Monday marked the fifth day that a University of Pittsburgh student went missing while on a spring break trip to the Dominican Republic, as authorities searched the island for clues. According to the Dominican Civil Defense, 20-year-old Sudiksha Konanki was last seen walking along a beach at Riu Republica Resort in Punta Cana on Thursday before dawn. According to a local police source cited by CNN, authorities are conducting an interview with a young man who is thought to have been with Konanki shortly prior to her disappearance. CNN was told by a police source that cameras caught five women and one man leaving the beach around 6 a.m. Thursday, Konanki is said to have remained behind with a young man. In addition, the man can be seen leaving the beach area four hours later without Konanki, an Indian-born Virginian whose family lives in Loudon County. According to a statement released by the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office, Konanki was a permanent resident of the United States and was on vacation with five female college friends. According to the office, it was "actively assisting" with the investigation. "In support of the ongoing investigation by the Dominican National Police," the statement stated, the office was collaborating closely with authorities from the State Department, FBI, DEA, Homeland Security Investigations, and the University of Pittsburgh police. The absent student wanted to work in medicine. CNN was informed by Konanki's father that she had attended a party with her friends and a group of young men they had met at the resort. "My daughter is a lovely young lady. Subbarayudu Konanki stated, "She is ambitious." "She wanted to go into medicine as a career." He told the Times of India that he has been to the Dominican Republic and is requesting that the investigation be expanded there. He stated, "They’re only searching the water, but I fear something else happened (like kidnapping, trafficking)." "We don’t think she could survive in the ocean for this long," According to the posters for Konanki, she was 5 feet, 3 inches tall, had brown eyes, black hair, and was tall. According to the posters, Konanki was last seen in a brown bikini, large round earrings, a designer anklet made of metal on her right leg, yellow and steel bracelets on her right hand, and a multicolored beaded bracelet on her left hand. Travel warning has been issued by the State Department. The State Department issued a level 2 travel advisory in June, advising travelers to exercise "increased caution."

 The counseling states, "Rough wrongdoing, such as outfitted burglary, manslaughter, and sexual assault, may be a concern throughout the Dominican Republic." The advice calls for the development of a professional traveler police force, the implementation of a 911 system in numerous regions of the country, and the concentration of resources in resort ranges. Cruel resorts typically have better police forces than urban ranges. The counseling comes to the following conclusion: "The high level of culpability on the broader scale is contributed to by the wide availability of weapons, the use and exchange of illegal drugs, and a frail criminal equity framework."