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Wisconsin student Eliotte Heinz’s autopsy shows no foul play suspected in death: police

BROWNSVILLE, MINNESOTA, JUL 25 – Heinz, a 22-year-old mental health counseling student, was found after a three-day search; eight similar drownings occurred in the river between 1997 and 2006, University of Wisconsin River Watch said.

  • On Friday, the La Crosse Police Department said preliminary autopsy results show no evidence of criminal conduct in Eliotte Heinz's death, with her body found near Brownsville, Minnesota, on Wednesday.
  • Following her disappearance Sunday morning, La Crosse Police Department recovered Eliotte Heinz's body from the Mississippi River on Wednesday morning after three days of searches.
  • La Crosse Police said they searched downstream of the Cass Street Bridge on Tuesday; last seen on surveillance video around 3:30 a.m. July 20 walking along Front Street South, and a fisherman located her body near Brownsville before 10:30 a.m. Wednesday.
  • La Crosse Police noted investigation remains open, autopsy results pending, police said, with final results expected in several months.
  • Viterbo University said, 'the past few days have been heavy for our campus and our hearts,' and plans a memorial for Heinz this fall.
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WKBT broke the news in on Thursday, July 24, 2025.
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