Overview
- Her body was recovered just before 10:30 a.m. Wednesday near Brownsville, Minnesota, over a dozen miles downstream from her last known location.
- Authorities confirmed the remains belong to 22-year-old Eliotte Heinz, a graduate student in mental health counseling at Viterbo University.
- Surveillance footage placed Heinz walking along the Mississippi River waterfront around 3:30 a.m. on July 20 after leaving Bronco’s Bar in La Crosse.
- La Crosse police have opened a formal investigation into the circumstances of her death and are examining how she traveled so far downstream.
- Family members, volunteers and officers canvassed riverbanks, distributed flyers and reviewed security footage during the four-day search.