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The Iowa man previously named as a person of interest in the disappearance of missing Pitt student Sudiksha Konanki faced another hitch getting home — because his newly replaced US passport did not have the correct stamp in it.

Joshua Riibe, 22, was detained during a stopover in Puerto Rico late Wednesday, NotiCentro reported — with video showing his dad, Albert, calling out to him to “Ask for your lawyer!”

It was not clear how long the returning tourist was held for questioning, which was over his new passport from the US consulate in the Dominican Republic not being stamped when he left, NotiCentro reported.

Joshua Riibe attends a court hearing on the Dominican Republic. Francesco Sportono for the NYPost
Joshua Riibe’s father Albert Riibe speaks to reporters at a Puerto Rican airport. NotiCentro
University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki was reported missing during her spring break trip down to the Dominican Republic on March 6, 2025. TikTok / @sudikshakonanki

However, his father could not contain his frustration at being delayed yet again in getting his son home, telling reporters at the airport to “leave us alone.”

“I’m just a dad, who had his son taken away, and I don’t understand we just spent two weeks trying to stay together, and now… I don’t understand,” he complained.

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