TN RILEY STRAIN: Missing from Nashville, TN - 8 March 2024 - Age 22 *Found Deceased*

Man, 22, reported missing after being kicked out of Luke Bryan's Nashville bar

A man is missing after he was kicked out of a popular bar on lower Broadway last Friday, Metro Police confirm.

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College senior, 22, reported missing after walking off from Luke Bryan's Nashville bar
A family is frantically searching for their son, a University of Missouri student, who hasn't been seen since last Friday after leaving a Broadway bar. Metro Police report Riley Strain, 22, left Luke Bryan’s bar at 301 Broadway, intoxicated, after he was asked to leave.

Strain is a senior at the university, majoring in finance. As of Tuesday, he has been missing for four days.

Strain traveled with his fraternity brothers to Nashville for a convention. He told his friends he’d walk back to their hotel, the Tempo by Hilton, about five blocks away. The bar staff felt he had too much to drink, according to his family. Strain's stepfather Chris Whiteid said there was no hostility.

However, it appears Strain went in the opposite direction when he left, about 9:45 p.m. His cell phone last pinged around 10 to 10:30 p.m. near Public Square Park, close to Gay Street and the river.

Strain’s phone pinged on the Life360 and Snapchat apps, and from Verizon’s tower about 30 to 45 minutes after he left the bar. However, Strain’s phone has not been active since.

When Strain’s friends returned to the hotel later that night, they assumed he was in another room. However, the next morning, when they realized Strain had not returned, they called his parents and police.

Strain’s family drove immediately from Missouri when they were told he was missing. Metro police and Strain’s relatives combed nearby streets downtown, parking garages, hospitals, and along the river. However, there has been no reported sign of the young man, who is 6 feet 7 inches, and about 160 pounds, according to his stepfather.

Police release surveillance video of missing Mizzou student last seen in Nashville

Nashville police released surveillance video of a missing University of Missouri student on Tuesday.

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Police release surveillance video of missing Mizzou student last seen in Nashville​

Nashville police released surveillance video of a missing University of Missouri student on Tuesday.

The video was captured Friday night, when 22-year-old Riley Strain disappeared.

In the video, Strain, seen in a two-toned shirt, crosses the street (right to left across the screen), checking his phone. He stops and changes directions for a minute before proceeding down the street.


MEDIA - RILEY STRAIN: Missing from Nashville, TN - 8 March 2024 - Age 22

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Riley Strain’s father speaks as search for missing college student continues

The disappearance of Missouri college student Riley Strain is gripping the nation. He was visiting Nashville with members of his fraternity and left Luke Bryan’s bar around 9:40 p.m. on March 8.

www.kktv.com

Riley Strain’s father speaks as search for missing college student continues​

“He was put out of the bar by himself and there was a time that went by that his friend wasn’t able to get out,” Ryan Gilbert said. “We believe they were taking care of their bar tab or whatnot. By the time they got outside, he just, he just wasn’t there any longer.”

Police have released four videos that show Strain stumbling through the streets of Nashville.

Strain told his friends he was heading back to the hotel.

But security video from an escape room in the area shows what appears to be Strain walking by then running onto another street and slamming into a pole in a parking lot.

Another video then shows the college student stumbling near the river holding his head.

According to his family, his phone last pinged near Public Square Park at 9:58 p.m.

“The last contact with his friends was after he left Luke Bryan’s,” Metro Nashville Police Cold Case Sgt. Bob Nielsen told WSMV. “I believe one of them tried to reach out to him. I don’t remember if it was by phone or by test. I think he said he heard, it sounded like he was outside. He could hear a lot of loud noise outside but couldn’t get any more information because he wasn’t able to actually speak to him.”

Police have spent days scouring the downtown area for clues. Nielsen said they’re digging through Strain’s call logs, text messages and any locations pings that could’ve gotten lost.

“Some of the data we are still waiting on,” Nielsen said. “There’s a legal process when you’re getting some of this information, so sometimes it’s multiple steps and a lot of it depends on the company that you’re trying to get that information, whether social media or cell phone company.”

Police are also looking for information on the Apple Watch that Strain was wearing.

Strain’s mother, Michelle Whiteid, and his stepfather, Chris Whiteid, drove to Nashville from Springfield, Missouri, after they learned he disappeared while on a fraternity trip, news outlets reported.

“I just need to know where my son is,” Michelle Whiteid said. “We talk every day, multiple times a day. This is the longest I’ve ever gone without talking to him. It’s devastating. I just want to find him and hug him.”

 

[Guess Who]

Riley Strain’s father speaks as search for missing college student continues

The disappearance of Missouri college student Riley Strain is gripping the nation. He was visiting Nashville with members of his fraternity and left Luke Bryan’s bar around 9:40 p.m. on March 8.

www.kktv.com

Riley Strain’s father speaks as search for missing college student continues​

“He was put out of the bar by himself and there was a time that went by that his friend wasn’t able to get out,” Ryan Gilbert said. “We believe they were taking care of their bar tab or whatnot. By the time they got outside, he just, he just wasn’t there any longer.”

Police have released four videos that show Strain stumbling through the streets of Nashville.

Strain told his friends he was heading back to the hotel.

But security video from an escape room in the area shows what appears to be Strain walking by then running onto another street and slamming into a pole in a parking lot.

Another video then shows the college student stumbling near the river holding his head.

According to his family, his phone last pinged near Public Square Park at 9:58 p.m.

“The last contact with his friends was after he left Luke Bryan’s,” Metro Nashville Police Cold Case Sgt. Bob Nielsen told WSMV. “I believe one of them tried to reach out to him. I don’t remember if it was by phone or by test. I think he said he heard, it sounded like he was outside. He could hear a lot of loud noise outside but couldn’t get any more information because he wasn’t able to actually speak to him.”

Police have spent days scouring the downtown area for clues. Nielsen said they’re digging through Strain’s call logs, text messages and any locations pings that could’ve gotten lost.

“Some of the data we are still waiting on,” Nielsen said. “There’s a legal process when you’re getting some of this information, so sometimes it’s multiple steps and a lot of it depends on the company that you’re trying to get that information, whether social media or cell phone company.”

Police are also looking for information on the Apple Watch that Strain was wearing.

Strain’s mother, Michelle Whiteid, and his stepfather, Chris Whiteid, drove to Nashville from Springfield, Missouri, after they learned he disappeared while on a fraternity trip, news outlets reported.

“I just need to know where my son is,” Michelle Whiteid said. “We talk every day, multiple times a day. This is the longest I’ve ever gone without talking to him. It’s devastating. I just want to find him and hug him.”

This sad story just doesn't get any better as time goes on

 

[RoundPeg]

Well, huh.

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[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Interesting. I wonder if they had been to others bars before that and/or if they had been drinking at their hotel before. Some are questioning if he could have been drugged.
Conduct standards. Being obnoxious? Harassing other patrons?
Also, sounds like nobody was "prevented" from leaving. His friend could have exited with him but turned around.

 

[RoundPeg]

Interesting. I wonder if they had been to others bars before that and/or if they had been drinking at their hotel before. Some are questioning if he could have been drugged.
Conduct standards. Being obnoxious? Harassing other patrons?
Also, sounds like nobody was "prevented" from leaving. His friend could have exited with him but turned around.

During random scrolling, I read that was the 2nd bar to kick him/them out. Take that as unverified rumor.

 

[Guess Who]

Interesting. I wonder if they had been to others bars before that and/or if they had been drinking at their hotel before. Some are questioning if he could have been drugged.
Conduct standards. Being obnoxious? Harassing other patrons?
Also, sounds like nobody was "prevented" from leaving. His friend could have exited with him but turned around.

The first reports I had seen was that they were barhopping. It seems that bar he got kicked out of did their job and saw he was drunk already.

 

[Guess Who]

During random scrolling, I read that was the 2nd bar to kick him/them out. Take that as unverified rumor.

I saw something similar. I know it at least it wasn't the first bar of the evening. They says they had been barhopping already.

 

[GrandmaBear]

Investigating "IF" he was over served? It was about 9:30 when he was kicked out and he was already that visibly very, very over served.

There is an account by someone who saw the fraternity group come in already verr drunk (into the hotel). While the bar maybe shouldn' have served him at all, I wouldn't be so sure he was served many there. It was also said it is prohibitively expensive to drink there and most of these kids drink a ton before heading for the bars.

I wasn't going to follow new ones or check them out but I saw this one elsewhere today and so now know of it.

Mom is extremely heartbroken and distressed. I couldn't help contrast her with Jen Soto, Madeline's mother. Not that such is a one size fits all but this reaction is far more normal and expected for me. On the other hand, dad and stepmom were not that way so who knows.

50 kids (on the trip anyhow) and not a one left with him... A bar shouldn't have to babysit but they could ensure someone that young leave with someone else. I don't think you need 49 people to pay a bar tab and didn't he have his own to pay or no?

On the other hand, the sheer number of people at this place and size of the bar astounded me. You couldn't pay me to go somewhere you can't even move not even at that age.

I pray he's found safe but it seems unlikely. I agree that the water seems likely or he is just somewhere they haven't yet found him where he fell again or some such. While someone could have done something to him or taken him, I don't see any reason to think that.

I'd assume the homeless camps have been checked. It's a hopeful thought he has a concussion and just hunkered down or is out of it but seems unlikely. He's being looked for, is very tall, very young and yet he hasn't been found.

Don't go out if you are not going to leave with ANY person with you who is leaving or forced to leave on their own and even more so in a strange city and not in your own area. Did no one call and ensure he got back to the hotel OR look for him once back? I'm not blaming, I'm just saying make it the norm/a rule. Of course it already is one just wasn't practiced here.

I heard nothing about a room key. Also not sure how he'd have made it back as he wasn't even going in the hotel direction was he?

I'd wonder about some other things like him having a drink drugged or some such but he is seen on plenty of cameras alone with no one paying much attention to him. Not to say someone couldn' have at some point in time encountered him.

I don't know why if often seems to be the case in cases like this, but I also figure they will find him in the water. Sadly. However, they haven't yet...

 

[GrandmaBear]

Just heard he was only served one drink.

 

[GrandmaBear]

 

[GrandmaBear]

Talking of thinking he was drugged...

 

[GrandmaBear]

He said the best info and last info on sightings have come from the homeless. One guy they want to talk to helped Riley get up. So he also had a Smart Watch etc...

 

[GrandmaBear]

They now have a warrant for the info on the watch.

 

[GrandmaBear]

Lots of info. Most all of it is the family rep talking and not the host.

 

[GrandmaBear]

he also has a lot to say about why they DON'T think he is in the water due to steps, elevation and a lot more so that was interesting, that us just seeing how it looks on a map etc., it isn't that easy or likely... Worth listening to.

 

[GrandmaBear]

What is sad is throughout the guy says he "was", Riley "was". past tense. goes to show one this is not unusualin such a situation.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Nashville authorities still searching for Riley Strain more than a week later

Authorities in Nashville spent Saturday looking for missing Springfield native and University of Missouri student Riley Strain.

www.ky3.com

Authorities in Nashville spent Saturday looking for missing Springfield native and University of Missouri student Riley Strain.

According to WSMV, Nashville emergency officials used two sonar boats, four canines, one Nashville Fire Department boat and crew, one dive team, and one drone and operator. Crews used the canines to narrow down an area near the Riverfront Park. They sent a team of divers into the water.

Nashville Office of Emergency Management Public Information Officer Kendra Loney told WSMV that during their search, nothing conclusive was located.

Emergency officials wrapped up their search around 2:30 p.m. Officials said they would not continue their search on Sunday unless they were requested by the Metro Nashville Police Department to do so, Loney said.

In addition to law enforcement and emergency officials, locals in the area have deployed their own teams to help search.

The United Cajun Navy, a nonprofit made up of volunteers, organizes search and rescue teams and has been helping search for Strain. Other individuals are just going out there to the river to see if there is anything they can do to help.

 

[RoundPeg]

POTENTIAL RUMOR spreading like wildfire.

Riley's credit card found? We, collectively, need to watch verified sources.

 

[Guess Who]

POTENTIAL RUMOR spreading like wildfire.

Riley's credit card found? We, collectively, need to watch verified sources.

I have also been with the idea that he very well possibly had been taken advantage of in his state and absolutely no telling what could have happened in that way. Even if that is what happened, the river is still a good place to look and evidently LE seems to agree.

 

[RoundPeg]

Ok, this Chris is a family friend (verified). The screenshot I'm attaching is a post from him. The name of the Facebook page/group is at the top.