The man who last saw missing University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki told investigators he tried to save her from the ocean, and that he thought she was OK and had "taken her things and left.

Joshua Riibe, the man who was last seen with Sudiksha Konanki, claims he rescued Sudiksha Konaki from rough Caribbean waters but cannot explain her su

New surveillance footage shows missing student Sudiksha Konanki staggering with Joshua Riibe, a “person of interest.” Riibe claims he saved her from rough waters before losing sight of her. Authorities continue to investigate,

Joshua Steven Riibe, 24, has been identified as the man seen hugging and walking hand-in-hand with the 20-year-old student just hours before she vanished in the Dominican Republic.

An international search continued Friday for a University of Pittsburgh student who vanished while on a spring break trip to the Dominican Republican earlier this month. Sudiksha Konanki, 20, was last seen on March 6 with a group of friends heading to a beach in Punta Cana.

Investigators are continuing the search for a college student from Virginia who vanished earlier this month while visiting the Dominican Republic

Konanki and a group of five women and two men were seen drinking in the hotel lobby before walking to the beach around 4:15 a.m. with five women and two men on March 6. Police say

Investigators are still searching for Sudiksha Konanki, a University of Pittsburgh student who went missing while on a spring break trip with her college friends in the Dominican Republic last week.