Loudoun County deputies name ‘person of interest’ in case of missing Virginia student

LOUDOUN COUNTY, Va. (7News) — Authorities in Loudoun County, Virginia have identified 24-year-old Joshua Riibe as a person of interest in connection to missing college student Sudiksha Konanki’s disappearance last week in the Dominican Republic, according to officials.
The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office confirmed to 7News Wednesday morning that they have a “person of interest” in the missing case, however, they note “This is not at this time a criminal case, which would be different.”
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This comes after new security video was posted on Noticias SIN, a news outlet in the Dominican Republic. The video shows Konanki and a group of friends walking to the beach in the early morning hours of March 6 at the hotel in Punta Cana.
The video then shows four friends returning to the hotel about an hour later. But the 20-year-old student and another man were not seen with them on security cameras.