Parents Request Death Declaration for Missing US College Student

Subbarayudu and Sreedevi Konanki wrote a letter asking Dominican Republican authorities for their daughter be declared deceased.

Civil defense boats search for Sudiksha Konanki, a university student from the United States who disappeared on a beach in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, on March 10, 2025. Francesco Spotorno/AP Photo

The parents of the University of Pittsburgh student who went missing during Spring Break in the Dominican Republic have formally accepted that her disappearance may have resulted in death.

Subbarayudu and Sreedevi Konanki wrote a letter asking authorities in the Caribbean nation to declare Sudiksha Konanki, 21, as deceased.