(File Photo: Source for Photo: Military personnel search for Sudiksha Konanki, a university student from the U.S. who disappeared on a beach in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, Monday, March. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Francesco Spotorno)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) The parents of missing University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki are asking that their daughter would be announced deceased after she disappeared in the Dominican Republic. It has been since March 6th since she was last seen in Punta Cana. The passport of Joshua Riibe, who was the last person to allegedly see Konanki was confiscated. The attorney of Riibe requested release for him on Monday and according to an official, a judge is expected to issue a ruling today.