Local media previously reported that authorities quickly came to believe that Konanki, 20, drowned after going in the water after a night out with friends.

Sudiksha Konanki’s puzzling disappearance comes as thousands of students prepare to embark on spring break trips of their own.

Sudishka Konanki, a University of Pittsburgh student from Virginia was last seen walking on a beach outside the RIU Republica Resort in the Dominican Republic on March 6.