The family of Sudiksha Konanki, the University of Pittsburgh student who went missing while on spring break in the Dominican Republic, is still trying to accept her death.

In a heartbreaking development, the parents of missing Indian-American student Sudiksha Konanki have asked Dominican authorities to formally declare her dead, saying they have accepted the ‘deeply painful’ reality.

College student Sudiksha Konanki, 20, was last seen March 6 in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, where she was on a spring break trip with friends.

Sudiksha Konanki's parents said Dominican Republic 'authorities have concluded that Sudiksha is believed to have drowned'

Nearly 2 weeks after an Iowa man was the last person seen with a missing University of Pittsburgh student, the man is going to court to challenge the way author

A man who investigators believe was the last person to see missing US college student Sudiksha Konanki alive appeared in a Dominican Republic court Tuesday to ask it to grant him freedom, arguing Dominican authorities have inappropriately restrained his movements without charges since the 20-year-old woman’s disappearance.