Punta Cana, Dominican Republic – Joshua Rebi, the main witness for the spring vacation Sudiksha Konanki disappearedHe successfully argued in the Dominican Court on Tuesday that his arrest in his actual home in a five -star resort was against local law.
However, although he was cleansed to return to the United States, the Domininist authorities did not return his passport. He can continue to follow his return in court or request a temporary alternative from the American embassy.
Ribi, 22, was believed to be one of the last people who saw Conanky, 20, before he disappeared in the early hours of March 6 of the beach behind their resort, Rio Ribubica in Punta Cana.
He successfully argued in the court on Tuesday that as a witness, not a suspect, the police control over his movements over 11 days were illegal. A source told Fox News Wednesday that RIIBE came out of the RIU Republica resort and moved last night.
Joshua Rebby arrives at the Dominican Republic Court next to his father, Albert Ruby, on Tuesday, March 18, 2025. Ribi is a major witness of the disappearance of Sodesha Conniki, an American university student who lost while swimming on Punta Beach on March 6. (Fox News Digital)
The source said that he is still in the Dominican Republic, and the investigation indicates an accidental drowning, Not playing a mistake.
The Rebi family refused to comment.
On Tuesday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that it was providing Al -Rubi the consular assistance, but it refused to discuss the details of the case, noting that it is related to privacy.
Watch not a suspect, RIIBE was stored in RIU Republica under 11 days of strict police surveillance before the judge ruled that the situation violated the Dominican Law.
The 20 -year -old Sodiksha Conniki, from North Virginia, was lost for the first time on Thursday, March 6, after he disappeared from a beach in the Dominican Republic. (The statement, the left, and Dibinsa, Dominicana, to the right.)
“The detention in a hotel instead of the police facility does not change the legal reality – if it is restricted to leaving the country without an official official basis, this is still a violation of international human rights standards,” said Jason Buck, a retired private agent from the FBI (Cart.
“The US State Department usually monitors the cases where American citizens are arrested abroad, especially if they seem to be rejected by legal procedures.”
If an American citizen loses a passport in Punta Cana, the American embassy in Santo Domingo recommends that the US Consulate Agency in Bavaru provides emergency assistance – in the same office complex as Rebby's lawyer in Jaazman Arza.
Joseman Areeza, one of the largest affairs in the Dominican Republic, includes the satellite office in Altagracia in the same complex as the local American consulate. (Michael Ruiz/Fox News Digital)
While the former Pack team focused on missing children and kidnapping, he said that the tactics themselves apply in the case of a missing person like Konanki.
“Since my passport was transferred, it is very rare that I am alone,” Ruby witnessed before A. Dominican judge Tuesday. He later added: “I can't go anywhere. I really want to be at home. My family's hugs and friends.”
The observation video appears and Konanki went to the beach with a group around 4:15 am on March 6, in the morning in which she disappeared. Most of them were seen leaving around 6 in the morning, my opinion, and Konanki stayed on the beach. Rebi himself returned after hours, and Konanki's place remains unknown after about two weeks.
Local authorities are searching for the missing American student Sodesha Konanki in Punta Kana, Dominican Republic, Thursday, March 13, 2025. Connsi, 20, was seen last time on a beach outside the five -star Rio Ripoprika Resort in the Dominican Republic on March 6, 2025. (Santiago Baez For Fox News Digital)
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According to a copy leaked from an interview with the police, RIIBE The investigators said He and Konanki were pulled out of the beach by a strong current, and she was refused to return. He saw her last time walking in deep water before vomiting and sleeping on the beach chair.
Her parents asked, in a letter to the Dominican authorities, to be announced on Monday, noting that there was no evidence of wrong play and continuous cooperation with Ribi with the investigators.
For his part, Rebi agreed to multiple police interviews, but he expressed his frustration with a session on Tuesday about his imprisonment for the resort, as the police watched him around the clock for more than a week despite the Dominican Law, which says the person can be limited incriminate.
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People enjoy the beach time at the Rio Ribubaika Resort in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, Thursday, March 13, 2025. Sodesha Conniki, 20, was seen on a beach outside the five -star Rio Ribbeta Resort in the Dominican Republic on March 6, 2025. (Santiago Baez For Fox News Digital)
The authorities did not call my opinion as a suspect and did not accuse him of violating, but in a hearing that was repeatedly transferred to the screaming between the prosecutors and the Ribi lawyers, the government sought in vain to keep his continuous monitoring in its place.
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The judge stood up with Ribi, and finds his status illegal.
The judge asked him to return to attend a hearing on March 28, but according to one expert, it is formal, and he should not appear personally.
