A 20-year-old University of Pittsburgh student went missing while on spring break in Punta Cana. Her parents have asked Dominic Republic police to declare her dead.

Sudiksha Konanki, a University of Pittsburgh student, went missing in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic on March 6. She was on spring break with friends and was last seen on the beach near her hotel at around 4:50 a.m. The F.B.I. joined the investigation into her disappearance and U.S. detectives have been sent to the Dominican Republic.

In an interview with The New York Post, the parents of missing University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki have come to terms with the devastating reality that their daughter likely drowned while on spring break in the Dominican Republic.