Paunt Kayana, Dominican Republic – A Dominican Republic Judge on Tuesday evening March 6, in favor of Witness Joshua Rabib’s writ of Habis Corps, in the disappearance of Pittsburg University student Sodaxsha Konki on Tuesday evening.
Rabb appeared in court in the Dominican Republic, where he was kept in the disappearance of a 20 -year -old Konki, which is missing early on March 6. Rabab has not been named in this case, which is considered a case of a missing person and not a criminal.
The 22 -year -old came with his father because the prosecution argued that the witness’s freedom was not restricted when he was placed in the dominoon after seizing the passport, and he had the right to walk around the Republican Resort without any problem.
It was not immediately clear when Rib would leave the country. Rib will have another hearing on March 28, when it is expected to receive any explanation about his passport location. It can then move freely within the Dominican Republic.
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Joshua Rabab arrived at the Dominican Republic Court House on Tuesday, March 18, 2025 with his father, Albert Rib. Rib disappeared on March 6 after swimming on the coast of Punta Cana. (Fox News Digital)
Rabab’s lawyers said that his passport was seized, but the prosecutor argued that he had lost his passport. Meanwhile, Dominican authorities returned the passport of a friend of Rabib on Tuesday afternoon.
On Tuesday, Rabib’s lawyer presented photos surrounded by police and patrol cars during a very hot hearing on Tuesday, lawyers and prosecutors screamed at each other.
Rib is not paying for the stay. Riu allows it to stay there for free.
Meanwhile, his lawyer said the prosecutor was playing with the court and public opinion. His lawyer claimed that Rabab always had police to protect him.
The 22 -year -old Iowa man and his father also had the opportunity to testify on Tuesday.
“Ever since my passport was taken, it is very few that I am alone.”
Rab said on Sunday, he got up and went to take breakfast, and when he returned to his hotel room, the police said “he showed that he was a drink-Ed we didn’t tell them.”
Joshua Rabab arrived at the Dominican Republic Court House on Tuesday, March 18, 2025 with his father, Albert Rib. Rib disappeared on March 6 after swimming on the coast of Punta Cana. (Fox News Digital)
He added that the police eat with him, and when he and his father went to the US Embassy, the officers went “crazy”.
“So we had to wait in the lobby to reach the tourist police,” he said. “On the same day, I made another meeting, and when we got lunch, the police (there was there).
Rabbi also said that he “hugged” Konki’s parents before he returned home and returned home.
Sudska Konki, 20, from northern Virginia, was reported for the first time on Thursday, March 6, after disappearing from a coast of the Dominican. (Handout, left, and Defense Civil Dominica, right).
He told the court on Tuesday, “I think there is an investigation here, and I have cooperated, but I am not allowed to go.” “When Sudsha’s parents left, they said goodbye and even hugged me. He thanked me for saving his daughter for the first time. What I am doing is waiting for interviews in my hotel room but at this place. I just want to get home.”
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Local authorities seek Wednesday, March 11, 2025, an American student in the Republic of Dominican, Punta Kina, Sudasha Konki. Konki, 20, was last seen on March 6, 2025, on a beach outside the Five -star Rio Republic Resort in the Dominican Republic. (Santiagoz for Fox News Digital)
Swimming in the sea with Konki witnesses, identified as 22 -year -old Iowa’s 22 -year -old Raib outside the Rio Republican Resort in Punta Kayana after drinking alcohol once in the hotel. She is still there.
Since then, Rib has been detained in the Dominican and has filed a writ of hubs on Monday, which has detained its reality in the country. Sources said that he arrived at the court for a Tuesday hearing, in which a judge would rule whether he could go home or not.
On Friday, March 14, 2025, people enjoy time on the sea at the Rio Republic Resort in the Dominican Republic, Punta Cana, on the beach. 20 -year -old Sudsha Konki was last seen on March 6, 2025, on a beach outside the Five Star Rio Republic Resort in the Dominican Republic. (Fox News Digital)
The State Department confirmed Fox News Digital early Tuesday that it was helping the University of Pittsburg student Sudiksha Konki March 6 with the Dominican Republic.
“We take our commitment seriously to help US citizens abroad and are providing consular assistance,” the State Department said in a statement when asked about filing a writ of Hubb Corps on Monday. “Due to privacy reservations, we have no further comment.”
Konki went to the beach with a group of seven other friends after drinking one night. Six of his friends returned to Rio Republic’s around 6am, leaving a 20 -year -old student alone with Rib, who was also at a spring break in Rio Republicika and is believed to be one of the last people to see her alive.
Joshua Rabab arrived at the Dominican Republic Court House on Tuesday, March 18, 2025. Rabb is an important witness to the disappearance of Sodshakki, after disappearing after swimming on the coast of Punta Cana on March 6.
Raib, who is considered to be a witness to the disappearance of Koni, apparently told the Dominican authorities that when he was swimming, a large wave crashed on him, according to a translation of his interview with the police shared with Fox News.
He said he tried to help him and the last time he saw him wandering around with deep water in his knees. After that he started vomiting seawater and saw that Koni was no longer in sight and assumed he had returned to his hotel room. Rib said he finally fell asleep in the beach chair before returning to his room.
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Joshua Rabab arrived at the Dominican Republic Court House on Tuesday, March 18, 2025. Rabb is an important witness to the disappearance of Sodshakki, after disappearing after swimming on the coast of Punta Cana on March 6. (Fox News Digital)
Hotel surveillance footage shows that Rab is returning to his hotel room around 9am on March 6.
According to a letter sent to the Dominican police on Monday, Konki’s parents, Hassarido and Sridvi Konki, are not disagreeing with Rab’s account about what happened. His father had previously asked the police to investigate all the possibilities.
Local authorities search for American student Sudsaksha Konki on Wednesday, March 11, 2025, in the Republic of Dominican, Punta Cana. The 20 -year -old Konki was last seen on March 6, 2025, on a beach outside the Five Star Rio Republic Resort in the Dominican Republic. (Santiagoz for Fox News Digital)
“After a broader search, the Dominican officials have concluded that Sudaksha has drowned,” her parents wrote in a letter to the country’s National Police Force, La policeia Nisunal on Monday night. “His clothes were discovered on a beach where he was last seen. The last time a person seen with him is cooperating in the investigation, and not Evidence of dirty game Has been found. “
He said he requested after “too much consideration” and thanked supporters for international search efforts.
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Investigators have expanded the search area as an American college student, Sudsaksha Koni, is missing when he disappeared from a Punta Kayana coast on March 6, 2025. (Fox News Graphics)
In Virginia, the Laudon County Sheriff’s office, where Konki belongs, issued a statement shared in which his family’s belief was sank.
Sheriff’s office said, “Although the final decision on such a declaration is with the authorities in the Dominican Republic, we will help the Konki family as possible because we will continue to review the evidence and information provided for us during this investigation.”
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Tuesday, March 11, 2025, Tuesday, Dominican Republic, Punta Cana, in the repo Republican Resort, sits on the beach sand on the beach. The 20 -year -old Konki was last seen on March 6 on the beach outside the Five -star Rio Republic Resort in the Dominican Republic. (Santiagoz for Fox News Digital)
Rib, a senior St. Cloud State University in Minnesota Which has not been charged with any crime but is considered an important witness in the case, has been kept under the supervision of the resort since Konniki’s disappearance.
His family has described its permanent presence in the country as “corrupt”.
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Rib is not accused of any crime, but authorities seized his passport when investigating his account.
Fox News, Mara Robels and Netfoy participated in the report.
