Sudiksha Konanki, 20, was last seen early Thursday, March 6, when video surveillance cameras showed her appearing to enter the beach of the Hotel Riu in Punta Cana with her friends and two men around 4:15 a.

Dominican police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation are involved in the search for Konanki, a 20-year-old student from the University of Pittsburgh. Police say she disappeared at a beach by the hotel before dawn, as she and other guests had headed outside amid the power outage.

The search for missing Virginia college student Sudiksha Konanki has escalated into a major international investigation, with the FBI and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) now assisting Dominican authorities,

Sudiksha Konanki’s puzzling disappearance comes as thousands of students prepare to embark on spring break trips of their own.

Sudiksha Konanki, like many students, headed to the Dominican Republic for spring break. She was staying at a beachfront resort before disappearing.