The passport of Joshua Riibes, an American linked to the disappearance of a University of Pittsburgh student, has been confiscated by Dominican authorities as part of an ongoing investigation, his attorneys told NBC News.

St. Cloud State senior Joshua Riibe has remained in his hotel room under police surveillance when not questioned at the police station, his parents said.

A Dominican lawyer believes the possibility that missing Pitt student Sudiksha Konanki drowned is more plausible than some experts have indicated.