The search for Sudiksha Konanki stretched into another day, according to authorities.
The University of Pittsburgh college student from Virginia was reported missing from the island’s east coast on March 7. She was last seen on March 6 while vacationing in the Dominican Republic with five other people during spring break.
At the time of Konanki’s disappearance, there was a power outage at the Hotel Riu República in the popular beach resort town of Punta Cana in the eastern part of the island country.
The Ministerio Publico, the country’s public prosecutor, said in a statement that several law enforcement agencies have been involved in her search, including the Dominican Republic National Police, and the Public Prosecutor’s Office while being supported by the U.S. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)….