Authorities in the United States and the Dominican Republic are searching for a University of Pittsburgh student who has gone missing in the Caribbean country.

Sudiksha Konanki, a college student at the University of Pittsburgh, was first reported missing on Thursday, while traveling with a group.

The father of 20-year-old Sudiksha Konanki, of South Riding, Virginia, has asked Dominican Republic officials to widen their investigation into her disappearance.

Konanki had been on a spring break trip, the posters stated. The missing person posters described Konanki as 5 feet and 3 inches tall with black hair and brown eyes. Konanki was last seen wearing a brown bikini,

A University of Pittsburgh student has vanished while on a spring break trip to Dominican Republic, and searches are currently underway.

A University of Pittsburgh student went missing after traveling to the Dominican Republic. The student was identified as Sudiksha Konanki, 20, from Virginia. Dominican Republic authorities say Konanki went missing while "walking on a beach.

Sudiksha Konanki was traveling with six other female students in Punta Cana when authorities said she drowned in the ocean.

Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares discusses the latest on 20-year old University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki's disappearance in the Dominican Republic on 'Fox & Friends.'