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College Student, 20, Missing After Going for a Beach Walk During Spring Break Trip to the Dominican Sudiksha Konanki, 20, was last seen on March 6 at 4.50am on the beach at Riu Republica Resort. She has not been seen or heard from since.

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A 20-year-old college student is missing after going for an early morning beach walk while vacationing in the Dominican Republic last week.

University of Pittsburgh junior Sudiksha Konanki — who lives in Virginia’s Loudoun County and is a citizen of India — was last seen on Thursday, March 6, while walking on a beach at the Riu República Hotel in Punta Cana, according to theDominican Civil Defenseand amissing postershared on social media.

She was on a spring break trip, the poster stated.

Konanki was traveling with a group of fellow Pittsburgh students, all female, including one other Loudoun County resident, a spokesperson for the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) told PEOPLE in a statement.

It is not immediately clear whether the group traveling with Konanki has returned from the trip or whether they were with her when she was last spotted.

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College Student, 20, Missing After Going for a Beach Walk During Spring Break Trip to the Dominican Sudiksha Konanki, 20, was last seen on March 6 at 4.50am on the beach at Riu Republica Resort. She has not been seen or heard from since.

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The search for Konanki began in the early hours of Saturday, March 8, to no avail, according to the Dominican Civil Defense.

The LCSO said that, upon being notified of Konanki’s disappearance on Thursday evening, the agency immediately followed up with federal and state law enforcement officials, as well as contacts in the Dominican Republic. The Embassy of India in the country has “taken the lead” on the ground, the agency said.

The Embassy of India did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.

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Loudoun County officials have also been in contact with the University of Pittsburgh, as well as Konanki’s family, amid the search, a spokesman for the college told ABC affiliateWVEC.

“We have offered our full support in their efforts to find her and bring her home safely,” spokesperson Jared Stonesifer told the outlet on March 8, adding that anyone with information about her disappearance is “urged to contact” the LCSO.

“The more people who know, the better the chances we can bring her home safely,” the caption concluded.

The college junior is described as 5-foot-3-inches tall, with black hair and brown eyes, and was last seen wearing a brown bikini, round earrings, an anklet and several bracelets, according to the missing poster.

source: people.com