Authorities in the Dominican Republic are searching for a University of Pittsburgh student who went missing in Punta Cana on March 6. Sudiksha Konanki, 20, was last seen in the early hours of Thursday morning at a beach near the Riu Republica Hotel where she was staying with her five friends.

A University of Pittsburgh student who was reported missing after traveling to the Dominican Republic last week is believed to have died by drowning, officials confirmed to ABC News

A University of Pittsburgh student went missing after traveling to the Dominican Republic. The student has been identified as Sudiksha Konanki from Virginia. The university released a statement that said university officials are in contact with authorities in Virginia.

Authorities believe the University of Pittsburgh student who vanished in the Dominican Republic last week drowned after she was caught in a big wave, according to a report.

Sudiksha Konanki, 20, was last seen in the early hours on March 6 at a beach near the hotel where she was staying in Punta Cana.

Authorities are questioning a young man who is believed to have been with University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki before she went missing, NBC News reports.

Konaki and the male were allegedly spotted swimming together at the beach near the resort where she was staying in Punta Cana before she was last spotted going for a walk on the beach