# Key difference between Sudiksha Konanki and Natalee Holloway cases | Fox News

## Beth Holloway identifies key difference between Sudiksha Konanki case and her daughter's

### Sudiksha Konanki, 20, disappeared from a five-star resort in Punta Cana while on spring break

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**Published March 12, 2025 4:00am EDT**

### Search ramps up for missing U.S. student in the Dominican Republic

Fox News national correspondent Nate Foy has the latest on the search for a missing U.S. student in the Dominican Republic on 'The Story.'

**Beth Holloway**

*Beth Holloway broke her silence on the case in a statement to Fox News Digital on Tuesday.*

**Beth Holloway**

### "The family is so fortunate to have an American embassy there to work with," Beth Holloway, the mother of Natalee Holloway, said. "I did not have that in Aruba."

Both the young women disappeared in Caribbean countries while on vacation.

*Natalee Holloway disappeared during a high school graduation celebration at a hotel in Aruba on May 30, 2005, leaving a bar with Joran van der Sloot. He was the prime suspect in her disappearance for the following 18 years and finally admitted to killing her in an Oct. 3, 2023 confession made public after he pleaded guilty to the extortion case.*

**WATCH:**

### Security footage shows Sudiksha Konanki walking to the beach alongside friends before going missing

[](https://www.foxnews.com/video/6369893955112)

**Konanki's disappearance has sparked widespread speculation about the events leading up to it, prompting law enforcement in both the Dominican Republic and the U.S. to investigate.**



*A sign of Natalee Holloway, an Alabama high school graduate who disappeared while on a graduation trip to Aruba, is seen on Palm Beach, in front of her hotel in Aruba, Friday, June 10, 2005, as a ribbon in her memory blows in the breeze. (AP Photo/Leslie Mazoch)*

### Konanki was last seen on surveillance camera with five other people entering the beach at the Riu República Hotel in Punta Cana after 4:15 a.m. Thursday, the Dominican National Police said in a statement.

Surveillance video, obtained by Noticias SIN, captured the group striding towards the beach at the five-star resort. The footage is the last time authorities tracked Konanki before the Virginia resident disappeared.

### Konanki's father, Subbarayudu Knanki, called for authorities to widen their investigation.

"It’s four days, and if she was in water, she would likely have been strewn to shore," he . "She’s not found, so we’re asking them to investigate multiple options, like kidnapping or abduction."

**WATCH:**

### Dive team heads into the sea as search for missing US student continues

[](https://www.foxnews.com/video/6369894638112)

### Authorities have not named any suspects amid their ongoing investigation.

Loudoun County, Virginia Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Thomas Julia told Fox News Digital Tuesday night that 24-year-old Joshua Riibe is a "person of interest," not a suspect, in the college student's disappearance, but noted it is still a missing persons case, not a criminal case.

Riibe told Fox News Digital on Tuesday via phone call that he did not want to comment "at this time." He also said he does not have a lawyer.

In a release on Tuesday, the Dominican National Police said it is "re-interviewing targeted individuals who were in the victim’s proximity at the time of her disappearance."

"This  where Konanki and her companions were staying, with the goal of gathering information to corroborate her movements, interactions, and any relevant details for the investigation," they said.

### Fox News Digital's Stepheny Price contributed to this report.

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