The search for the student of Soudoun Co. missing is expanded as the family of people of interest express pain

Eleven days after the disappearance of Sudiksha Konanki, 20, of South Riding, Virginia, her physical search continues to expand, and the person who believes is the last person to see her will be interrogated on Monday by a prosecutor in the Dominican Republic.

Eleven days after the disappearance of Sudiksha Konanki, 20, of South Riding, Virginia, her physical search continues to expand, and the person who is believed to be the last to see her will be interrogated on Monday by a prosecutor in the Dominican Republic.

Konanki, a student from the University of Pittsburgh, was last seen in a surveillance video walking with a group of friends to the beach at 4:50 am on March 6, after a party at the Riu Republica hotel, where she and five of her university friends stayed.

Without disappeared student signs, the search perimeter continues to expand. On Monday, the researchers began using water motorcycles in their search, in addition to the drones and helicopters they were already using to try to measure the tides and currents, which suggests that the search will intensify along the beaches, Listin Diario, a Dominican news agency, reported a Dominican news agency.

A person of interest Identified by the Sheriff’s Office of Loudoun County He will be questioned by the interim prosecutor of the province of La Altagracia of the Dominican Republic on Monday, according to the local news organization News Sin. He was interrogated for more than six hours on Saturday by the Attorney General of the Republic, according to local news reports.

Last Wednesday, the Sheriff’s Office of Loudoun County appointed the young man who was last seen with Konanki, in the photo of Hotel surveillance video – As a person of interest in the disappearance of the university student, who is still considered a case of missing persons.

The Loudoun County detectives traveled to the Dominican Republic to interrogate the young man last Thursday, and since then they returned to the United States, according to the Sheriff’s office.

WTOP does not name the person of interest, since it has not been identified as suspect in the case. There have been no arrests in relation to Konanki’s disappearance.

Family, Community Express Support for Person of Interest

On Sunday, the sheriff of the hometown of the person of interest published on Facebook a statement of support of the friends of the young family, while asking for privacy. The Sheriff agency said it agreed to transmit the position, so “they could, due to the coverage of international media, remain in anonymity.”

In the statement, friends said that the person’s family moved to the community in 2015 and is “well known and loved.”

According to friends, the person of interest “has an unwavering devotion to their faith and genuine kindness towards others. He exemplifies the values of compassion, respect and integrity that are fundamental to our Church and our community.”

Community support occurs two days after the young man’s parents issued a statement through their lawyer.

“We express our deep sadness and solidarity with the family of Sudiksha Konanki during this painful time,” the parents wrote. “Above all, we want to contribute to the search efforts and understand the anguish and uncertainty that are going through and we share the hope that Sudiksha will be as soon as possible. “

Parents say that their son “is deeply dismayed by his disappearance and has fully cooperated in the search and clarification of the facts from the beginning.”

Hours before and after Sudiksha Konanki was last seen

On Thursday, the Dominican News Organization News without Informed details of the person of interest Given to local prosecutors this week about their interactions with Konanki before and after she disappeared.

News without cited selected details of the history of man, citing a long transcription of an interview without date, including the person of interest, his lawyer and prosecutors.

The man said he met Konanki that night, during a party at the Riu Republic WTOP interview.

The Sheriff’s Office of the Loudoun County said he questioned the young man after the news report without, but has not provided any detail of whether his answers were consistent with those mentioned in the local report. The spokesman for the Loudoun County Sheriff, Thomas Julia, said Friday: “We cannot talk about its authenticity or how or why it was released or filtered.”

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