India, March 19 -- The parents of 20-year-old Sudiksha Konanki, an Indian student at the University of Pittsburgh, now believe she drowned during her spring break in the Dominican Republic.

Konanki was last seen on March 6 at the Riu Republic Resort in Punta Cana while on vacation in the Dominican Republic. US agencies are assisting Dominican authorities in the investigation into her disappearance.

Subbarayudu Konanki, father of Sudiksha, said officials informed them about the ocean conditions and clarified that the person in question was never a suspect.

"Both sides of the authorities have shown us how high the ocean waves were at the time of the incident, and both sides of the authorities have clarified the person of interest was not...