Found Deceased La Crosse Police ask for community assistance locating 22-year-old Eliotte Heinz - Last Seen 3:20 AM - 20 Jul 2025

[Mica]

Are there other similarities than female college students, 2 and a half hours apart? Emma disappeared from a fairly quiet area, near the Big M hiking area at Platte Mound. She was found fairly quickly and there have been no reports of foul play (neither confirming or denying). Given the lack of information I assumed a fall perhaps. There really is nothing out there on her death other than the sad news from her sister on FB.

Yes, surprised nothing else out there on Emma.

 

[TMich6811]

dbm

 

[TMich6811]

Bringing this forward, as some are asking where Elliotte lived.

How far is the Marriot from her apartment? On my phone, can someone throw up a map?

So there were many ways to go that weren’t this direction and more direct

 

[Kittypoo]

Are there other similarities than female college students, 2 and a half hours apart? Emma disappeared from a fairly quiet area, near the Big M hiking area at Platte Mound. She was found fairly quickly and there have been no reports of foul play (neither confirming or denying). Given the lack of information I assumed a fall perhaps. There really is nothing out there on her death other than the sad news from her sister on FB.

Also similar Laken Riley on a run near her university. Not sure of the distance between her case and Elliotts

 

[haggis]

Has anyone read about how her mood/outlook was before she disappeared? Did friends mention worries about exams or settling in after move for grad school?

 

[macncheesehead]

UPDATE: No criminal conduct found in death of Eliotte Heinz

The Brief

www.news8000.com

 

[JurassicParker]

Dang. Poor girl. I'm glad she was found though. Just wish it had been under better circumstances.

 

[truthfinder2019]

https://www.cityoflacrosse.org/Home/Components/News/News/2512/16?fbclid=IwQ0xDSwLuBBtleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHqi1rSpC-1-bmgrkFCnzAeTQ3EF8cDX87gPSir4Eq-UwhQ5JyawO78zkS2x__aem_m-jV5HCjsM5inqKmeYzplA

today Eliotte’s body was recovered in the Mississippi River near Brownsville, MN. La Crosse Police are continuing to investigate and will await the results of an autopsy for an official cause of death.

My heartfelt condolensces to her family, thoughts and prayers for them in this tragic moment.

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid02gvJthVJUKxeTNsossWEBXTTfn3krLZBpYkw8bZL6zx1APGhmBzSsxJDJsfQNucgXl&id=100066843960986

500 Front St S to Brownsville

maps.app.goo.gl

 

[TMich6811]

 

[GraceG]

https://www.cityoflacrosse.org/Home/Components/News/News/2512/16?fbclid=IwQ0xDSwLuBBtleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHqi1rSpC-1-bmgrkFCnzAeTQ3EF8cDX87gPSir4Eq-UwhQ5JyawO78zkS2x__aem_m-jV5HCjsM5inqKmeYzplA

today Eliotte’s body was recovered in the Mississippi River near Brownsville, MN. La Crosse Police are continuing to investigate and will await the results of an autopsy for an official cause of death.

My heartfelt condolensces to her family, thoughts and prayers for them in this tragic moment.

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid02gvJthVJUKxeTNsossWEBXTTfn3krLZBpYkw8bZL6zx1APGhmBzSsxJDJsfQNucgXl&id=100066843960986

500 Front St S to Brownsville

maps.app.goo.gl

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[GraceG]

Not the news we were hoping for. Here's just another map.

 

[TMich6811]

This location and timeline would be appropriate for going into river at last visual spot, correct?

 

[TexLil]

DBM

 

[sunflowermomma]

How fast does that river move?

 

[borndem]

I am worried she called some ride share program like Lyft, Uber...and that may be why LEO is so quick to jump on this.

Or, worse -- if she did call for a Lyft or Uber, it may not have been either of those...

We've seen this before -- here -- a couple of years (or more). Young woman leaves a bar, gets in what she thinks is her ride home, and we-know-the-rest.
Hoping for good news soon.

 

[haggis]

Or, worse -- if she did call for a Lyft or Uber, it may not have been either of those...

We've seen this before -- here -- a couple of years (or more). Young woman leaves a bar, gets in what she thinks is her ride home, and we-know-the-rest.
Hoping for good news soon.

Check back a few posts -- sadly she was found in the river....

 

[mickey2942]

Or, worse -- if she did call for a Lyft or Uber, it may not have been either of those...

We've seen this before -- here -- a couple of years (or more). Young woman leaves a bar, gets in what she thinks is her ride home, and we-know-the-rest.
Hoping for good news soon.

Yes. I remember that case of the young woman who got into a car of a stranger, she thought it was her Uber. But it was just a random car, of a killer.

Student killed after taking car she mistook for Uber was victim of 'heinous' acts, prosecutor says

The man accused of slaying South Carolina college senior Samantha Josephson, a 2019 crime that brought national attention to ride-hail safety, is on trial.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[truthfinder2019]

The distance seems important however with the average speed reported for the Mississipi River at LaCrosse , typically around 2 to 3.5 knots (approximately 2.5 to 4 miles per hour), and the river mile distance from LaCrosse to BRownsville being ca 10 river miles, it would take ca. 5 hours roughly for an object to drift downstream. Of course other elements enter into play (wind, water levels, real time flow data…)

Mississippi River Facts - Mississippi National River & Recreation Area (U.S. National Park Service)

Mississippi River Facts

www.nps.gov

Mississippi River | Map, Length, History, Location, Tributaries, Delta, & Facts | Britannica

Mississippi River, the longest river of North America, draining with its major tributaries an area of approximately 1.2 million square miles, or about one-eighth of the entire continent. With its tributaries, the Mississippi River drains all or part of 31 U.S. states and two provinces in Canada.

www.britannica.com

https://rrt5.org/Portals/0/Pools/Subareas_Pool8_About%20the%20Pool.pdf?utm_source=chatgpt.com

I estimated La Crosse at river mile 702 based on the location of Lock and Dam No 7. That facility sits right at river mile 702.5 on the Upper Mississippi

Lock and Dam No. 7 - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

As for Brownsville, the USACE gage indicates a river mile of about 688.3 for that town

Rivergages.com - Station Information ForMississippi River near Brownsville, MN - USGS Station No. 05386400

So for a floating object:
Start point: mile 702 (La Crosse / Lock & Dam 7)
End point: mile 688.3 (Brownsville)
That gives a river-distance of roughly 14 river miles. Now 500 Front street is ca 4 miles lower.
This makes a final distance of ca .10 river miles.

Surface currents dominate the drift rate so the weight does not matter that much

JMO

 

[hudsonjr]

This location and timeline would be appropriate for going into river at last visual spot, correct?

It doesn't seem unreasonable. There's the big main channel that would go toward Brownsville, and then there's a narrow channel that splits off and runs by the South side of LaCrosse.

 

[airportwoman]

This wasn't the news we all wanted, but at least we know where she is. Now, to find out what happened to her, and if anyone else was involved.

RIP, Eliotte.