Missing college student in the Dominican Republic from Ashburn

[Anonymous]

^ so if parents hadn't made announcement about daughter, was the judge expected to rule differently?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That press conference is heart wrenching. How can any of us continue with this thread and speculation and victim blaming after seeing that.

I am begging Jeff to shut down this thread and give the family the peace they have asked for.

Agreed.

[Anonymous]

I’m certainly interested in Riibe and his passport, could happen to any of our kids as a witness.

Next hearing on 3/28.

No need to close thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^ so if parents hadn't made announcement about daughter, was the judge expected to rule differently?

How can anyone know that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m certainly interested in Riibe and his passport, could happen to any of our kids as a witness.

Next hearing on 3/28.

No need to close thread.

How about a different thread about passports then? Posted in off list or in Travel forum. Or adult children forum since good ole US of A says when you're 18, you're magically an adult.

[Anonymous]

It’s not about passports but his situation.

[Anonymous]

His not having access to his passport arises from this situation.

If you don’t want to read or post, skip.

[Anonymous]

The ruling today seems to be a delaying tactic. I wonder why?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^ so if parents hadn't made announcement about daughter, was the judge expected to rule differently?

Probably not, he still doesn’t have his passport.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m certainly interested in Riibe and his passport, could happen to any of our kids as a witness.

Next hearing on 3/28.

No need to close thread.

What is this about 3/28? He has to stay there until then?

[Anonymous]

On top of everything else that has happened, his college semester is wrecked. Who knows when he'll get home and if he can even finish the semester. Wow, who would have thought a Spring Break trip would result in all of this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Oh FFS tell me you don’t know any regular kids without telling me you know regular kids. She was a beautiful girl letting lose and having fun with her friends in break and it all went sideways. just because she drank and dance and hooked up and had fun doesn’t mean she isn’t a “good girl”. I’m sure she was a terrific girl and a human being just trying to find her way in life. My deepest hope is that the family can let go of the shame and remember their daughter gladly and that the community can do the same.

People don't know if she wanted to go to the beach area. We don't. We dont know if any conversations, suggestions, threats or dares were made. We just don't. And she is not here.

Threats or dares?? Get real.

No. You get real. Unless you were there as one of her traveling companions who said anything or heard anything, how can you say none of that may have happened. As others said, this thread is full of what ifs and hypothetical scenarios. Thinking of this family. Peace.

But you’re the one who keeps harping on the wild speculation that she was dared/threatened/pre-existing health condition. We can all see with our own eyes the very likely highly probable scenario as we watch the video of her in the bar and then wobbly arm-in-arm with the drunk guy she just met walking with friends to toward the red flag beach with treacherous waves.

Do YOU know what actually happened? No. So stfu.

Those of us with eyes and a brain can deduce the most likely scenario. Of course we’ll never know to an exact certainty.

[Anonymous]

"Ribbe also said he "hugged" Konanki's parents before they left the Dominican and returned home to Virginia."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:On top of everything else that has happened, his college semester is wrecked. Who knows when he'll get home and if he can even finish the semester. Wow, who would have thought a Spring Break trip would result in all of this.

I guess we’ve all learned a lesson that if the woman we are making out with in the ocean disappears we should report it in < 5 hrs.

[Anonymous]

The DR is desperate to pin her death on the young man because otherwise they know they are gonna get sued to oblivion. If they can somehow turn that poor guy into a murderer then they can claim it was beyond their control. I feel for that young man.