Tourist Joshua Riibe was detained for four hours and grilled by the best law enforcement officer of the Dominican Republic in the student's greatest legal obstacle since the disappearance of the missing ferry Sudiksha Konanki.
The Attorney General of the Republic, Yeni Berenice Reynoso, arrived on Saturday afternoon in the Riu Republica Hotel in Punta Cana to interview Riibe, the last person who saw Sudiksha before she disappeared on March 6.
The former wrestling champion in high school, 24, is not mentioned as a suspect, but has surrendered his passport and lives in the vast party resort under 24 hours a day.
He was called out of his room around 3 p.m. for another debilitating round of questions. The session wrapped around 7 p.m.
The gloomy rock -catching Rocks, the resident of Iowa, refused to answer questions earlier this week when DailyMail.com met him with his father Mike, 46, and a police chaperone.
But in a subsequent explanation, his parents Mike and Tina complained that their son was effectively held and was subject to 'irregular treatment'.
Riibe, 24, was seen on the camera with student Konanki from the University of Pittsburgh. In the early hours of 6 March in the Riu Republica Resort in Punta Cana.
Tourist Joshua Riibe was grilled by the best law enforcement officer of the Dominican Republic about the disappearance of missing spring breaker Sudiksha Konanki
Student Sudiksha Konanki from the University of Pittsburgh disappeared on March 6 from the Riu Republica Hotel in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
The Attorney General of the Republic, Yeni Berenice Reynoso, Grilled Riibe during a four -hour session
Her disappearance has stunned civil servants and encouraged cries from her parents to encourage the hectic search for the pre-media student.
Riibe, a senior at St. Cloud State University in Minnesota, claimed that he had just met the young woman when they decided to go to the beach, according to the transcript of his interview obtained by Noticias Sin.
Riibe told the police that they had kissed in the ocean before they were almost wiped out by a wave. He said he saved her from drowning while he almost lost consciousness.
However, he refused to answer a few questions, where officers brought him up about how they could be sure what he said was truthful.
Riibe was also asked what he told his good friend about Konanki and what he thought of her disappearance.
Riibe was also asked if he knew if Konanki was able to swim, whether she gestured or cried in the sea, when he called the police or told the hotel, whether he had told his friends about what happened and also asked how he felt about the situation.
He said to all those questions: “My lawyers advise me not to answer that question and I follow their advice,” before I remain silent.
Surveillance images showed Konanki vomiting at a bar in the resort shortly before they disappeared.
CDN television obtained a security video that Sudiksha Konanki broke outside a bar in the Riu Republica Hotel in the early morning of 6 March before she went to the beach next to the resort and disappeared
Riibe, a senior at St. Cloud State University in Minnesota, claimed that he had just met the young woman when they decided to go to the beach
The disturbing clip also shows that Riibe is transferring near the bar entrance.
Separate security camera of the All-Inclusive Resort showed Riibe who held a cup and put his arm back Konanki while following the group at 4.15 am.
At about 4:55 am the hotel protection camera system showed two of her friends who returned to the hotel.
The same camera grabbed another girlfriend, accompanied by Johnson who entered the building at 5:05 am.
The surveillance camera would show Riibe, Barefoot and Shirtless, while slowly walking back to his room at 8:54 am with Konanki nowhere in sight.
The images emerged when it was revealed that Riibe, 24, changed his story several times during a series of interrogations by authorities, people reported
In a long explanation shared with Dailymail.com on Friday, Riibe's parents Tina and Albert 'Mike' Riibe express their 'deep sorrow and solidarity' with the family of Konanki and said that their son 'deeply relieved' was due to her disappearance.
Joshua Riibe (photo) was seen who left the office of the public prosecutor for the province of La Altagracia after he was peppered with more than 50 questions about the disappearance of Pitt -Student Sudiksha Konanki
Her disappearance has stunned researchers in the Dominican Republic
“Despite his full willingness to cooperate, Josh was held under irregular circumstances and subjected to extensive interrogations without the presence of official translators or legal adviser until Wednesday 12 March,” said the statement.
“He stayed in his hotel room under police supervision and has been repeatedly taken to the police station since 6 March, where he was interviewed for long hours.
“This situation has seriously concerned in his family, so that we have retained a legal adviser to initiate legal actions that guarantee his safety and protection of his rights during this process.”
