Missing University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki made two Venmo payments the afternoon before she disappeared from a Dominican Republic beach, as the search for her enters its second week. The 20-year-old Virginia native made the transactions 40 minutes apart on the afternoon of March 5,

Investigators are continuing the search for a college student from Virginia who vanished earlier this month while visiting the Dominican Republic

Officials said University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki was last seen on surveillance video leaving her resort and heading to the beach with 24-year-old Joshua Riibe, who is not a suspect.

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.

The Dominican Republic National Police are forming a new "high-level commission to oversee the case" of missing University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki.Konanki, 20, was on a spring break trip with friends in the tourist town of Punta Cana when she went missing last week.