Search for University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki continues after spring break disappearance
The search for missing University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki, who vanished last week while on a spring break trip in the Dominican Republic.
The search for missing University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki, who vanished while on a spring break trip in the Dominican Republic, entered its fourth day Monday.
The 20-year-old junior was last seen in the early morning hours of March 6 entering the beach of the RIU hotel she was staying at in Punta Cana, according to Dominican Republic National Police.
Konanki and five friends from college arrived in the Dominican Republic on March 3 and were staying at the same hotel, police said.
Sudiksha Konanki.Obtained by NBC NewsNational Police learned she was missing Friday morning and an "exhaustive search has been initiated by sea, air and land" using drones, helicopters, divers, boats and canine units.
Police believe she disappeared around 4:15 a.m. after she and her friends were captured on video surveillance entering the beach area of the hotel. Her friends returned to the hotel but she did not.
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