SCSU student said he tried to save the 20-year-old student who was last seen on March 6 during her spring break trip to the Dominican Republic.

A man has been named a person of interest in the case of missing University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki.The Loudoun County Sheriff's Office in Virginia confirmed to Pittsburgh's Action News 4 Joshua Riibe is now considered a person of interest,

Joshua Riibe, the last person seen with missing University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki, had his passport confiscated by Dominican Republic authorities as part of an ongoing investigation into her disappearance.

The “person of interest” in the disappearance of missing Pitt student Sudiksha Konanki claims he saved them both from drowning before she vanished.

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.

A man who might've been the last person to see a missing University of Pittsburgh student in the Dominican Republic said he rescued her from drowning — only for her to vanish a short time later, according to a transcript of an interview he gave local authorities.

The man who last saw missing University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki told investigators he thought she was OK and had "taken her things and left."