Pitt pupil vanishes on spring break journey to Dominican Republic whereas strolling on seaside

A College of Pittsburgh pupil has mysteriously vanished whereas on a spring break vacation within the Dominican Republic, and searches are at the moment underway.

Sudiksha Konanki, 20, from northern Virginia, was first reported lacking on Thursday in Punta Cana, in line with the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Workplace. Punta Cana is situated within the east of the Caribbean island nation and is a well-liked vacationer sizzling spot. 

Konanki was final seen at round 4:50 a.m. on a seaside on the five-star Riu Republica Resort and has not been heard from since, in line with a flyer being circulated on-line. Native information stories say she was strolling on a seaside on the time.

Sudiksha Konanki, 20, from northern Virginia, has been lacking since Thursday. (Handout, left, and Defensa Civil Dominicana, proper)

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Konanki was a part of a gaggle of six feminine College of Pittsburgh college students touring to the world, a spokesperson for the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Workplace advised Fox Information Digital. Konanki is a citizen of India and the sheriff’s workplace she is a everlasting authorized U.S. resident.

She is described as 5 ft, 3 inches tall, with black hair and brown eyes, per the flyer.

The flyer says that she was final seen carrying a brown, two-piece bikini, massive spherical earrings, a metallic designer anklet on her proper leg, yellow and metal bracelets on her proper hand and a multicolored beaded bracelet on her left hand.

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Defensa Civil Dominicana, a Dominican Republic search and rescue drive, mentioned Saturday it had accomplished a full day’s search with operations scheduled to renew on Sunday.

“The Orange Search and Rescue Unit, together with different establishments, labored from early Saturday hours, looking for the whereabouts of the younger lady, Sudiksha Konanki, with out success,” the company wrote in a put up on Instagram. 

A tropical seaside in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (iStock)

The embassy of India within the Dominican Republic is working with the State Division and regulation enforcement on the bottom, the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Workplace spokesperson mentioned. 

“Our Sheriff’s Workplace is supporting these efforts and persevering with to research domestically,” the spokesperson advised Fox Information Digital.

The State Division’s newest journey advisory from June 2024 advises vacationers to train elevated warning within the Dominican Republic as a result of crime, giving it a Stage 2 warning.

Punta Cana is situated within the east of the Caribbean island nation and is a well-liked vacationer sizzling spot. (Google Maps)

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“Violent crime, together with armed theft, murder, and sexual assault, is a priority all through the Dominican Republic,” the State Division advisory reads. 

It says that resorts are higher policed than city areas like Santo Domingo.

The College of Pittsburgh mentioned it’s in touch with Konanki’s household in addition to authorities in Loudoun County, Virginia, and have provided their full help in to search out her and produce her house safely, the establishment advised WTAE. 

Fox Information Digital has reached out to the College of Pittsburgh for additional remark.