A University of Pittsburgh student went missing after traveling to the Dominican Republic. The student was identified as Sudiksha Konanki, 20, from Virginia. Dominican Republic authorities say Konanki went missing while "walking on a beach.

Authorities in the Dominican Republic are continuing their search for Sudiksha Konanki, a 20-year-old woman from Chantilly, Virginia and a student at the University of Pittsburgh, who was reported missing on Thursday,

Sudiksha Konanki was last seen before dawn on March 6 at a beach near the resort where she was staying, according to Civil Defense officials, who said the search for her continued on Sunday.