Univ. of Pitt student goes missing during spring break in Dominican Republic

tonight the desperate search for a college student on spring break missing in the Dominican Republic a helicopter flying above the water of punana searching for sudik Shak konanki seen here on this missing poster search and rescue team starting today Before Sunrise dive teams joining the search Dominican officials say the 20-year-old University of Pittsburgh student was lasting on surveillance camera Thursday just before 5: in the morning tonight late word from the Dominican Republic authorities say they now believe nki may have drowned they say they were told she was on the beach with a group some of them left she stayed and went swimming with someone konanki is an Indian citizen living in Virginia outside Washington DC the Lowden County Sheriff's Office in Virginia says she was traveling with five other women all students at pit including her best friend from high school investigators say the women are believed to have been staying at the same hotel in punana the hotel Ryu Republica according to the Dominican foreign Ministry all six women were scheduled to return on Friday the five friends are still in the Dominican Republic there is desperation to find this missing student we are entering the fifth day of the search Perry russum ABC News Washington