March 18 (UPI) -- The parents of Sudiksha Konanki requested that authorities in the Dominican Republic officially declare their daughter dead about two weeks after the University of Pittsburgh student went missing in Punta Cana.
"Given these circumstances, and after much deliberation, we request that the police department proceed with the legal declaration of her death," Subbarayudu and SreeDevi Konanki wrote to officials, adding how investigators believed it to be a drowning "and no evidence of foul play has been found."
Konanki, a 20-year-old Indian citizen and U.S. permanent resident, was reported missing March 6 while on vacation with six other female college friends in the Caribbean country. She was last seen about 4:50 a.m. local time on a beach at Punta Cana's Riu Republica Resort.
Authorities announced the Konanki, a biology student, likely died in the ocean by drowning, and despite an extensive search, no body has been found.
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