20-year-old Sudiksha Konanki vanished during a spring break trip to the Dominican Republic, leaving behind a trail of unanswered questions.
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00:00The parents of this girl want her to be declared dead.
00:03This was the last known sighting of Indian-origin student Sudheesha Konanki
00:07before she vanished in the Dominican Republic.
00:09On March 17, 2025, her parents wrote to local authorities stating,
00:13we request that the police department proceed with the legal declaration of her death.
00:17They added, while no declaration can truly ease our grief,
00:21we trust that this step will bring some closure and enable us to honour her memory.
00:25Now here's what happened.
00:27On March 6, 2025, the beaches of Punta Kana became the centre of a disturbing mystery.
00:32The disappearance of 20-year-old University of Pittsburgh student Sudheesha Konanki.
00:37Sudheesha, an Indian citizen, was on a spring break trip with her friends when she vanished in the early hours.
00:42Surveillance footage from that night shows her at a resort bar with friends.
00:46Also present was 24-year-old Joshua Reeve, a St. Cloud University student from Minnesota,
00:51who is now a person of interest.
00:53At 4.15 am, Sudheesha and Joshua were seen heading toward the beach together, her last confirmed sighting.
00:59Later that morning, Sudheesha's clothes were found neatly placed on a beach chair.
01:03No signs of struggle, no evidence of foul play.
01:06Reeve informed the investigators that he had ventured into the sea with Konanki and had been hit by rough waves.
01:11He claimed to have saved her from the rough seas but lost her in the darkness of the night.
01:16Authorities have conducted extensive searches using dive teams, canine units and drones,
01:21yet Sudheesha remains missing.
01:23Joshua Reeve, under police monitoring, has provided conflicting accounts of the night.
01:28His passport has been seized, preventing him from leaving the country.
01:31With no breakthrough in the case, Sudheesha's family has asked authorities to declare her legally deceased.
01:36But the questions remain, what really happened to Sudheesha Konanki?