Authorities in the Dominican Republic are interviewing a young man believed to have been with a missing student from the University of Pittsburgh right before her disappearance in Punta Cana, a local police source told CNN.

Sudiksha Konanki, the Indian-origin student who went missing in the Dominican Republic last week, believed to have died by drowning, as per officials.

The family of missing University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki still fears she could have been abducted in the Dominican Republic. Local authorities have suggested the 20-year-old pre-med student likely drowned after jumping in the ocean early Thursday while on spring break with friends at the Riu Republic Resort in Punta Cana.