Person of interest in missing Dominican Republic tourist case speaks out – National [Video]

Joshua Riibe, the man believed to be the last person who saw Sudiksha Konanki — who disappeared in the Dominican Republic on March 6 — broke his silence after having his passport seized by authorities.

Last week, the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office in Virginia, where Konanki is a biology student, told NBC News that a person of interest had been identified by U.S. investigators.

Surveillance footage of Konanki showed the missing student arm-in-arm with Riibe while two women walked behind them as they left the building.  Riibe, 22, a university student from Minnesota, has now been “confined” to the Riu Republica in Punta Cana, where he was last seen with Konanki before she disappeared.

“He is permanently escorted by the police anywhere he goes,” the law firm Riibe is working with told NBC News, adding that he is “not free to leave.”

“I’m just trying to help them out,” Riibe said in reference to …