BROWNSVILLE, Minn. — A missing 22-year-old graduate student from La Crosse, Wis., was found dead in the Mississippi River near Brownsville, Minn., on Wednesday, authorities said.
The Houston County Sheriff’s Office reported finding the body of Eliotte Heinz around 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. Heinz, a graduate student at Viterbo University, was last seen in downtown La Crosse around 3:30 a.m. Sunday, according to the La Crosse Police Department.
Brownsville is about 7 miles downriver from La Crosse.
“La Crosse Police are continuing to investigate and will await the results of an autopsy for an official cause of death. The entire department sends their condolences,” the department said in a statement.
Police had previously asked La Crosse downtown businesses and residents to check their properties and cameras in the effort to locate Heinz.
“This was not the outcome we had hoped for throughout this search. Our thoughts are with Eliotte’s family, friends and all those who knew Eliotte. We are grateful for the outpouring of support from so many within the La Crosse community, the State of Wisconsin and nationally to locate Eliotte,” La Crosse Police Chief Shawn Kudron said in the statement.
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