The parents of a U.S. college student who vanished almost two weeks ago in the resort town of Punta Cana have asked authorities to declare her legally dead.

Authorities in the Dominican Republic are continuing to interview the Minnesota college student who was with missing University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki.

Dominican Republic National Police told NBC News that her family sent the agency a letter requesting a declaration of death.

The family of Sudiksha Konanki, a University of Pittsburgh student who went missing while on a spring break trip in the Dominican Republic, has reportedly asked investigators to declare her dead.

Sudiksha Konanki's family has asked that the 20-year-old be declared dead after disappearing in the Dominican Republic over ...

As an international search for missing University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki presses on, her family has asked Dominican Republic authorities to pronounce the 20-year-old dead, according to ...

The parents of missing college student Sudiksha Konanki, 20, have requested that police declare their daughter dead after she vanished in the Dominican Republic.

The family of Sudiksha Konanki, the University of Pittsburgh student who vanished while on spring break, has formally requested that the Dominican police declare their daughter deceased.

Sudiksha Konanki has been missing for nearly two weeks after going for an early-morning walk on the beach with friends.