Missing college student in the Dominican Republic from Ashburn

[Anonymous]

Apparently they have confiscated joshua ribe’s passport. He’s not going anywhere. Also before heading to the beach they stopped to buy something near the resort. They both looked to be drinking.

I am beginning to think this guy did something to her because the body would have been washed afloat on the second day.

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Anonymous wrote:Even though she grew up in the US, goes to college in the US and her family lives in the US, the US government wouldn't help her parents when they contacted them. So they had to go to the Indian government to put pressure on the DR and lots of time was lost.

It's taken 3 days for this to hit the media. She's a lovely, brilliant young woman - hope they find her.

Are they not US citizens then?

No, they are Indian citizens who moved here to send their kid to Thomas Jefferson.

They thought they were giving her a better life. 🥹

Bless them. I can’t imagine their fear and heartbreak.

[Anonymous]

I am not sure why her parents are suspecting human trafficking. I doubt a drunk Iowan college student trafficked her between 6 and 9 am.

Seems far more likely that either she drowned or he did something to her. Although you would think her body would have been found if he killed her as there was only a 3 hour gap between when her friends left the beach and when he returned to his room. If you are a drunk college student, that isn't a lot of time to execute a murder and hide all the evidence

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Anonymous wrote:I am not sure why her parents are suspecting human trafficking. I doubt a drunk Iowan college student trafficked her between 6 and 9 am.

Seems far more likely that either she drowned or he did something to her. Although you would think her body would have been found if he killed her as there was only a 3 hour gap between when her friends left the beach and when he returned to his room. If you are a drunk college student, that isn't a lot of time to execute a murder and hide all the evidence

The guy was seen at 9:55 a.m in the video going back to the hotel with no shirt on. I think he was barefoot as well.

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Anonymous wrote:OMG her friends went on a day trip without even looking for her?!

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14485901/amp/joshua-riibe-sudiksha-konanki-dominican-republic-missing.html

Have a bad feeling about this huge guy, could be another Natalie Holloway.

Claiming she was not seen out of water and that she was, which is it? If he saw her after the water, where is she?!!!

Well, her "friends" aren't much better.

We need to do a better job teaching kids how to identify who your friends are and how to be better friends. I feel terrible for this family. Tragic.

Who are you to judge that?

Well, let's see...They hadn't seen their friend since around 4:00 a.m. and didn't know where she was in a foreign country but thought they'd just go on a day trip?!

How were they going to reach her if 1. She didn't have her phone on her, 2. Or they tried reaching her but she didn't pick up maybe because they thought she was still sleeping or with that guy? 3. Things werent known at time of them going on a day trip? Didn't read all the reports to know if any of those questions were answered.

Was the guy known to them on that trip prior to that night? One of the young woman's friend could have stayed with her tho on the beach (being a better friend). Does anyone actually know what occurred before the friends left to go back to the hotel and her staying on beach?

No. Friend's job was to tell her why this is a bad idea and to inform resort desk that she didn't come back at night before going for the scheduled trip. She wasn't required to put herself in danger at night at beach in a foreign country with a drunk male.

“Hey front desk, my friend was hooking up with a guy and they are passed out in his room. They can catch up with us at the local watering hole where we’ll be snorkeling. Ciao!”

But no one said they saw her come back to the hotel nor did they say she was seen in video footage coming back..right?

Did her friends know that at the time they took off for their excursion?

While my college years were obviously quite awhile ago….if a friend didn’t return at night (or wasn’t there in the AM) it would generally be assumed that they went home with a guy. For example the guy she had been hanging out with and swimming with. Or crashed in another friend’s room.

And if she didn’t show up for a scheduled excursion, the friends would’ve texted her but again- likely assumed she was still asleep or hungover.

It is understandable that the friends didn’t think much of it. IMO. As a 40-something mom obviously it all sounds horrifying but remembering back- this kind of thing happened all the time. And everyone was fine.

Yes. Everyone would’ve assumed she went back to the guy’s room and was sleeping off a hangover. They probably got worried by afternoon and then finally couldn’t deny something was wrong and reported by 4 but you can see why on spring break when they left her with a guy they didn’t assume anything was wrong at 11 am. You’re not alerting international police until you KNOW something is really wrong which probably took hours to sink in.

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Anonymous wrote:OMG her friends went on a day trip without even looking for her?!

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14485901/amp/joshua-riibe-sudiksha-konanki-dominican-republic-missing.html

Have a bad feeling about this huge guy, could be another Natalie Holloway.

Claiming she was not seen out of water and that she was, which is it? If he saw her after the water, where is she?!!!

Well, her "friends" aren't much better.

We need to do a better job teaching kids how to identify who your friends are and how to be better friends. I feel terrible for this family. Tragic.

Who are you to judge that?

Well, let's see...They hadn't seen their friend since around 4:00 a.m. and didn't know where she was in a foreign country but thought they'd just go on a day trip?!

How were they going to reach her if 1. She didn't have her phone on her, 2. Or they tried reaching her but she didn't pick up maybe because they thought she was still sleeping or with that guy? 3. Things werent known at time of them going on a day trip? Didn't read all the reports to know if any of those questions were answered.

Was the guy known to them on that trip prior to that night? One of the young woman's friend could have stayed with her tho on the beach (being a better friend). Does anyone actually know what occurred before the friends left to go back to the hotel and her staying on beach?

No. Friend's job was to tell her why this is a bad idea and to inform resort desk that she didn't come back at night before going for the scheduled trip. She wasn't required to put herself in danger at night at beach in a foreign country with a drunk male.

“Hey front desk, my friend was hooking up with a guy and they are passed out in his room. They can catch up with us at the local watering hole where we’ll be snorkeling. Ciao!”

But no one said they saw her come back to the hotel nor did they say she was seen in video footage coming back..right?

Did her friends know that at the time they took off for their excursion?

While my college years were obviously quite awhile ago….if a friend didn’t return at night (or wasn’t there in the AM) it would generally be assumed that they went home with a guy. For example the guy she had been hanging out with and swimming with. Or crashed in another friend’s room.

And if she didn’t show up for a scheduled excursion, the friends would’ve texted her but again- likely assumed she was still asleep or hungover.

It is understandable that the friends didn’t think much of it. IMO. As a 40-something mom obviously it all sounds horrifying but remembering back- this kind of thing happened all the time. And everyone was fine.

Yes. Everyone would’ve assumed she went back to the guy’s room and was sleeping off a hangover. They probably got worried by afternoon and then finally couldn’t deny something was wrong and reported by 4 but you can see why on spring break when they left her with a guy they didn’t assume anything was wrong at 11 am. You’re not alerting international police until you KNOW something is really wrong which probably took hours to sink in.

DP and agreed, the original comment of alerting the front desk at like, noon, is ridiculous

[Anonymous]

allegedly the young man she was with was a lifeguard which makes it seem more suspect

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Anonymous wrote:allegedly the young man she was with was a lifeguard which makes it seem more suspect

No it really doesn’t. Drunk people in the water in the dark aren’t functioning like lifeguards. He is an American tourist about her age, in what way would he be involved in a trafficking ring operating through the DR? I empathize with her family but the simplest explanation is both were drunk- both swam- he was a stronger swimmer / not as drunk and made it back out of the ocean - she didn’t. He was disoriented and drunk and passed out and didn’t realize she hadn’t made it back out til he woke up after 9 am. Even then he could’ve assumed she did make it out and had already gone inside so he didn’t immediately alert anyone. It’s still tragic but this need to assume someone did it vs a terrible accident occurred is bizarre to me. Not everything is a true crime story.

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^^agree

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Anonymous wrote:allegedly the young man she was with was a lifeguard which makes it seem more suspect

No it really doesn’t. Drunk people in the water in the dark aren’t functioning like lifeguards. He is an American tourist about her age, in what way would he be involved in a trafficking ring operating through the DR? I empathize with her family but the simplest explanation is both were drunk- both swam- he was a stronger swimmer / not as drunk and made it back out of the ocean - she didn’t. He was disoriented and drunk and passed out and didn’t realize she hadn’t made it back out til he woke up after 9 am. Even then he could’ve assumed she did make it out and had already gone inside so he didn’t immediately alert anyone. It’s still tragic but this need to assume someone did it vs a terrible accident occurred is bizarre to me. Not everything is a true crime story.

I agree! I haven't been following that closely but my impression after reading the basic facts was that the guy was very drunk and likely doesn't even recall what happened. I think it was a tragic accident.

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone please explain about this "lobby alcohol?"

These all inclusive low level hotels are known to cater to spring breakers and those looking for cheap rates. Multiple people have died from tainted alcohol but people keep coming back because it is cheap. The DR is a shit hole. Those with smarts would never vacation here.

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Anonymous wrote:allegedly the young man she was with was a lifeguard which makes it seem more suspect

No it really doesn’t. Drunk people in the water in the dark aren’t functioning like lifeguards. He is an American tourist about her age, in what way would he be involved in a trafficking ring operating through the DR? I empathize with her family but the simplest explanation is both were drunk- both swam- he was a stronger swimmer / not as drunk and made it back out of the ocean - she didn’t. He was disoriented and drunk and passed out and didn’t realize she hadn’t made it back out til he woke up after 9 am. Even then he could’ve assumed she did make it out and had already gone inside so he didn’t immediately alert anyone. It’s still tragic but this need to assume someone did it vs a terrible accident occurred is bizarre to me. Not everything is a true crime story.

I agree! I haven't been following that closely but my impression after reading the basic facts was that the guy was very drunk and likely doesn't even recall what happened. I think it was a tragic accident.

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone please explain about this "lobby alcohol?"

These all inclusive low level hotels are known to cater to spring breakers and those looking for cheap rates. Multiple people have died from tainted alcohol but people keep coming back because it is cheap. The DR is a shit hole. Those with smarts would never vacation here.

That’s not what lobby alcohol is. Posters are inferring that the hotel literally leaves out alcohol in the lobby for guests to take and that is why the group was so drunk at 4am (which would be well after the hotel bars would have closed). AI have bars that usually close anywhere between 12-2am. I’ve stayed at a few in DR and never have I known of the hotel to just take some liquor and leave it out for whoever to grab in the middle of the night.

They could have had alcohol in their room, either provided by the hotel OR they could have purchased it off site and brought it in. They may have gone to a club or another hotel to party and come back. We don’t know.

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Anonymous wrote:allegedly the young man she was with was a lifeguard which makes it seem more suspect

No it really doesn’t. Drunk people in the water in the dark aren’t functioning like lifeguards. He is an American tourist about her age, in what way would he be involved in a trafficking ring operating through the DR? I empathize with her family but the simplest explanation is both were drunk- both swam- he was a stronger swimmer / not as drunk and made it back out of the ocean - she didn’t. He was disoriented and drunk and passed out and didn’t realize she hadn’t made it back out til he woke up after 9 am. Even then he could’ve assumed she did make it out and had already gone inside so he didn’t immediately alert anyone. It’s still tragic but this need to assume someone did it vs a terrible accident occurred is bizarre to me. Not everything is a true crime story.

I agree! I haven't been following that closely but my impression after reading the basic facts was that the guy was very drunk and likely doesn't even recall what happened. I think it was a tragic accident.

Unfortunately, I agree this is what happened. I think it was a tragic alcohol, and perhaps drug related accident.

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Anonymous wrote:According to this article, she very likely drowned. I don’t know why other news sources aren’t given more information.

https://abcnews.go.com/International/missing-univ-pittsburgh-student-believed-died-drowning-dominican/story?id=119617091

I would think the guy raping and killing her is more likely.

His changing stories are a red flag, as is claiming he saw someone drown and never notified anyone.

I’m gonna be crass and say it, he’s a beefy not very attractive guy who did an uncool and violent sport. He may not have had a lot of success with the ladies in his tiny town. She is a very pretty girl. Maybe he did not like hearing no from her. He was very drunk. Maybe he lost control. When you look at the video of them walking, he is holding her oddly and she seems to be trying to pull away. He seemed to be videoing the 2 of them like she was a prize. When he came back he had no shirt and what may be scratches on his shoulder. Perhaps there was a struggle?

Had her parents not gone down, it was being swept under the rug. The better to protect tourism.

Hopefully a body will be recovered soon enough to indicate if she was assaulted, had damage to her neck, etc.