The parents of missing University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki have formally requested that authorities in the Dominican Republic declare their daughter legally dead, 11 days after she vanished during a spring break trip. According to Dominican Republic National Police spokesperson Diego Pesqueira, the family has submitted a written request to initiate the legal declaration of death, having accepted that their daughter will not be found.
Konanki, 20, disappeared in the early hours of 6 March after visiting the beach in Punta Cana with friends. Despite an intensive multi-agency search, no trace of her has been found, with authorities concluding that she likely drowned in the rough seas.
