Sudiksha Konanki disappearance: Dominican Republic traveler claims resort didn't give info on beach safety

A traveler who was astatine the edifice successful the Dominican Republic connected the aforesaid time University of Pittsburgh pupil Sudiksha Konanki vanished is claiming determination was "no communication" from the edifice regarding formation safety, leaving it "kind of conscionable near up to your ain discretion." 

D’Lani Sweeney spoke to NewsNation arsenic the hunt remains ongoing for the missing 20-year-old, who was past seen entering the formation aboriginal Thursday greeting astatine the Riu Republica Resort successful Punta Cana, according to La Policia Nacional, the country's nationalist constabulary force. On Monday, ABC News reported that Konanki may person drowned, citing instrumentality enforcement sources. 

"I retrieve the waves being a batch bigger than they usually were. Me and my friends were connected the formation and I retrieve telling them that I was not going to spell into the water due to the fact that I cognize I tin swim, but not that good capable to consciousness harmless successful the ocean," Sweeney said. "I cognize a mates friends that did spell in, but they weren’t successful for a portion and determination weren’t arsenic galore radical successful the water arsenic we usually would see." 

"There was nary connection from the edifice astatine each of, you know, this is our formation safety, to beryllium safe. It was benignant of conscionable near up to your ain discretion," she added. "One nighttime determination was similar a information defender whistling astatine radical to travel successful from the formation that were going in, but that was the lone nighttime that I had seen it and we went practically astir each time down to the formation to instrumentality pictures." 

AMERICAN COLLEGE STUDENT MISSING IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC DIDN’T DROWN, NATALEE HOLLOWAY PRIVATE EYE BELIEVES 

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)

A video captured by Sweeney showed a reddish emblem posted astatine the beach, informing swimmers of unsmooth conditions successful the water. 

Sweeney besides told NewsNation that the edifice was suffering from aggregate issues during her caller stay, including prolonged powerfulness outages, and that she believes "100 percent" that the conditions mightiness person prompted others specified arsenic Konanki to walk much clip astatine the formation than normal. 

"I cognize radical that got locked retired of their rooms and due to the fact that of the powerfulness being for hours, days connected end, the lawsuit work was not capable to assistance them oregon regenerate their cards to enactment connected their room, truthful radical were sleeping successful different people’s rooms, they were sleeping connected the excavation chairs, they were sleeping by the beach, they were staying retired arsenic agelong arsenic they could due to the fact that determination was nary AC successful the rooms and the rooms would get 80 degrees plus." 

Civil defence boats hunt for Sudiksha Konanki connected Monday, March. 10. One study suggested Konanki drowned successful the water successful Punta Cana aft getting swept up by a large wave. (AP/Francesco Spotorno)

When asked astir the claims Tuesday, RIU Hotels did not instantly respond to a petition for remark from Fox News Digital.  

"At RIU Hotels, we are profoundly acrophobic astir the disappearance of 1 of our guests," the edifice relation told Fox News Digital successful a connection yesterday. 

"We would similar to explicit our deepest sympathy to the household and friends during this incredibly hard time. The information and well-being of our guests are our highest priority, and we are afloat committed to doing everything successful our powerfulness to assistance successful this situation," it continued. 

POLICE REVEAL MALE FRIEND IS UNDER INVESTIGATION FOLLOWING KONANKI’S DISAPPEARANCE 

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)

"Our 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. Additionally, we person established an interior connection transmission truthful that immoderate of our employees, crossed our 5 hotels successful Punta Cana, who whitethorn person applicable accusation tin stock it with america oregon the authorities," RIU Hotels besides said. 

Konanki is primitively from India but is simply a ineligible imperishable U.S. nonmigratory from Loudoun County, adjacent Washington, D.C., according to authorities. She is 5 feet, 3 inches tall, with achromatic hairsbreadth and brownish eyes. She was past seen wearing a brownish bikini, hoop earrings, bracelets and an anklet. 

Dominican constabulary person said they are investigating 1 of Konanki's friends and are looking to corroborate claims from a "young man" who was besides successful the h2o connected the time of her disappearance. 

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 if determination is immoderate crushed to fishy foul play, a spokesperson for the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office successful Virginia told Fox News Digital, "We person to see each possibilities and U.S. instrumentality enforcement is looking astatine everything." 

Fox News Digital's Michael Ruiz and Ashley Papa contributed to this report.