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.

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.

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