Investigators continue to search for a college student from Virginia who vanished earlier this month while visiting the Dominican Republic with five other people during spring break from classes.

Riibe told authorities that he and Konanki had talked and kissed, and were in the ocean together when a large wave hit them and pulled them out farther into the ocean, news outlets including ABC News and the Dominican publications El Nacional and Noticias SIN reported, according to a transcript they obtained of his interview with police.