Overview
- Heise’s family, which shared the news Friday on Instagram, says Spanish forensic findings point to a fatal fall with no evidence of foul play or suicide.
- A hunter discovered human remains in a ravine near Igueste de Candelaria on February 5, 2025, and recent DNA testing matched them to Heise.
- The remains showed burn damage that the family’s lawyer links to Tenerife wildfires in August 2023, a factor that likely slowed identification.
- Relatives are arranging repatriation and a burial after learning insurance would not cover the costs, and a GoFundMe campaign reached its goal on Saturday evening.
- Heise was last heard from on August 4, 2022 after posting from Tenerife, and extensive German-Spanish searches and TV appeals later found no trace until the discovery in 2025.