FBI joins search for missing U.S. college student in the Dominican Republic

Authorities in the Dominican Republic are expanding their search for 20-year-old Sudiksha Konanki, last seen on a beach early Thursday morning. The FBI is now assisting, and police are re-interviewing those with her before she vanished. Her family is pleading for answers as the search intensifies. Manuel Bojorquez reports from the Dominican Republic.

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