Authorities imagine the College of Pittsburgh scholar who vanished within the Dominican Republic final week drowned after she was caught in a giant wave, in accordance with a report.
Sudiksha Konanki, 20, was with six different individuals on a Punta Cana seaside Wednesday evening earlier than a lot of the group packed up and known as it an evening, whereas she and one different individual stayed on the sand by early Thursday morning, three Dominican officers informed ABC Information Sunday evening.
Konanki, a authorized everlasting US resident who lived in an upscale suburb of Washington, DC, and the opposite individual then went for a swim the place they confronted an enormous wave, in accordance with an investigative police report cited by the outlet.
Konanki, who’s an Indian nationwide, traveled with 5 buddies from Pitt to the sunny Caribbean island and was reportedly swimming with a “young man” main as much as the tragedy, native outlet Listin Diario reported earlier.
He was questioned by investigators, although it was unclear if he was additionally a Pitt scholar.
Konanki was final noticed on the seaside on surveillance video round 4:15 a.m. Thursday, the Dominican Republic Public Ministry informed ABC Information.
Rescue groups set off a determined seek for the younger girl, together with utilizing helicopters and drones to scour the water whereas crews combed over the white sands.
She was final seen carrying a brown bikini together with bracelets on each arms and an anklet, in accordance with authorities.
