Missing American college student seen on resort surveillance in Dominican Republic

PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic – A 20-year-old assemblage pupil was past captured connected surveillance footage gallivanting with friends during their outpouring interruption travel astatine a edifice successful the Dominican Republic earlier she mysteriously vanished.

Sudiksha Konanki, a inferior pre-med pupil astatine the University of Pittsburgh, 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.

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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'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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Konanki was seen for the past clip astatine 4:15 a.m. walking connected the formation extracurricular the RIU Republica Resort connected March 6, according to the Dominican National Police.

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The footage captured Konanki accompanied by 2 men and 3 women. The 20-year-old was seen clinging to a blonde man, whom authorities identified arsenic a "male friend."

Authorities said that the antheral person who was with Konanki astir the clip of her disappearance is nether investigation.

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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.

The formation is seen astatine the RIU Republica edifice successful Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. (Courtesy of D'Lani Sweeney)

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

Authorities person not named immoderate suspects amid their ongoing investigation. In a merchandise connected Tuesday, the Dominican National Police said that they are "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.

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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."

A associated probe into Konanki's disappearance is being conducted by the FBI, the U.S. Embassy successful the Dominican Republic, the Dominican National Police and the Dominican Prosecutors Office.