U.S. college student disappears while on spring break trip to Dominican Republic

A University of Pittsburgh student disappeared in the Dominican Republic while walking on the beach in Punta Cana.

Sudiksha Konanki, 20, from northern Virginia just outside of Washington, D.C., was reported missing on Thursday, said the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office.

Online posts asking for help locating the student said the last sighting of her was around 4:50 a.m. on a beach near the Riu Republica Resort.

She was on a trip with 6 female students from the University of Pittsburgh. Konanki is a legal permanent resident of the U.S. and a citizen of India.

A flyer reviewed by Fox News said she was last seen wearing a "brown, two-piece bikini, big round earrings, a metal designer anklet on her right leg, yellow and steel bracelets on her right hand and a multicolored beaded bracelet on her left hand."

The embassy of India in the Dominican Republic is coordinating with the State Department, the sheriff's office said.

The State Department travel advisory for the Dominican Republic warns of "violent crime, including armed robbery, homicide, and sexual assault" throughout the country. 

"The wide availability of weapons, the use and trade of illicit drugs, and a weak criminal justice system contribute to the high level of criminality on the broader scale," read the advisory.