Joshua Riibe, named a person of interest by the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office, is not considered a suspect in Konanki's disappearance and has not been accused of a crime

Joshua Riibe, a 24-year-old tourist from Iowa, has come under the spotlight, with investigators naming him a 'person of interest.'

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.