Spring Break Nation - Page 5

March 18, 2025

Missing American Sudiksha Konanki’s family asks Dominican police for declaration of death

Sudiksha Konanki's parents told authorities in the Dominican Republic that they accept the story of witness Joshua Riibe and believe she is likely dead after vanishing from a beach.

March 17, 2025

Missing American college student seen in new hotel security footage before disappearance

Missing University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki is seen in recently released security camera footage from the hotel where she was staying in the Dominican Republic.

March 17, 2025

Missing American in Dominican Republic: Key witness asks court to end de facto house arrest

American Joshua Riibe files writ of habeas corpus, seeking release from 'irregular' detention in Punta Cana amid search for UPitt spring breaker Sudiksha Konanki.

March 17, 2025

Turks and Caicos travel warning issued as migrants descend on popular vacation spot in droves

Migrants, crime and a Level 2 travel advisory from the U.S. State Department have raised concerns about traveling to Turks and Caicos, a popular vacation destination for Americans.

March 17, 2025

Legal fight over American college student’s resort disappearance could come down to who was ‘reckless’: lawyer

The disappearance of an American college student in the Dominican Republic has prompted questions about liability that the resort where she was staying could potentially face.

March 16, 2025

Dominican attorney general grills witness in missing American case at his resort in person

Dominican Attorney General Yeni Berenice Reynoso grilled U.S. witness Joshua Riibe in person in the unsolved disappearance of Sudiksha Konanki, of Virginia.

March 16, 2025

South Carolina spring break murder victim's family awarded $700M in civil suit

A South Carolina jury awarded $700 million to the family of Brittanee Drexel, who was kidnapped and murdered on a 2009 spring break trip to Myrtle Beach.

March 16, 2025

Missing American student linked to popular nightclub known for extravagant parties, hours before disappearance

Venmo transactions from Sudiksha Konanki's account suggest the spring breaker may have partied at Punta Cana's 'Coco Bongo' in the days before she went missing.

March 15, 2025

Massive shark headed down Florida coast ahead of busy travel season

Florida researchers have identified a record-breaking great white shark as it is tracked down Florida's coastline ahead of spring break.

March 13, 2025

Missing American in Dominican Republic: No suspects as search for Sudiksha Konanki reaches one week

Dominican authorities have expanded the search for missing Sudiksha Konanki, a UPitt student from Virginia who vanished from the Riu Republica resort a week ago on spring break.