New information has revealed that other people were on the beach when US college student Sudiksha Konanki went missing in the Dominican Republic, law enforcement officials assisting with the investigation told CNN,

The Loudoun County Sheriff's Office in Virginia said U.S. investigators interviewed a person of interest at length.

Joshua Riibe has remained in his hotel room under police surveillance when not being questioned at the police station, his parents said.

Sudiksha Konanki, a University of Pittsburgh student, went missing in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic on March 6. She was on spring break with friends and was last seen on the beach near her hotel at around 4:50 a.m. The F.B.I. joined the investigation into her disappearance and U.S. detectives have been sent to the Dominican Republic.

Sudiksha Konanki, a University of Pittsburgh student from Virginia, was on spring break in Punta Cana when she was last seen early on Thursday.