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Cops give update on Eliotte Heinz after missing grad student found dead in Mississippi River

July 26, 2025
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Cops give update on Eliotte Heinz after missing grad student found dead in Mississippi River
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No foul play is suspected in the death of missing Wisconsin graduate student Eliotte Heinz, whose body was found in the Mississippi River Wednesday following a massive four-day search, police confirmed.

Preliminary autopsy results suggest no criminal conduct was involved in the 22-year-old’s tragic death, the La Crosse Police Department announced Friday.

Police said the investigation will remain active as they await final autopsy results to determine the official cause of death, which could take several months to complete.

Photo of Eliotte Heinz, a missing 22-year-old graduate student, in front of Herbert R. Steiner Residence Hall.
Eliotte Heinz, 22, was found dead in the Mississippi River on Wednesday. Facebook / Eliotte Heinz

Heinz, a student enrolled in Viterbo University’s mental health counseling program, vanished early Sunday while walking home from a night out in downtown La Crosse.

She had spent the evening at the Bronco Bar with friends, who said she left to go home around 2:30 a.m. About 50 minutes later, she was captured on security footage walking near the Mississippi River waterfront — the last time she was seen. 

Search and rescue team in a boat on the Mississippi River.
Preliminary autopsy results show no signs of criminal conduct, police said. AP

Her devastated loved ones reported her missing Sunday morning after several failed attempts to reach her, sparking an exhaustive, days-long search involving police and community volunteers.

Her body was found Wednesday morning about 10 miles downriver near Brownsville, Minn. 

Surveillance image of Eliotte Heinz walking on a city sidewalk.
Heinz was last seen walking home from a bar along the La Crosse, Wis., waterfront before she vanished. La Crosse Police Department

“This was not the outcome we had hoped for throughout this search,” La Crosse Police Chief Shawn Kudron said in a statement following the grim discovery.

Heinz’s heartbroken family remembered her as a beautiful, caring and intelligent young woman, while thanking the volunteers and police who aided in the painstaking search.

“We don’t know why we were so blessed to have her as a daughter or why we are unable to keep her,” her family wrote in a heart-wrenching statement, WISN reported.

Family of missing Eliotte Heinz holding a missing person poster.
“She is amazing and would have continued to amaze us. We are devastated that she is no longer with us. Our family will forever have a missing piece,” Eliotte Heinz’s loved ones said. WXOW

“She is amazing and would have continued to amaze us. We are devastated that she is no longer with us. Our family will forever have a missing piece.

“We cannot thank our family, friends, the La Crosse community, Viterbo University, or the La Crosse PD enough for showing up for Eliotte. They were an amazing light in an incredibly dark space. Eliotte’s walk home is finished. Unfortunately, our family’s walk down this new hard path is just beginning.”

The college will hold a memorial service for Heinz, in coordination with her family, when students return to campus in the fall.

The post Cops give update on Eliotte Heinz after missing grad student found dead in Mississippi River appeared first on New York Post.

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