University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki, 20, disappeared while on a spring break vacation in Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic, spurring a search by local and international authorities.

Sudiksha Konanki was last seen on Thursday. She was in the Dominican Republic on spring break with her friends. Her father Subbarayudu Konanki has asked the authorities to look into a possible criminal angle behind her disappearance,

The family of missing University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki still fears she could have been abducted in the Dominican Republic. Local authorities have suggested the 20-year-old pre-med student likely drowned after jumping in the ocean early Thursday while on spring break with friends at the Riu Republic Resort in Punta Cana.