STUDENT INVESTIGATION

Nov 18 2025CRIME

Cold Case Breakthrough: Students Crack 34-Year-Old Murder Mystery

A recent arrest in a decades-old murder case highlights the power of fresh eyes and determination. Janie Perkins, now 63, was taken into custody for the 1991 murder of Cynthia Gonzalez. This case had baffled investigators for 34 years, until a group of criminology students from the University of Texas at Arlington got involved. The students, part of a unique partner...

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Mar 19 2025CRIME

A Young Man's Struggle to Leave the Caribbean

A court in the Dominican Republic is set to decide whether a young American man will be allowed to return home. Joshua Riibe, a 22-year-old student from Minnesota, has been stuck in the country since early March. He was the last person seen with Sudiksha Konanki, a 20-year-old University of Pittsburgh student who went missing during a spring break trip. Riibe claims ...

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Mar 17 2025CRIME

The Mystery of Sudiksha: A Beach Vanishing

A young student from the University of Pittsburgh vanished without a trace during a spring break trip. Sudiksha Konanki, a 20-year-old, went missing from the beach of the Riu República Hotel in Punta Cana. The last person known to be with her was Joshua Steven Riibe. Riibe, a 22-year-old senior from St. Cloud State University in Minnesota, has been under intense scr...

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