失踪的匹兹堡大学学生Sudiksha Konanki的衣服在多米尼加共和国海滩被发现,当局认为她最后一次被看到是去游泳两名了解调查情况的警方消息人士周一告诉美国广播公司新闻。
据弗吉尼亚州劳登县治安官办公室称,20岁的科南基是合法的美国永久居民和印度公民,周四凌晨失踪,当时她和一群学生正在蓬塔卡纳的一个度假胜地进行春假旅行。
警长办公室说,科南基和她的一个旅伴是劳登县的居民。
知情人士告诉ABC新闻,在她失踪的海滩附近的一个便携式沙滩床上发现了科南基的衣服。据消息来源称,警方没有发现暴力的证据。
消息人士称,在周三晚上去了一家夜总会后,科南基和一群人在当地时间周四凌晨4点左右去了海滩。消息人士指出,与科南基同行的其他女性大约在早上5点55分回到酒店,并被返回房间的安保摄像头拍下。
根据多米尼加共和国警方的调查报告,一名男子与科南基一起留在海滩上。警方报告称,这名未透露姓名的男子告诉警方,他和科南基去游泳,被大浪卷入。
据消息人士称,该男子告诉警方,当他回到海滩时,他呕吐了,并在沙滩床上睡觉。消息人士称,当他醒来时,科南基已不见踪影。
据消息人士称,监控录像显示,该男子在上午9点55分回到酒店房间。
周一,多米尼加共和国民防局长告诉ABC新闻,这名男子不被认为是科南基死亡的嫌疑人。
局长说,目前,调查被视为意外事故。
据负责人说,在寻找科南基的持续行动中,执法当局正在增加海滩和水域搜索区域的周长。
三名参与调查的多米尼加官员周末告诉美国广播公司新闻,科南基被认为是淹死在海里的。
多米尼加共和国公共事务部告诉美国广播公司新闻,最后一次在海滩上看到科南基是在周四凌晨4点15分左右。
该部表示,美国驻多米尼加共和国大使馆周五首次联系了公共部。
官员们说,科南基失踪时和她在一起的朋友受到了警方的询问,还没有受到犯罪指控。
知情人士告诉ABC新闻,美国联邦调查局、美国驻多米尼加共和国大使馆、多米尼加国家警察局和多米尼加检察官办公室正在对科南基的失踪进行联合调查。
消息人士称,调查人员将再次询问与该事件有关的每个人,包括酒店员工和科南基的朋友所说的在她失踪前和她在一起的那个人。
消息人士称,自科南基和她的五个朋友抵达该岛那天起,所有的监控录像都在分析之中。
New details emerge in search for missing University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki in the Dominican Republic
Missing University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki's clothes were found on the Dominican Republic beach where authorities believe shewas last seen going for a swim, two police sources with knowledge of the investigation told ABC News on Monday.
The 20-year-old Konanki, a legal permanent U.S. resident and an Indian citizen, vanished early Thursday while she and a group of students were on a spring break trip to a resort in Punta Cana, according to the Loudoun County, Virginia, Sheriff's office.
Konanki and one of her traveling companions were Loudoun County residents, the sheriff's office said.
Konanki's clothes were discovered on a portable beach bed close to the beach where she went missing, the sources told ABC News. Police have found no evidence of violence, according to the sources.
After going to a nightclub on Wednesday night, Konanki and a group of people went to the beach about 4 a.m. local time on Thursday, the sources said. The other women traveling with Konanki went back to their hotel about 5:55 a.m. and were captured on security camera returning to their rooms, the sources noted.
A man stayed behind with Konanki on the beach, according to a Dominican Republic investigative police report. The man, whose name was not released, told police that he and Konanki went for a swim and got caught by a big wave, the police report said.
The man, according to sources, told police that when he got back to the beach he threw up and went to sleep on a beach bed. When he woke up, Konanki was nowhere to be seen, the sources said.
Security video showed the man coming back to his hotel room at 9:55 a.m., according to the sources.
The man is not considered a suspect in Konanki's death, the chief of the Civil Defense in the Dominican Republic told ABC News on Monday.
Right now, the investigation is being treated as an accident, the chief said.
Law enforcement authorities are increasing the perimeter of the search area of beaches and water in the ongoing operation to find Konanki, according to the chief.
Three Dominican officials involved in the investigation told ABC News over the weekend that Konanki is believed to have drowned in the ocean.
The last time Konanki was seen on the beach on security camera footage was around 4:15 a.m. Thursday, the Dominican Republic Public Ministry told ABC News.
The Public Ministry was first contacted by the U.S. embassy in the Dominican Republic on Friday, the Ministry said.
Officials said Konanki's friends who were with her around the time of her disappearance were questioned by police and have not been charged with crimes.
A joint investigation Konanki’s disappearance is being conducted by the FBI, the US Embassy in the Dominican Republic, the Dominican National Police and the Dominican Prosecutor’s office, sources close to the investigation told ABC News.
The investigators will question everyone involved in the incident again, including hotel employees and the man Konanki’s friends say she was with before she disappeared, the sources said.
All security camera footage since the day Konanki and her five friends arrived on the island is now being analyzed, sources said.