The seek for 20-year-old College of Pittsburgh pupil Sudiksha Konanki, who vanished from a five-star resort within the Dominican Republic, is intensifying as police reveal a male buddy she was with is at the moment beneath investigation.
In keeping with La Policia Nacional, the nation’s nationwide police pressure, Konanki was final seen getting into the seaside early Thursday morning on the Riu Republica Resort in Punta Cana.
It’s unclear who the “younger man” is, however police stated he was within the water on the identical seaside, and so they have been questioning him in an try and corroborate his model of occasions, in keeping with a translation of a Spanish-language assertion.
Konanki, who was born in India however is a authorized everlasting U.S. resident from Virginia, was on a spring break journey with 5 feminine classmates, authorities stated beforehand.
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Sudiksha Konanki in a Fb selfie photograph. The 20-year-old College of Pittsburgh junior has been lacking since March 6, when she vanished throughout a spring break journey to a five-star resort in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. (Sudiksha Konanki/Fb)
She arrived on March 3 and was final seen round 4:15 a.m. on March 6, on surveillance video, headed onto the seaside along with her pals, in keeping with native police.
Dominican information outlet El Nacional reported that Joshua Steven Ribe, a 24-year-old vacationer from Iowa, was the final particular person to see Konanki alive.
Ribe, who was additionally a visitor on the identical resort, reportedly informed police a number of totally different variations of what occurred.
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Native outlet Noticias SIN reported that Ribe informed police he entered the water with Konanki, however the tough surf made him sick so he went again to shore, leaving Konanki within the water.
Sudiksha Konanki, 20, from northern Virginia, was first reported lacking on Thursday and disappeared whereas (Handout, left, and Defensa Civil Dominicana, proper.)
In one other model, he stated he felt sick and left Konanki in knee-deep water earlier than he handed out on the seaside.
Lastly, in keeping with reporting from Noticias SIN, Ribe claimed he noticed Konanki strolling on the seaside earlier than he fell asleep on the seaside.
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It’s unclear if Ribe is the male buddy that police stated is beneath investigation.
Native media additionally reported that Konanki’s garments have been discovered on the seaside.
Sudiksha Konanki seems in an undated photograph on her TikTok profile. She was final seen on March 6 at a resort seaside in Punta Cana. (@sudikshakonanki/TikTok)
Her whereabouts stay unknown, however ABC Information reported Monday that she could have drowned, citing legislation enforcement sources.
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Because the seek for Konanki intensifies, INTERPOL is being requested to assist. The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Workplace in Virginia has requested a worldwide police alert – referred to as a Yellow Discover – for lacking individuals, in keeping with reporting by CBS Information.
Konanki is 5 ft, 3 inches tall, with black hair and brown eyes. She was final seen sporting a brown bikini, hoop earrings, bracelets and an anklet.