Beth Holloway identifies key difference between Sudiksha Konanki case and her daughter's

FIRST ON FOX – PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic – Beth Holloway said determination is 1 cardinal quality betwixt the hunt for her girl Natalee 20 years agone and the hunt for Sudiksha Konanki, the 20-year-old who vanished successful the Dominican Republic past week.

Holloway, whose girl Natalee disappeared from the Caribbean land of Aruba connected May 30, 2005, has been an outspoken advocator for pupil information pursuing her daughter's death.

American assemblage pupil Sudiksha Konanki disappearance and Natalee Holloway's disappearance person been linked owed to the cases' similarities.

Beth Holloway broke her soundlessness connected the lawsuit successful a connection to Fox News Digital connected Tuesday.

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A motion of Natalee Holloway, an Alabama precocious schoolhouse postgraduate who disappeared portion connected a graduation travel to Aruba, is seen connected Palm Beach, successful beforehand of her edifice successful Aruba, Friday, June 10, 2005, arsenic a ribbon successful her representation blows successful the breeze. (AP Photo/Leslie Mazoch)

"The household is truthful fortunate to person an American embassy determination to enactment with," Beth Holloway, the parent of Natalee Holloway, said. "I did not person that successful Aruba."

Both the young women vanished successful Caribbean countries portion connected vacation. 

Natalee Holloway disappeared during a precocious schoolhouse graduation solemnisation astatine a edifice successful Aruba, portion Konanki disappeared during connected a outpouring interruption travel with her University of Pittsburgh friends astatine an all-inclusive edifice successful Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

Natalee Holloway was past seen live connected May 30, 2005, leaving a barroom with Joran van der Sloot. He was the premier fishy successful her disappearance for the pursuing 18 years and yet admitted to sidesplitting her successful an Oct. 3, 2023 confession made nationalist aft helium pleaded blameworthy to the extortion case.

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Konanki was past seen connected surveillance camera with 5 different radical entering the formation astatine the Riu República Hotel successful Punta Cana aft 4:15 a.m. Thursday, the Dominican National Police said successful a statement.

Surveillance video, obtained by Noticias SIN, captured the radical striding towards the formation astatine the five-star resort. The footage is the past clip authorities tracked Konanki earlier the Virginia nonmigratory disappeared.

Konanki's disappearance has sparked wide speculation astir the events starring up to it, prompting instrumentality enforcement successful some the Dominican Republic and the U.S. to investigate.

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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)

Since her daughter's murder, Beth Holloway has been advocating connected her behalf and said that the disappearance of Konanki, 20, should beryllium a informing for travelers.

"I person created the full-circle information program for travelers and citizens of each ages to punctual them to walk arsenic overmuch clip readying the extremity of their outing arsenic they bash readying wherever to go, what to deterioration and who they are going with," Holloway said.

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Konanki's father, Subbarayudu Knanki, called for authorities to widen their investigation.

"It’s 4 days, and if she was successful water, she would apt person been strewn to shore," helium told WTOP-FM. "She’s not found, truthful we’re asking them to analyse aggregate options, similar kidnapping oregon abduction."

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Authorities person not named immoderate suspects amid their ongoing investigation. 

Loudoun County, Virginia Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Thomas Julia told Fox News Digital Tuesday nighttime that 24-year-old Joshua Riibe is simply a "person of interest" successful the assemblage student's disappearance, but noted it is inactive a missing persons case, not a transgression case.

In a merchandise connected Tuesday, the Dominican National Police said it is "re-interviewing targeted individuals who were successful the victim’s proximity astatine the clip of her disappearance."

"This includes edifice employees wherever Konanki and her companions were staying, with the extremity of gathering accusation to corroborate her movements, interactions, and immoderate applicable details for the investigation," they said.

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

Fox News Digital's Stepheny Price contributed to this report.