Joshua Riibe, a Minnesota student detained in connection with the disappearance of Sudiksha Konanki in Punta Cana, said he "hugged" her parents before they returned home to Virginia.

Riibe, 22, is believed to be one of the last people who saw Konanki, 20, before she vanished in the early hours of March 6 from the beach behind their resort, the Riu Republica in Punta Cana.

Joshua Riibe, believed to be the last person to be seen with missing college student Sudiksha Konanki, has left the Dominican Republic. NBC News’ Jesse Kirsch reports from Punta Cana.

PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic – The key witness in the spring break disappearance of Sudiksha Konanki, Joshua Riibe, reportedly left the Dominican Republic on Wednesday aboard a jetliner out of ...

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Joshua Riibe, a senior at St. Cloud University in Minnesota who is believed to be the last person to see missing University of Pittsburgh student ...

Joshua Riibe, 22, had not been charged with a crime but was considered a witness, prosecutors said. His passport was confiscated and police followed him to meals, watching him eat he said.

St. Cloud State University student Joshua Riibe, 22, is no longer being held at a Punta Cana resort after the disappearance of Sudiksha Konanki, 20. FOX News reports a Dominican Republic judge ...

Riibe might have been the last person to see Sudiksha Konanki, a 20-year-old University of Pittsburgh junior who went to Punta Cana on March 3 with five female friends for spring break. She was ...

ABC News (PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic) -- Joshua Riibe, the Minnesota college student who was with University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki the night she went missing on a spring break ...

Riibe is a key witness in the disappearance of Sudiksha Konanki, an American college student who went missing while swimming on a Punta Cana beach on March 6. (Fox News Digital) ...

Riibe might have been the last person to see Sudiksha Konanki, a 20-year-old University of Pittsburgh junior who went to Punta Cana on March 3 with five female friends for spring break. She was ...