American college student Sudiksha Konanki’s disappearance in Dominican Republic: timeline

The mysterious disappearance of an American assemblage pupil successful the Dominican Republic has captured nationalist and planetary attention.

Sudiksha Konanki, a 20-year-old University of Pittsburgh pupil from Loudon County, Virginia, was past seen walking connected a formation extracurricular the five-star RIU Republica Resort successful the aboriginal greeting hours of March 6. She has yet to beryllium located.

Here is what we cognize truthful acold astir the events starring up to and aft Konanki's disappearance:

March 5

Konanki was successful the Dominican Republic, staying astatine the five-star RIU Republica Resort with a radical of six pistillate Pitt students, the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office told Fox News Digital. 

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Sudiksha Konanki successful a Facebook selfie photo. The 20-year-old University of Pittsburgh inferior has been missing since March 6, erstwhile she vanished during a outpouring interruption travel to a five-star edifice successful Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. (Sudiksha Konanki/Facebook)

Konanki was seen walking connected the formation with six radical that evening anterior to her disappearance, 3 Dominican officials told ABC News. 

Most of the radical successful the radical returned to the edifice that night, but 1 idiosyncratic stayed down with Konanki connected the formation into the aboriginal greeting hours of March 6, ABC News reported, citing an investigative constabulary report. 

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A subordinate of the civilian defence canine portion searches connected Monday for Sudiksha Konanki, a University of Pittsburgh pupil from the U.S. who disappeared connected a formation successful Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, past week. (AP/Francesco Spotorno)

March 6

Konanki was seen for the past clip aft 4 a.m. walking connected the formation extracurricular the RIU Republica Resort, according to a flyer being circulated online.

La Policia Nacional, the country’s nationalist constabulary force, said a antheral person who was with Konanki astir the clip of her disappearance is nether investigation.

It is unclear who the "young man" is, but constabulary said helium was successful the h2o astatine the aforesaid beach, and they are questioning him successful an effort to corroborate his mentation of events, according to a translation of a Spanish-language statement.

Local outlet Noticias SIN reported that a man, who was besides a impermanent astatine the aforesaid resort, was the past idiosyncratic seen with Konanki and reportedly told constabulary respective antithetic versions of what happened.

The antheral reportedly said helium entered the h2o with Konanki, but the unsmooth surf made him sick, truthful helium went backmost to shore, leaving Konanki successful the water.

In different mentation of the story, helium said helium felt sick and near Konanki successful knee-deep h2o earlier helium passed retired connected the beach. The antheral additionally claimed helium saw Konanki walking connected the formation earlier helium fell dormant connected the beach, according to reporting from Noticias SIN.

Military unit hunt for Sudiksha Konanki, a assemblage pupil from the U.S. who disappeared connected a formation successful Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, connected Monday, March 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Francesco Spotorno)

March 8

The Embassy of India successful the Dominican Republic said it is moving with the State Department and instrumentality enforcement connected the ground, according to a Loudoun County Sheriff's Office spokesperson.

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"Our Sheriff’s Office is supporting those efforts and continuing to analyse locally," the spokesperson told Fox News Digital connected Saturday morning.

Defensa Civil Dominicana, a Dominican Republic hunt and rescue force, completed a afloat day’s hunt with operations scheduled to resume connected Sunday.

Sudiksha Konanki appears successful an undated photograph connected her TikTok profile. She was past seen connected March 6 astatine a edifice formation successful Punta Cana. (@sudikshakonanki/TikTok)

"The Orange Search and Rescue Unit, on with different institutions, worked from aboriginal Saturday hours, trying to find the whereabouts of the young woman, Sudiksha Konanki, without success," the bureau said successful a societal media post.

RIU Hotels said successful a connection 1 of its guests has not been seen since the aboriginal hours of March 6.

Sudiksha Konanki was past seen successful the aboriginal greeting hours of March 6. (Facebook)

"From the infinitesimal her lack was reported, we person been moving intimately with the section authorities, including the constabulary and the navy, to conduct a thorough search," RIU Hotels said successful a statement. "We would similar to explicit our deepest sympathy to the household and friends during this incredibly difficult time. The information and well-being of our guests are our highest priority, and we are fully committed to doing everything successful our powerfulness to assistance successful this situation."

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The edifice added that its squad is "providing afloat enactment to the authorities successful the search, and an exigency protocol has been activated to guarantee that each indispensable measures are taken."

March 9

Defensa Civil Dominicana resumed its hunt for Konanki astatine 6 a.m. connected Sunday.

One study suggested Sudiksha Konanki drowned successful the water successful Punta Cana aft getting swept up by a large wave. (AP/Francesco Spotorno)

March 10

Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares told "Fox & Friends" connected Monday greeting his bureau was "still successful the information-gathering stage."

"Her friends person each been accounted for, that is the bully news," helium said. "Obviously, our bosom breaks for the family. We privation to find her, we privation to hopefully find her harmless and sound. Right now, determination is conscionable truthful overmuch that we don’t know." 

Military unit and civilian defence members hunt for Sudiksha Konanki, a pupil from the U.S. who disappeared connected a formation successful Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, connected Monday, March 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Francesco Spotorno)

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When asked astir a Monday study that Konanki whitethorn person drowned, a spokesperson for the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office told Fox News Digital authorities "have heard this and person seen nary grounds presented astatine this time."

"As of past night, investigators were inactive actively interviewing persons who whitethorn person seen oregon been with her past Wednesday evening and Thursday morning, arsenic good arsenic reviewing surveillance video and telephone records to assistance ascertain what happened and why," spokesperson Thomas Julia said.

Fox News' Greg Norman, Lorraine Taylor and Michael Ruiz contributed to this report.