The mother and father of lacking College of Pittsburgh scholar Sudiksha Konanki need Dominican Republican officers to declare their 20-year-old daughter lifeless regardless of authorities by no means discovering her physique, in line with reviews.
The household despatched a proper letter to authorities Monday, acknowledging there isn’t any suspected foul play concerned in Konanki’s presumed demise after she vanished from a Punta Cana seashore within the early hours of March 6, sources instructed ABC Information.
The daddy and mom additionally wrote they belief the authorities’ probe into the case and famous Joshua Riibe, the final individual to see the younger lady alive, has cooperated with investigators, native outlet Noticias SIN reported, citing a supply.
Additionally they mentioned they perceive sure authorized hurdles have to be met and are prepared to offer any vital paperwork, the retailers reported.
The requested “legal declaration of death” comes the identical day the lawyer for Riibe, a 22-year-old faculty scholar from Iowa, argued her shopper must be launched from police surveillance.
Whereas authorities have described him as an individual of curiosity, he’s not a suspect and isn’t accused of wrongdoing.
“If he wants to leave the hotel, he cannot do that freely, but with police,” legal professional Beatriz Santana instructed ABC Information. “His passport is seized despite not being officially charged.”
Native authorities initially mentioned they believed Konanki drowned within the water, however then mentioned they weren’t ruling out foul play.
Riibe has claimed he and Konanki jumped into the ocean outdoors the lodge they have been staying at earlier than they bumped into tough water.
He mentioned he was capable of get himself and the Indian nationwide who now lives in northern Virginia out, however handed out shortly after.
When he awoke on the seashore, she was gone.
The lacking scholar’s physique has not been discovered.
Surveillance pictures captured the pair at a bar with different buddies on the Riu República lodge the place they have been each staying. They have been additionally seen arm-in-arm main as much as her disappearance.
The 2 met someday after Konanki arrived on the resort city on March 3.
