Joshua Riibe has been named a person of interest by officials in Virginia, US, in relation to the disappearance of Sudiksha Konanki, 20, in Punta Cana.

A person of interest in the case of a missing University of Pittsburgh student broke his silence over the weekend, saying that he is focused on helping authorities in the Dominican Republic locate 20-year-old Sudiksha Konanki.

The Loudoun County Sheriff's Office in Virginia said U.S. investigators interviewed a person of interest at length.

The “person of interest” in the disappearance of missing Pitt student Sudiksha Konanki claims he saved them both from drowning before she vanished.

Joshua Riibe, who is believed to be the last person to see University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki, has not officially been accused of or charged with any wrongdoing.

Joshua Riibe, the last person seen with missing University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki, had his passport confiscated by Dominican Republic authorities as part of an ongoing investigation into her disappearance.

A key witness, who has been identified as a person of interest by the Loudon County Sheriff’s Office in the U.S. investigation of Sudiksha Konanki, shared insight into his evening with her.

A person of interest has been identified in the disappearance of Sudiksha Konanki, a University of Pittsburgh student who vanished while on spring break in the Dominican Republic last week.