College Student, 20, Missing After Going for a Beach Walk During Spring Break Trip to the Dominican Republic


College Student, 20, Missing After Going for a Beach Walk During Spring Break Trip to the Dominican Republic

By Bailey Richards Published on March 9, 2025 01:56PM EDT A 20-year-old college student is missing after going for an early morning beach walk while vacationing in the Dominican Republic. University of Pittsburgh junior Sudiksha Konanki — a resident of Virginia’s Loudoun County and citizen of India — was last seen on Thursday, March 6, while walking on a beach at Riu Republica Resort in Punta Cana, according to the Dominican Civil Defense and a missing poster shared on social media. She was on a spring break trip, the poster stated. Konanki was traveling with a group of six fellow Pittsburgh students, all female, including one other Loudoun County resident, a spokesperson for the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office (LCSO) told PEOPLE in a statement. It is not immediately clear whether the group traveling with Konanki has returned from the trip or whether they were with her when she was last spotted.