India, July 24 -- Eliotte Heinz's family got a heartbreaking update on Wednesday, days after the Wisconsin graduate student mysteriously went missing. She was last spotted leaving a waterfront bar on Sunday. Authorities confirmed that the 22-year-old was found dead in the Mississippi River in Brownsville.

Heinz was discovered in the river just before 10:30 AM local time, over 10 miles from where she was last seen. The student's disappearance had sparked an exhaustive four-day search operation. "This was not the outcome we had hoped for throughout this search," La Crosse Police Chief Shawn Kudron said in a statement.

"Our thoughts are with Eliotte's family, friends and all those who knew Eliotte. We are grateful for the outpouring of sup...