A key witness, who has been identified as a person of interest by the Loudon County Sheriff’s Office in the U.S. investigation of Sudiksha Konanki, shared insight into his evening with her.

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

Authorities are still searching for 20-year-old college student, Sudiksha Konanki, who went missing in the Dominican Republic last week. TMZ reports that the person of interest in her disappearance, 22-year-old Joshua Riibe has since claimed that he saved her from drowning.

A person of interest has been identified in the disappearance of Sudiksha Konanki, a University of Pittsburgh student who vanished while on spring break in the Dominican Republic last week.

According to a source involved in the investigation, Riibe, a former high school wrestler with a strong build, has been "cooperative" with authorities.

The search for the missing University of Pittsburgh student, who was on spring break in Punta Cana, is entering its second week.

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."