Missing American college student seen walking hand-in-hand with man
Surveillance footage showed 20-year-old Sudiksha Konanki walking arm-in-arm with a man at the Riu Republica, a resort in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, prior to her disappearance. (Credit: Noticias Sin)
PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic – New surveillance footage shows missing University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki walking hand-in-hand with a man before she disappeared as the search for the 20-year-old enters a sixth day.
Sudiksha Konanki, a junior pre-med student at the University of Pittsburgh, was seen walking with a male individual at the Riu República Hotel in Punta Cana on March 6.
In another section of the footage, Konanki is seen gallivanting with five other people while entering the beach at the five-star resort at around 4:15 a.m.
It is the last time authorities tracked her before the Virginia resident disappeared.
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Sudiksha Konanki in a Facebook selfie photo. The 20-year-old University of Pittsburgh junior has been missing since March 6, when she vanished during a spring break trip to a five-star resort in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. (Sudiksha Konanki/Facebook)
Konanki's disappearance has sparked widespread speculation about the events leading up to it, prompting law enforcement in both the Dominican Republic and the U.S. to investigate.
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Konanki was seen for the last time at 4:15 a.m. walking on the beach outside the RIU Republica Resort on March 6, according to the Dominican National Police.
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The footage captured Konanki accompanied by two men and three women. The 20-year-old was seen clinging to a blonde man, whom authorities identified as a "male friend."
Authorities said that the male friend who was with Konanki around the time of her disappearance is under investigation.
It is unclear who the "young man" is, but police said he was in the water at the same beach, and they are questioning him in an attempt to corroborate his version of events, according to a translation of a Spanish-language statement.
US college student Sudiksha Konanki went missing while on vacation with her friends in Punta Cana on March 6, 2025. (Fox News Graphics)
Military personnel search for Sudiksha Konanki, a student from the U.S. who disappeared on a beach in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, Monday, March 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Francesco Spotorno)
Authorities have not named any suspects amid their ongoing investigation. In a release on Tuesday, the Dominican National Police said that they are "re-interviewing targeted individuals who were in the victim’s proximity at the time of her disappearance."
"This includes hotel employees where Konanki and her companions were staying, with the goal of gathering information to corroborate her movements, interactions, and any relevant details for the investigation," they said.
When asked about a Monday report that Konanki may have drowned, a spokesperson for the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office told Fox News Digital authorities "have heard this and have seen no evidence presented at this time."
Local authorities search for missing US student, Sudiksha Konanki in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, Tuesday, March 11, 2025. Konanki, 20, was last seen on March 6 on a beach outside the five-star RIU Republica Resort in the Dominican Republic (Santiago Baez for Fox News Digital)
A joint investigation into Konanki's disappearance is being conducted by the U.S. Embassy in the Dominican Republic, the Dominican National Police and the Dominican Prosecutors Office. The FBI is also assisting.
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