Surveillance video shows one of the last times American college student Sudiksha Konanki was seen before she vanished almost a week ago in the Dominican Republic. Local investigators say the group she was with included a 24-year-old man from the U.

PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic — The father of a 20-year-old University of Pittsburgh student from Virginia who went missing in the popular Dominican Republic tourist town of Punta Cana while on spring break with friends said he has asked authorities to widen their investigation.

Authorities have ramped up their efforts by air, sea and land to track down the 20-year-old University of Pittsburgh student who went missing six days ago while vacationing in the Dominican Republic resort town of Punta Cana.

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Sudiksha Konanki, 20, vanished at the beach of the Riu República Hotel in the early hours of March 6, sparking a frantic pursuit involving authorities from the Dominican Republic.

New surveillance video has surfaced of Sudiksha Konanki, the Pitt student who went missing and disappeared while vacationing in the Dominican Republic.

Konanki, 20 was last seen at the Riu Republica Resort in the early hours of March 6, 2025. (Santiago Baez for Fox News Digital)