A person of interest has been identified in the search for a 20-year-old student from the University of Pittsburgh who disappeared last week on spring break in Punta Cana.
Sudiksha Konanki was last seen in surveillance footage entering the beach at the Riu República Hotel around 4:15 a.m. on March 6, according to a statement from the Dominican National Police.
On Wednesday morning, a spokesperson for the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office in Virginia, where Konanki is a biology student, told NBC News that a person of interest has been identified by U.S. investigators.
The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office has no jurisdiction in Konanki’s case but has sent detectives to Punta Cana to assist with the investigation.
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