Missing American Student Case similar to the disappearance of Natalee Holloway

As a search for a The American college student is missing who disappeared from the beach in the Dominican Republic, a retired FBI Special Agent -says investigators can learn lessons from past cases like Natalee Holloway.

“One mistake that foreign authorities often make too relieves the voluntary cooperation of people of interest,” said Jason Pack, a retired Special Agent of FBI Supervisor, for Fox News Digital.

“The FBI should invite Dominican officials to be caught immediately by electronic devices, examining the history of travel and conducting forensic analysis at the locations where it was last seen,” Pack continued.

Pack, who is also the former FBI team leader for the kidnapping of children for the fast deployment and acting of legal Attaché, said that the FBI cannot take the investigation, but will use diplomatic channels to push the Dominican authorities to prioritize the key investigative steps, provide forensic assistance and coordinate the division of intelligence.

Missing American in the Dominican Republic: unpredictable ocean current, on the beach represent the main challenge to search

The disappearance of Sudiksha Konanki, a pre-Med student at the University of Pittsburgh, was compared to Holloway’s disappearance in 2005.

Natalee’s mother, Beth Holloway, said there is one key difference between the search for her daughter 20 years ago in Aruba and the search for Konanki, a 20-year-old who disappeared into Dominican Republic Last week: US Embassy.

Beth Holloway identifies the key difference between the cases of the Sudixha Konanka and her daughter

“The family is so lucky that she has an American embassy for work there,” said Beth Holloway, who in the previous statement was an open advocate of student security safety from her daughter’s death, for Fox News Digital. “I didn’t have that in Arubi.”

Both young women disappeared in Caribbean countries while on vacation.

Natalee Holloway disappeared during a high school celebration on a Hotel in ArubiWhile Konanka disappeared while on a spring vacation with his friends, University of Pittsburgh, at a solemn resort in Punta Cani, Dominican Republic.

Natalee Holloway was last seen on May 30, 2005, leaving a bar with Joran van der Sloot. He was the main suspect in her disappearance for the next 18 years and finally admitted that he killed her in October 3, 2023, the recognition was announced after declaring himself guilty of the extortion case.

Student of the American College of Sudixha Konanki Disappearance in the Dominican Republic: Time Line

Konanki was last seen on a surveillance camera with five other people who entered the beach at the Riu República Hotel in Punta Cani after 4:15 pm on Thursday, Dominican national police said.

Video surveillance, obtained by an Atticias son, captured a group moving toward the beach on Five -star resort. The recording was the last time the authorities followed Konanka before the Virginia resident disappeared.

Konaki’s disappearance caused broad speculation about the events that led to that, which prompted the implementation of the law in And the Dominican Republic And now to explore.

From her daughter’s murder, Beth Holloway is advocated on her behalf and said that the disappearance of Konanki, 20, should be a warning for passengers.

“I created a full circle security plan for passengers and citizens of all ages to remind them to spend as much time as possible, planning the end of their way out how much they plan to go, what to wear,” Holloway said.

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Although early reports suggested that Konanki may have drowned, experts say they believe it would be washed ashore or had already been found that this was the case. Authorities officially urge the public not to jump to the conclusion that the investigation is taking place.

Police spent days searching the shore with boats, diving teams and helicopters. The FBI is included and the sheriff from her hometown of Virginia said he would send two detectives to help the investigation.

Fox News Digital, Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Michael Ruiz and Ashley Pope contributed to this report.