New Video Exhibits Sudiksha Konanki Shortly Earlier than She Vanished on Spring Break in Punta Cana

New surveillance footage of Sudiksha Konanki exhibits the lacking faculty scholar simply earlier than she vanished throughout her spring break journey.

Konanki, a 20-year-old College of Pittsburgh scholar, went lacking on Thursday, March 6, in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, whereas on spring break with pals.

In a brand new video, taken at 4:15 a.m. native time on March 6, Konanki is seen leaving the RIU Hotels and Resorts foyer with three different individuals. She is arm-in-arm with a person whereas two girls path behind them as they exit the constructing, CNN experiences.

The Dominican Republic Nationwide Police beforehand acknowledged that surveillance cameras captured footage of Sudiksha and “the younger foreigners who accompanied her” about “a couple of meters from coming into the seashore space” round 4:15 a.m. 

The Loudon County Sheriff’s Workplace mentioned that earlier than her disappearance, Sudkisha was reportedly with 5 feminine faculty pals at a resort. In the meantime, her father, Subbarayudu Konanki, advised CNN that his daughter went to the seashore on March 6 “with pals and another guys they met on the resort.”

Subbarayudu advised CNN that “her pals got here again after a while and my daughter didn’t come again, didn’t present up from the seashore.” Moreover, two police sources advised ABC News that the opposite girls who have been with Sudiksha returned to their lodge round 5:55 a.m.

Sudiksha is believed to have stayed behind with a person, based on a neighborhood police supply, per CNN. Surveillance footage captures the person leaving the seashore round 9:55 a.m., however Sudiksha was nowhere to be seen. 

The Dominican Republic Nationwide Police mentioned in its March 9 assertion that the younger man who was with Sudiksha when she entered the seashore “is under investigation.”

Authorities mentioned they have been interviewing a number of individuals, “primarily the companions of the lacking younger girl, whose names are being withheld, so as to set up the precise location of the maritime search and its environment.”

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Sudkisha’s father advised WTOP-FM on Monday, March 10, that “it’s [been] 4 days, and if she was in water, she would doubtless have been strewn to shore.” Including, “She’s not discovered, so we’re asking them to analyze a number of choices, like kidnapping or abduction.”

Sources near the investigation advised ABC Information that Sudkisha’s clothes were found on the seashore the place she went lacking.

Authorities have used drones, helicopters and detection canines to go looking the waters close to the world she was final seen, Jensen Sánchez, a Civil Protection spokesman, advised The Associated Press on Tuesday, March 11.

“The search is underway at sea as a result of it’s presumed she drowned. Based on the boy who was together with her, the waves swept her away, however that’s below police investigation,” he mentioned. Sánchez mentioned it might take over per week for a physique to floor in heat waters.

Because the preliminary report, U.S. and native legislation enforcement have been investigating the lacking individuals case. The FBI and U.S. Embassy Worldwide Liaison have joined in the investigation, per Tuesday, March 11 experiences. The Embassy of India within the Dominican Republic can also be concerned. Sudiksha is a citizen of India and a everlasting resident of Chantilly, Va.

Though the investigation is underway, nobody has been charged or accused of against the law.