in a strange country and then leaving them alone with a guy? It's very weird. iPhones have been water proof for years now.

It’s been said they brought her phone back to the room so she would appear to be sleeping if her parents checked her location.

Wow! So her friends were not just encouraging her to go hook up with the strange boy, they were complicit in helping her keep it from her parents. Safe bet they were peer-pressuring her to over drink too. Terrible friends. If I were her parents I could never stand to be around them ever again.

These are not friends. And they will be held accountable.

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Anonymous wrote:It would be nice if the parents now hold a press conference here in the U.S., explain carefully to the public that neither the girls NOR the young man are responsible for her drowning. Perhaps they can add the young man went to great lengths to try to be helpful. They should ask the Dominican Republic to release the poor boy so he can go back to his studies.

While it's understandable that in their shock and embarrassment and grief they were suggesting their daughter might have been the victim of trafficking or murder, they need to be cognizant these accusations were picked up by the media to outright accuse the innocent young man. They need to publicly thank him, and offer an apology to him for what the media and the Dominican Republic have put him through.

I realize the parents didn't ask for this and they reacted as loving and horrified parents. But there has to be a certain level of culpability on their part for what this boy has gone through. They need to take steps to help lift the cloud of blame from his good name so that it doesn't follow him for the rest of his life -- just as the Indian community has circled around the girls to protect them from fallout.

I hope that young man acquires an SOB lawyer to go after the Dominican Republic for detaining him illegally, and to go after the media for dragging his good name through the mud. The Indian community did a good job of protecting the girls. Those girls were more culpable than this boy, as they were the friends who had a responsibility to keep tabs on each other. The boy was there to have fun, no more, but he is the one who paid the price.

What I've learned from this incident is that the Dominican Republic has dangerous resorts full of crime. I read an account of a woman who got assaulted by a resort employee. I read of bars that routinely spike drinks. It goes on. This is a freaking dangerous destination.

May this tragedy be a reminder to American college kids that these excursion can turn deadly in a moment. May the girl's soul rest in peace.

Press conference? Geez. They are probably not the reason the POI was detained and remained there so why should they "clear" him?

+1. Circled the wagons and to deflect from their culpability and abandonment, smeared an innocent boy, who probably risked his own life in a futile attempt to save her. The boy is honorable, her "friends" are rubbish.

Her friends are not rubbish. Had they been convinced to stay on the beach, they may have attempted to save her and there would be a lot more drownings. They did nothing wrong.

No need for phantom hypotheticals of some random outside force - we know for certain some things the girls did decide. Five of them walked to the beach from the hotel bar at 4am with an obviously unsteady Sudisksha walking arm-in-arm with a drunk dude they'd just met; the 5 of them left Sudiksha at the red flag beach with treacherous water and took Sudiska's phone with them; with Sudiksha's whereabouts unknown, the 5 of them continued on to their day excursion; and, they all left Sudisksha behind one final time as they left the island to fly home.

Why did they take her phone? Were they bullying her? Taking someone's phone in a strange country and then leaving them alone with a guy? It's very weird. iPhones have been water proof for years now.

Either because the battery was dead or they knew they were going swimming. My guess is the battery was dead

[Anonymous]

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It’s been said they brought her phone back to the room so she would appear to be sleeping if her parents checked her location.

People just made this up out of their asses, stop repeating it as if it had any basis in fact.

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It’s been said they brought her phone back to the room so she would appear to be sleeping if her parents checked her location.

People just made this up out of their asses, stop repeating it as if it had any basis in fact.

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Anonymous wrote:It would be nice if the parents now hold a press conference here in the U.S., explain carefully to the public that neither the girls NOR the young man are responsible for her drowning. Perhaps they can add the young man went to great lengths to try to be helpful. They should ask the Dominican Republic to release the poor boy so he can go back to his studies.

While it's understandable that in their shock and embarrassment and grief they were suggesting their daughter might have been the victim of trafficking or murder, they need to be cognizant these accusations were picked up by the media to outright accuse the innocent young man. They need to publicly thank him, and offer an apology to him for what the media and the Dominican Republic have put him through.

I realize the parents didn't ask for this and they reacted as loving and horrified parents. But there has to be a certain level of culpability on their part for what this boy has gone through. They need to take steps to help lift the cloud of blame from his good name so that it doesn't follow him for the rest of his life -- just as the Indian community has circled around the girls to protect them from fallout.

I hope that young man acquires an SOB lawyer to go after the Dominican Republic for detaining him illegally, and to go after the media for dragging his good name through the mud. The Indian community did a good job of protecting the girls. Those girls were more culpable than this boy, as they were the friends who had a responsibility to keep tabs on each other. The boy was there to have fun, no more, but he is the one who paid the price.

What I've learned from this incident is that the Dominican Republic has dangerous resorts full of crime. I read an account of a woman who got assaulted by a resort employee. I read of bars that routinely spike drinks. It goes on. This is a freaking dangerous destination.

May this tragedy be a reminder to American college kids that these excursion can turn deadly in a moment. May the girl's soul rest in peace.

Press conference? Geez. They are probably not the reason the POI was detained and remained there so why should they "clear" him?

+1. Circled the wagons and to deflect from their culpability and abandonment, smeared an innocent boy, who probably risked his own life in a futile attempt to save her. The boy is honorable, her "friends" are rubbish.

Her friends are not rubbish. Had they been convinced to stay on the beach, they may have attempted to save her and there would be a lot more drownings. They did nothing wrong.

No need for phantom hypotheticals of some random outside force - we know for certain some things the girls did decide. Five of them walked to the beach from the hotel bar at 4am with an obviously unsteady Sudisksha walking arm-in-arm with a drunk dude they'd just met; the 5 of them left Sudiksha at the red flag beach with treacherous water and took Sudiska's phone with them; with Sudiksha's whereabouts unknown, the 5 of them continued on to their day excursion; and, they all left Sudisksha behind one final time as they left the island to fly home.

Why did they take her phone? Were they bullying her? Taking someone's phone in a strange country and then leaving them alone with a guy? It's very weird. iPhones have been water proof for years now.

It’s been said they brought her phone back to the room so she would appear to be sleeping if her parents checked her location.

Wow! So her friends were not just encouraging her to go hook up with the strange boy, they were complicit in helping her keep it from her parents. Safe bet they were peer-pressuring her to over drink too. Terrible friends. If I were her parents I could never stand to be around them ever again.

These are not friends. And they will be held accountable.

You are naive and ridiculous to think grown adults are supposed to keep other adults from making their own decisions.

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Anonymous wrote:It would be nice if the parents now hold a press conference here in the U.S., explain carefully to the public that neither the girls NOR the young man are responsible for her drowning. Perhaps they can add the young man went to great lengths to try to be helpful. They should ask the Dominican Republic to release the poor boy so he can go back to his studies.

While it's understandable that in their shock and embarrassment and grief they were suggesting their daughter might have been the victim of trafficking or murder, they need to be cognizant these accusations were picked up by the media to outright accuse the innocent young man. They need to publicly thank him, and offer an apology to him for what the media and the Dominican Republic have put him through.

I realize the parents didn't ask for this and they reacted as loving and horrified parents. But there has to be a certain level of culpability on their part for what this boy has gone through. They need to take steps to help lift the cloud of blame from his good name so that it doesn't follow him for the rest of his life -- just as the Indian community has circled around the girls to protect them from fallout.

I hope that young man acquires an SOB lawyer to go after the Dominican Republic for detaining him illegally, and to go after the media for dragging his good name through the mud. The Indian community did a good job of protecting the girls. Those girls were more culpable than this boy, as they were the friends who had a responsibility to keep tabs on each other. The boy was there to have fun, no more, but he is the one who paid the price.

What I've learned from this incident is that the Dominican Republic has dangerous resorts full of crime. I read an account of a woman who got assaulted by a resort employee. I read of bars that routinely spike drinks. It goes on. This is a freaking dangerous destination.

May this tragedy be a reminder to American college kids that these excursion can turn deadly in a moment. May the girl's soul rest in peace.

Press conference? Geez. They are probably not the reason the POI was detained and remained there so why should they "clear" him?

+1. Circled the wagons and to deflect from their culpability and abandonment, smeared an innocent boy, who probably risked his own life in a futile attempt to save her. The boy is honorable, her "friends" are rubbish.

Her friends are not rubbish. Had they been convinced to stay on the beach, they may have attempted to save her and there would be a lot more drownings. They did nothing wrong.

No need for phantom hypotheticals of some random outside force - we know for certain some things the girls did decide. Five of them walked to the beach from the hotel bar at 4am with an obviously unsteady Sudisksha walking arm-in-arm with a drunk dude they'd just met; the 5 of them left Sudiksha at the red flag beach with treacherous water and took Sudiska's phone with them; with Sudiksha's whereabouts unknown, the 5 of them continued on to their day excursion; and, they all left Sudisksha behind one final time as they left the island to fly home.

Why did they take her phone? Were they bullying her? Taking someone's phone in a strange country and then leaving them alone with a guy? It's very weird. iPhones have been water proof for years now.

It’s been said they brought her phone back to the room so she would appear to be sleeping if her parents checked her location.

“It’s been said” by DCUM true crime wannabes just throwing out possibilities. We don’t know why because either the authorities never asked the girls or because their statements were nor made public.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yea. Caste system whether you call it that or not exists everywhere

b.s. maybe it does in your head? nothing like that exists even among Indians by and large and not among those who grew up here in US, went to schools and colleges like Sudiksha. Many parents probably don't like this idea of dating someone outside of your ethnicity because of cultural biases and/or they are worried of conforming to some tradition like back home, however I have seen a lot of them get over it after their kids decide to pursue someone different as partner and in a lot of these cases such relationships have endured quite well. I know a few people myself who have done very well, with families getting along well.

Good for you and Indians. Maybe get out of your bubble and look around and read. Caste system is in U.S. system in form of Blacks and others being treated as lower.

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Anonymous wrote:It would be nice if the parents now hold a press conference here in the U.S., explain carefully to the public that neither the girls NOR the young man are responsible for her drowning. Perhaps they can add the young man went to great lengths to try to be helpful. They should ask the Dominican Republic to release the poor boy so he can go back to his studies.

While it's understandable that in their shock and embarrassment and grief they were suggesting their daughter might have been the victim of trafficking or murder, they need to be cognizant these accusations were picked up by the media to outright accuse the innocent young man. They need to publicly thank him, and offer an apology to him for what the media and the Dominican Republic have put him through.

I realize the parents didn't ask for this and they reacted as loving and horrified parents. But there has to be a certain level of culpability on their part for what this boy has gone through. They need to take steps to help lift the cloud of blame from his good name so that it doesn't follow him for the rest of his life -- just as the Indian community has circled around the girls to protect them from fallout.

I hope that young man acquires an SOB lawyer to go after the Dominican Republic for detaining him illegally, and to go after the media for dragging his good name through the mud. The Indian community did a good job of protecting the girls. Those girls were more culpable than this boy, as they were the friends who had a responsibility to keep tabs on each other. The boy was there to have fun, no more, but he is the one who paid the price.

What I've learned from this incident is that the Dominican Republic has dangerous resorts full of crime. I read an account of a woman who got assaulted by a resort employee. I read of bars that routinely spike drinks. It goes on. This is a freaking dangerous destination.

May this tragedy be a reminder to American college kids that these excursion can turn deadly in a moment. May the girl's soul rest in peace.

Press conference? Geez. They are probably not the reason the POI was detained and remained there so why should they "clear" him?

+1. Circled the wagons and to deflect from their culpability and abandonment, smeared an innocent boy, who probably risked his own life in a futile attempt to save her. The boy is honorable, her "friends" are rubbish.

Her friends are not rubbish. Had they been convinced to stay on the beach, they may have attempted to save her and there would be a lot more drownings. They did nothing wrong.

No need for phantom hypotheticals of some random outside force - we know for certain some things the girls did decide. Five of them walked to the beach from the hotel bar at 4am with an obviously unsteady Sudisksha walking arm-in-arm with a drunk dude they'd just met; the 5 of them left Sudiksha at the red flag beach with treacherous water and took Sudiska's phone with them; with Sudiksha's whereabouts unknown, the 5 of them continued on to their day excursion; and, they all left Sudisksha behind one final time as they left the island to fly home.

Why did they take her phone? Were they bullying her? Taking someone's phone in a strange country and then leaving them alone with a guy? It's very weird. iPhones have been water proof for years now.

It’s been said they brought her phone back to the room so she would appear to be sleeping if her parents checked her location.

“It’s been said” by DCUM true crime wannabes just throwing out possibilities. We don’t know why because either the authorities never asked the girls or because their statements were nor made public.

Based on the knowledge that her parents asked the media to stop showing the “staggering” video (to avoid further scrutiny) it is completely plausible that her and her friends were covering for each other WRT Life 360 tracking.

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14:08 but parents know they were at a resort in a foreign country? It could be hotel or beach all part of the area regardless.

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Anonymous wrote:It would be nice if the parents now hold a press conference here in the U.S., explain carefully to the public that neither the girls NOR the young man are responsible for her drowning. Perhaps they can add the young man went to great lengths to try to be helpful. They should ask the Dominican Republic to release the poor boy so he can go back to his studies.

While it's understandable that in their shock and embarrassment and grief they were suggesting their daughter might have been the victim of trafficking or murder, they need to be cognizant these accusations were picked up by the media to outright accuse the innocent young man. They need to publicly thank him, and offer an apology to him for what the media and the Dominican Republic have put him through.

I realize the parents didn't ask for this and they reacted as loving and horrified parents. But there has to be a certain level of culpability on their part for what this boy has gone through. They need to take steps to help lift the cloud of blame from his good name so that it doesn't follow him for the rest of his life -- just as the Indian community has circled around the girls to protect them from fallout.

I hope that young man acquires an SOB lawyer to go after the Dominican Republic for detaining him illegally, and to go after the media for dragging his good name through the mud. The Indian community did a good job of protecting the girls. Those girls were more culpable than this boy, as they were the friends who had a responsibility to keep tabs on each other. The boy was there to have fun, no more, but he is the one who paid the price.

What I've learned from this incident is that the Dominican Republic has dangerous resorts full of crime. I read an account of a woman who got assaulted by a resort employee. I read of bars that routinely spike drinks. It goes on. This is a freaking dangerous destination.

May this tragedy be a reminder to American college kids that these excursion can turn deadly in a moment. May the girl's soul rest in peace.

Press conference? Geez. They are probably not the reason the POI was detained and remained there so why should they "clear" him?

+1. Circled the wagons and to deflect from their culpability and abandonment, smeared an innocent boy, who probably risked his own life in a futile attempt to save her. The boy is honorable, her "friends" are rubbish.

Her friends are not rubbish. Had they been convinced to stay on the beach, they may have attempted to save her and there would be a lot more drownings. They did nothing wrong.

No need for phantom hypotheticals of some random outside force - we know for certain some things the girls did decide. Five of them walked to the beach from the hotel bar at 4am with an obviously unsteady Sudisksha walking arm-in-arm with a drunk dude they'd just met; the 5 of them left Sudiksha at the red flag beach with treacherous water and took Sudiska's phone with them; with Sudiksha's whereabouts unknown, the 5 of them continued on to their day excursion; and, they all left Sudisksha behind one final time as they left the island to fly home.

Why did they take her phone? Were they bullying her? Taking someone's phone in a strange country and then leaving them alone with a guy? It's very weird. iPhones have been water proof for years now.

It’s been said they brought her phone back to the room so she would appear to be sleeping if her parents checked her location.

“It’s been said” by DCUM true crime wannabes just throwing out possibilities. We don’t know why because either the authorities never asked the girls or because their statements were nor made public.

Based on the knowledge that her parents asked the media to stop showing the “staggering” video (to avoid further scrutiny) it is completely plausible that her and her friends were covering for each other WRT Life 360 tracking.

Not saying it isn’t plausible - just saying we don’t know from the people who actually had the phone why they did so. Maybe the women were asked maybe not. We do not know the answer.

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Based on the knowledge that her parents asked the media to stop showing the “staggering” video (to avoid further scrutiny) it is completely plausible that her and her friends were covering for each other WRT Life 360 tracking.

And yet, it is still a completely fabricated supposition that keeps getting repeated as fact on this thread like a bad game of telephone.

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Pp said cell phone signal spotty around beach not be necessarily hers just a general comment

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Anonymous wrote:It would be nice if the parents now hold a press conference here in the U.S., explain carefully to the public that neither the girls NOR the young man are responsible for her drowning. Perhaps they can add the young man went to great lengths to try to be helpful. They should ask the Dominican Republic to release the poor boy so he can go back to his studies.

While it's understandable that in their shock and embarrassment and grief they were suggesting their daughter might have been the victim of trafficking or murder, they need to be cognizant these accusations were picked up by the media to outright accuse the innocent young man. They need to publicly thank him, and offer an apology to him for what the media and the Dominican Republic have put him through.

I realize the parents didn't ask for this and they reacted as loving and horrified parents. But there has to be a certain level of culpability on their part for what this boy has gone through. They need to take steps to help lift the cloud of blame from his good name so that it doesn't follow him for the rest of his life -- just as the Indian community has circled around the girls to protect them from fallout.

I hope that young man acquires an SOB lawyer to go after the Dominican Republic for detaining him illegally, and to go after the media for dragging his good name through the mud. The Indian community did a good job of protecting the girls. Those girls were more culpable than this boy, as they were the friends who had a responsibility to keep tabs on each other. The boy was there to have fun, no more, but he is the one who paid the price.

What I've learned from this incident is that the Dominican Republic has dangerous resorts full of crime. I read an account of a woman who got assaulted by a resort employee. I read of bars that routinely spike drinks. It goes on. This is a freaking dangerous destination.

May this tragedy be a reminder to American college kids that these excursion can turn deadly in a moment. May the girl's soul rest in peace.

Press conference? Geez. They are probably not the reason the POI was detained and remained there so why should they "clear" him?

+1. Circled the wagons and to deflect from their culpability and abandonment, smeared an innocent boy, who probably risked his own life in a futile attempt to save her. The boy is honorable, her "friends" are rubbish.

Her friends are not rubbish. Had they been convinced to stay on the beach, they may have attempted to save her and there would be a lot more drownings. They did nothing wrong.

No need for phantom hypotheticals of some random outside force - we know for certain some things the girls did decide. Five of them walked to the beach from the hotel bar at 4am with an obviously unsteady Sudisksha walking arm-in-arm with a drunk dude they'd just met; the 5 of them left Sudiksha at the red flag beach with treacherous water and took Sudiska's phone with them; with Sudiksha's whereabouts unknown, the 5 of them continued on to their day excursion; and, they all left Sudisksha behind one final time as they left the island to fly home.

Why did they take her phone? Were they bullying her? Taking someone's phone in a strange country and then leaving them alone with a guy? It's very weird. iPhones have been water proof for years now.

It’s been said they brought her phone back to the room so she would appear to be sleeping if her parents checked her location.

Wow! So her friends were not just encouraging her to go hook up with the strange boy, they were complicit in helping her keep it from her parents. Safe bet they were peer-pressuring her to over drink too. Terrible friends. If I were her parents I could never stand to be around them ever again.

These are not friends. And they will be held accountable.

They may be terrible friends but they didn’t do anything illegal.

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Based on the knowledge that her parents asked the media to stop showing the “staggering” video (to avoid further scrutiny) it is completely plausible that her and her friends were covering for each other WRT Life 360 tracking.

And yet, it is still a completely fabricated supposition that keeps getting repeated as fact on this thread like a bad game of telephone.

Charged phone or not, she could have asked them to keep it for various reasons. They may have decided on own, thinking it could get lost on beach so they'll keep it back in room.