Joshua Riibe's return to the U.S. remains unclear as there was no immediate decision about returning his passport, which authorities confiscated last week.

The family of Sudiksha Konanki, the University of Pittsburgh junior who went missing in early March during a spring break trip with friends, believes she died of accidental drowning, according to Loudoun County, Va., law enforcement.

A judge in the Dominican Republic on Tuesday granted a request for freedom for Joshua Steven Riibe, who investigators believe was the last person to see US college student Sudiksha Konanki alive nearly two weeks ago.