Parents of students who disappeared in the Dominican Republic believe that she has drowned
The parents of Sudiksha Konanki, a 20-year-old student who disappeared during a spring vacation in Punta Cana, a Dominican Republic, said they had reconciled with the possibility that they had drowned and asked for privacy to mourn her, according to officials and statements to the media on Tuesday.
Their sad statement came more than a week after Disappearance on March 6 He grabbed titles around the world and led to a repeated examination of the last person seen with her.
“The Sudikshe family expressed the belief that she drowned,” said the Sheriff of the Loudoun County Office in Virginia in a statement Tuesday. “Although the final decision to adopt such a declaration rests on the authorities in the Dominican Republic, we will support the Konanka family in every way,” as we continue to review the evidence, the office said.
In a tear fox 5 dc video She was divided online, Mrs. Konaki’s father said that they accepted “that our daughter drowned” and that this conclusion was “incredibly difficult to process”. Her mother cried as he read the statement. They also asked for “time and privacy to focus on healing” and their family, Reported NBC4 Washington.
Mrs. Konanki, a university student at Pittsburgh from Loudoun County, was last seen almost two weeks ago. She was noticed in the early morning hours on March 6th on a beach in Punta Cani with an unnamed friend who was “under investigation”, According to the authorities In the Dominican Republic.
The man, whom the New York Times did not appoint because he was not charged with a crime, was present on a courtroom In the Dominican city of Higüey on Tuesday, but the outcome of the authorities has not yet discovered.
During the proceedings, the judge gave a man’s request that he could be freely and without police supervision.
Mrs. Konanki was staying at the Riu Republica Hotel in Punta Cani with five friends after she arrived at the Dominican Republic on March 3, police said. Her disappearance caused a massive search in the Caribbean Nation, which depended largely on foreign tourism.
When the Embassy of the United States in the Dominican Republic warned the national police that Mrs. Konanki disappeared, officials began an exhaustive search of the beach and surroundings, using drones, helicopters, divers, boats, police dogs and other resources, authorities said.
More than 300 agents are looking for Mrs. Konanki, police said. The FBI helps in the investigation, according to the office of the Loudoun County Sheriff.
Hogla Enecia Pérez contribute to the reporting of Santo Doming, the Dominican Republic.
