Authorities believe Pitt student who vanished in the Dominican Republic drowned: report

Authorities believe the University of Pittsburgh student who vanished in the Dominican Republic last week drowned after she was caught in a big wave, according to a report.

Sudiksha Konanki, 20, was with six other people on a Punta Cana beach Wednesday night before most of the group packed up and called it a night, while she and one other person stayed on the sand through early Thursday, three Dominican officials told ABC News Sunday night.

Konanki, a legal permanent US resident who lived in an upscale suburb of Washington, DC, and the other person then went for a swim where they faced a huge wave, according to an investigative police report cited by the outlet.