American last to see missing Pitt student alive in Dominican Republic lands in U.S.
An American who was the last person believed to have been seen with missing University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki boarded a plane and was taking off from the Dominican Republic on Wednesday.
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — An American who was the last person believed to have been seen with missing University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki in the Dominican Republic was back in the United States on Wednesday, nearly two weeks after, he said, authorities forced him to stay in the Caribbean nation and confiscated his passport.
NBC News saw Joshua Riibe at Las Américas International Airport in Santo Domingo, the country’s capital, where he boarded a plane and took off Wednesday evening. NBC News was first to report that he had landed back on U.S. soil.
He was with a man whom Riibe's attorney's have identified as his father. They were accompanied by a woman at the check-in area who stayed behind as they went through the security screening.
NBC News saw an airport employee assisting in boarding.
Riibe's departure ends what his attorneys allege was a dayslong detainment in the Dominican Republic as investigators questioned him in connection with Konanki’s disappearance on March 6.
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