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Tragic end to hunt for missing student, 22, who vanished while walking along Mississippi River

The body of 22-year-old Eliotte Heinz, a Wisconsin graduate student who vanished over the weekend, has been recovered from the Mississippi River, authorities confirmed Wednesday morning.

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Heinz, a student in Viterbo University’s mental health counseling program, was last seen around 3:22 a.m. Sunday as she walked alone near the waterfront in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Surveillance footage from outside the Courtyard Marriott Hotel showed her wearing a white t-shirt, cut-off denim shorts, and white sneakers, holding what appeared to be a cellphone.

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