
By Blake Wolf
A massive search is underway for a University of Pittsburgh student who vanished while on spring break in the Dominican Republic.
20-year-old Sudiksha Konanki, from North Virginia, was reportedly with a group of six students on vacation at Punta Cana when she went missing.
Konanki was first reported missing on Thursday, according to the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office. She was last seen on March 6th, at approximately 4:50 a.m. on the beach at Riu Republica Resort.
The sheriff’s office stated that it is working alongside Dominican authorities. Konaki is also a citizen of India, and the sheriff’s office added that the Indian Embassy in the Dominican Republic is also joining in on the search efforts.
“Our office is supporting those efforts and continuing to investigate locally,” the sheriff’s office stated while adding that “it is our understanding that the US is deploying considerable federal assets” in efforts to locate Konanki.
“Several bridges have been deployed by sea and land, to find the whereabouts of the foreigner,” added the Dominican Republic emergency operations agency.
A University of Pittsburgh spokesperson also issued a statement, offering their full support in the search efforts…
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