Witness Insists He Saved Sudiksha Konanki From Drowning Amid Search For Missing College Student

A security video showed Sudiksha and her friends entering the beach area of the hotel, National Police said. Though her friends headed back to the resort after about 40 minutes, she stayed behind with others who she met on the trip, Loudoun County Sheriff Michael Chapman told NBC Washington March 10.

On the day Sudiksha was reported missing, her friends had gone out on an excursion. They realized she had disappeared roughly 12 hours later and informed the hotel, a National Police spokesperson said, per NBC News.

While the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office has no jurisdiction in the missing person’s case, which is not being treated as a criminal investigation, its detectives are assisting on the ground as search efforts continue. Dominican authorities said March 14 they do not use the term “person of interest” and that no one is currently considered a suspect in the matter, NBC News said.

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