Sudiksha Konanki Latest News: Missing Sudiksha Konanki’s parents ask officials to declare daughter lifeless: ‘Let us grieve’

Sudiksha Konanki’s parents need her to be declared formally lifeless

As Indian-origin 20-year-old Sudiksha Konanki stays lacking even after 11 days of intensive search within the Dominican Republic the place she went on trip early this month, her parents have now urged the DR authorities to declare their daughter lifeless. Konanki’s father initially suspected foul play and egged on the administration to widen their search when the mysterious disappearance of the Pitt University scholar was seen as a case of drowning, however now the parents stated they do not assume there may be any foul play.
ABC News reported that the household despatched a proper letter to the authorities Monday acknowledging that there is no such thing as a suspected foul play concerned in Konanki’s presumed loss of life after she vanished from a Punta Cana seaside on March 6.
Konanki’s parents wrote they’ve full belief within the investigation course of they usually consider Joshua Riibe, the 24-year-old with whom Konanki was final seen, has been cooperating with the investigators.
“Given these circumstances, and after much deliberation, we request that the police department proceed with the legal declaration of her death. We understand that certain legal procedures must be followed and are prepared to comply with any necessary formalities or documentation,” her parents wrote. “Initiating this process will allow our family to begin the grieving process and address matters related to her absence. While no declaration can truly ease our grief, we trust that this step will bring some closure and enable us to honor her memory,” the letter stated.
The request for the authorized declaration of loss of life got here as Riibe’s attorneys gave an ultimatum to the police that Riibe should be launched from police surveillance.

How did Sudiksha Konanki vanish? What are the unanswered questions?

Sudiksha Konanki was final seen on March 6 in surveillance footage. According to Riibe, they went to the seawater the place they nearly drowned. But Riibe stated he battled in opposition to the waves and dragged Konanki out of the water. He stated he handed out as quickly as he reached the shore and when he wakened Konanki was not there. He thought Konanki should have returned to the resort and he additionally got here again to the resort. He stated he requested Konanki whether or not she was superb after the duo battled the waves and reached the shore however he bought no reply.
Cops detained Riibe within the resort and took his passport in order that he could not go away the nation. They have been grilling him whether or not he was completely sure that Riibe pulled Konanki out of the water and that she had not drowned. Konanki’s garments had been discovered on the seaside hinting that possibly she bought drowned. But as her physique was not discovered, officials assume it might have gotten caught in some reef underneath water.
Ribe has not been named as an accused within the case however solely as an individual of curiosity. But he was not being allowed to go away the lodge with out cops.