Parents of missing Pitt student say they believe their daughter drowned in Dominican Republic
The parents of missing University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki said on Tuesday that they've given up hope that their daughter is still alive and believe she drowned while on a spring break trip in the Dominican Republic.
The parents of missing University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki said on Tuesday that they've given up hope that their daughter is still alive and believe she drowned while on a spring break trip in the Dominican Republic.
Sudiksha Konanki.Obtained by NBC NewsKonanki, 20, went missing while on a trip with five friends in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. She is believed to have been last seen on the beach in the early hours of March 6 before she vanished.
A weeks-long international investigation into her disappearance has largely come up short of answers. Addressing reporters outside of their home in Loudoun County, Virginia, Konanki’s parents said that drowning is the explanation for her disappearance.
"We are coming to terms with the fact that our daughter has drowned," Konanki's father, Subbarayudu Konanki, said through tears. "This is incredibly difficult for us to process."
Konanki's father said that U.S. and Dominican Republic authorities told the family that they also believe their daughter drowned, pointing to the ocean's conditions on the morning she disappeared.
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