{"id":13911,"date":"2025-03-18T23:59:13","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T23:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/parents-of-student-missing-in-the-dominican-republic-believe-she-drowned\/"},"modified":"2025-03-18T23:59:13","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T23:59:13","slug":"parents-of-student-missing-in-the-dominican-republic-believe-she-drowned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/parents-of-student-missing-in-the-dominican-republic-believe-she-drowned\/","title":{"rendered":"Parents of Student Missing in the Dominican Republic Believe She Drowned"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The parents of Sudiksha Konanki, the 20-year-old college student who went missing during a spring break trip to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, said they had come to terms with the possibility she had drowned, and asked for privacy to mourn her, according to officials and a statement to the media on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Their sorrowful statement came more than a week after her <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/11\/us\/sudiksha-konanki-missing-punta-cana-search.html\" title=\"\">disappearance on March 6<\/a> grabbed headlines around the world, and led to repeated questioning of the last person seen with her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cSudiksha\u2019s family has expressed their belief that she drowned,\u201d the Loudoun County Sheriff\u2019s Office in Virginia said <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.loudoun.gov\/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=9704\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">in a statement<\/a> on Tuesday. \u201cWhile a final decision to make such a declaration rests with authorities in the Dominican Republic, we will support the Konanki family in every way possible\u201d while continuing to review the evidence, the office said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5dc.com\/video\/1610328\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">In a tearful Fox 5 DC video<\/a> shared online, Ms. Konanki\u2019s father said that they had accepted \u201cthat our daughter has drowned\u201d and that this conclusion was \u201cincredibly difficult for us to process.\u201d Her mother sobbed as he read the statement. They also asked for \u201ctime and privacy to focus on healing\u201d and their family, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcwashington.com\/news\/local\/northern-virginia\/our-heart-is-broken-missing-students-parents-believe-she-drowned\/3870578\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">NBC4 Washington reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"imageblock-wrapper\">\n<figure class=\"img-sz-small css-1189og3 e1g7ppur0\" aria-label=\"media\" role=\"group\"><figcaption data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-caption\" class=\"css-13ytnnu ewdxa0s0\"><span class=\"css-jevhma e13ogyst0\">An undated photo of Ms. Konanki, who was last seen at a beach in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, on March 6.<\/span><span class=\"css-14fe1uy e1z0qqy90\"><span class=\"css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0\">Credit&#8230;<\/span><span><span aria-hidden=\"false\">via Reuters<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ms. Konanki, a University of Pittsburgh student from Loudoun County was last seen nearly two weeks ago. She was spotted in the early morning hours of March 6 at a beach in Punta Cana with an unnamed friend who was \u201cunder investigation,\u201d <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.policianacional.gob.do\/pn-y-mp-amplian-busqueda-e-investigacion-sobre-joven-de-la-india-reportada-desaparecida-tras-ser-vista-por-ultima-vez-entrando-a-playa-de-hotel-donde-se-hospedaba-en-punta-cana\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">according to the authorities<\/a> in the Dominican Republic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The man, who was not named by The New York Times because he had not been charged with a crime, was present <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsls.com\/news\/local\/2025\/03\/18\/watch-live-hearing-in-dominican-republic-for-missing-student-incident\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">at a court hearing<\/a> in the Dominican city of Hig\u00fcey on Tuesday, but the outcome of the proceeding had not yet been disclosed by the authorities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">During the proceeding, the judge granted the man\u2019s request to be able to move about freely and without police supervision.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ms. Konanki stayed at the Hotel Riu Republica in Punta Cana with five friends after arriving in the Dominican Republic on March 3, the police said. Her disappearance sparked a massive search in the Caribbean nation, which is heavily dependent on foreign tourism.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">When the United States Embassy in the Dominican Republic alerted the national police that Ms. Konanki had disappeared, officials began an exhaustive search of the beach and the surrounding area, using drones, helicopters, divers, boats, police dogs and other resources, the authorities said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">More than 300 agents have been searching for Ms. Konanki, the police said. The F.B.I. has been assisting in the investigation, according to the Loudoun County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">Hogla Enecia P\u00e9rez<!-- --> contributed reporting from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/18\/us\/sudiksha-konanki-drowned-dominican-republic.html\">Source link 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