Joshua Riibe ‘resting up’ in Iowa as Pitt student Sudiksha Konanki ‘rests in pieces’ in the Dominican Republic
he Iowa college student who was the last person to see University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki before she disappeared on a beach in the Dominican Republic has finally arrived back home.
2025-03-24 20:45:14 - VI News Staff
Joshua Riibe, 22, returned to his family’s home in the small town of Rock Rapids, Iowa, on Saturday afternoon, DailyMail.com can exclusively reveal.
His mother Tina Riibe exclusively told DailyMail.com that her son has been hit hard by Konanki’s disappearance, and he has returned home in hopes of resting and recovering from the tragedy.
“It was a really sad situation. Josh is resting up right now,” she said.
Tina added that her family’s thoughts are with Sudiksha and her loved ones, and said she would “not give any interviews at this time out of respect for her family.”
She refused to comment if Josh was going back to St. Cloud State University where he is a senior studying land surveying.
“We are keeping that to ourselves right now. It’s been a long travel,” she added.
Sitting on the doorsteps of their three-bedroom, two-bathroom home, purchased for $119,000 in 2015, was a large box from famed Chicago pizzeria Lou Malnati’s.
Sources told DailyMail.com that after Joshua was briefly detained in Puerto Rico because of an issue of not having a departing stamp from the Dominican Republic on his newly issued passport, he spent the night in an airport hotel and flew back to the mainland the next day.