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]

POTENTIAL RUMOR spreading like wildfire.

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

Apparently confirmed by his father. But not by LE at this time.

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Independent sesrchers this morning found Riley’s debit card by the Cumberland River between Woodland Street and James Robertson Parkway.
This was now confirmed by stepfather Chris Whiteid.
No word yet from Metro police.

 

[RoundPeg]

Apparently confirmed by his father. But not by LE at this time.

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Independent sesrchers this morning found Riley’s debit card by the Cumberland River between Woodland Street and James Robertson Parkway.
This was now confirmed by stepfather Chris Whiteid.
No word yet from Metro police.

That's where his trail stopped.

 

[RoundPeg]

 

[Guess Who]

Apparently confirmed by his father. But not by LE at this time.

Nick Beres NC5

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Independent sesrchers this morning found Riley’s debit card by the Cumberland River between Woodland Street and James Robertson Parkway.
This was now confirmed by stepfather Chris Whiteid.
No word yet from Metro police.

Now confirmed

Riley Strain’s bank card found near Cumberland River

Riley Stain’s card was found on Sunday afternoon on the embankment between Gay Street and the Cumberland River.

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[GrandmaBear]

Body found in the Cumberland River today but not believed to be Riley. Nor Sebastian.

Dead body reported floating down Cumberland River

Several crews are on the scene.

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[GrandmaBear]

I even went and looked for a news article after seeing it first on YT.

 

[GrandmaBear]

This was some long hours ago already, saw it on break at work. Sad for some family no doubt.

 

[GrandmaBear]

As I've said more than once I am not the biggest fan of Gray and his long often little on the cases content shows but he's been doing more shorts lately and he is a really GOOD mapper giving real views. This one is short. Also not sure I knew the thing about his brother and a fraternity. Great street views and so on. Short. I think he goes on to have one of his three hour shows later but this one is short and to the point.

 

[GrandmaBear]

Once in awhile though I will give him credit. His mapping is extraordinary and this one for that is great BUT also the person running at the right point in time that is NOT Riley could well be a perp...

Worth a watch most definitely.

 

[GrandmaBear]

I'm really liking this guy lately. He's fairly new but building, former NY LE. I haven't seen it all and can't right now. I also don't have time to put it in every case here he talks of. Seen a few minutes. Good advice too. You tell your kids (how often do we see otherwise) if you go out as a group, you leave as a group. If one is kicked, out, you ALL go and leave as a group. No sh*t. How many do we see that if only that had been the case, would have very likely turned out different?

Since I wrote that, I've watched several minutes. He points out what I wondered which is where is his driver's license etc. Lots more.

And I didn't know until listening to him that Tik Tokkers not LE allegedly found his debit card.

The family rep was talking to a Tik Tokker who is actually there and searching. I wonder if she found it. I liked that interview.

 

[GrandmaBear]

Forgot the link lol.

 

[GrandmaBear]

I won't be home or watch it live but will catch it after. They always do a good show plus they have family on so linking for anyone interested.

 

[GrandmaBear]

Had the wrong link at first. Now corrected.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Riley Strain spotted in 'commotion' at homeless camp before vanishing

The last person to potentially see missing University of Missouri student Riley Strain said he caused a 'commotion' at a Nashville homeless encampment.

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Missouri student Riley Strain was spotted at homeless camp causing a 'commotion' before vanishing in downtown Nashville​

The last person to potentially see missing University of Missouri student Riley Strain said he caused a 'commotion' at a Nashville homeless encampment where the student's bank card was found.

On Sunday, police confirmed that a bank card belonging to Strain was found on the embankment near Gay Street, which is a three-minute walk from the Downtown Smoke & Vape Shop on Church Street where he was last seen on video.

'We heard a commotion. We looked back up. He almost fell over. The last bush right there caught him,' an unidentified man who lives in the camp told WZTV.

'He was very, very, very intoxicated. I never seen anybody stumble that hard before,' the man said. 'I yelled get up. They said, "He's just drunk. He's okay."'

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

New video shows missing student Riley Strain briefly speak with police on night he vanished in Nashville

Newly released video shows missing college student Riley Strain briefly speak with a police officer on the night he vanished in Nashville.

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New video shows missing student Riley Strain briefly speak with police on night he vanished in Nashville​

Newly released video shows missing college student Riley Strain briefly speak with a police officer on the night he vanished in Nashville, Tennessee.

Officer Reginald Young came across Strain, 22, while responding to a car burglary on Gay Street, south of the Woodland Street Bridge, on the night of March 8, according to Nashville police.

Around 9:50 p.m., Strain walked by alone. The officer asked how he was doing, and Strain responded, "I’m good, how are you?"

 

[Kimster]

With all of these reports, I’m thinking he had to have fallen in that water. I sure do hope I’m wrong and he’s out there alive somewhere.

 

[Guess Who]

Update soon

Family of Riley Strain to give update on search for missing Mizzou student Family of Riley Strain to give update on search for missing Mizzou student

 

[Guess Who]

I'm glad they are bringing up the terrain. Just by looking at Google Earth by itself, the river banks look very much like here and it's impossible to say you've looked at every foot.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

In Nashville, Riley Strain's family remains hopeful: 'Goal is still to bring Riley home'

In Nashville, Riley Strain's family is grateful for the help it has received thus far, but added that more volunteers are needed to locate him.

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In Nashville, Riley Strain's family remains hopeful: 'Goal is still to bring Riley home'​

The family of Riley Strain asked the United Cajun Navy to assist with the search for a loved one who went missing after getting kicked out of a Broadway bar earlier this month.

Chris Whiteid, Strain's stepfather, said his family is grateful for the help it has received thus far, but added that more is needed.

"We appreciate more than you know the outpouring that we've received from the community," Whiteid said. "Our goal is still to bring Riley home. We feel like Dave and our team and the volunteers that he knows are very skilled and will help bring him home for us."

David Flagg, the national director of operations for the United Cajun Navy, said while they largely respond to natural disasters, the organization has been known to get involved in missing persons cases.

"Our main focus is to find Riley," Flagg said. "I would encourage any volunteers to please come under the umbrella of the United Cajun Navy search."

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

New details raise questions in mysterious disappearance of college student Riley Strain

Video released by police this week shows some of the final moments before University of Missouri student Riley Strain disappeared in Nashville late last week.

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New details raise questions in disappearance of college student Riley Strain​

The mystery surrounding the disappearance fo 22-year-old college student Riley Strain continues to grow as new details about the night he went missing are released.


The department added that "no video has been discovered that shows Riley away from Gay Street after the 9:52 p.m. timeframe."

“To those who are saying that they believe he could have been in distress, that somebody could have been after him as he walked onto Gay Street, well, as you see in the video, he’s walking by himself on the river side and speaks to a police officer as the officer is looking at a vehicle that had been broken into," police spokesperson Don Aaron said.

The footage is the second video released by police showing Strain the night he went missing -- both captured within minutes of each other.

Video released last week also captured the young student crossing 1st Avenue North toward Gay Street just before 10 p.m. that night.


But Chris Whiteid said the fast turn of events raises questions.

He told NBC News that Strain FaceTimed his mother that same evening between 7:30 p.m. and 8 p.m.

Chris Whiteid said Strain called from Garth Brooks' Friends in Low Places Bar & Honky-Tonk, though he also noted he and his fraternity brothers had already stopped at Miranda Lambert's Casa Rosa.

Strain's stepfather said Strain "didn’t even sound like he had been drinking a lot" and texted his mother coherently in the hour or so after the call ended.

“I’ve done a fair amount of drinking in my life, and I still question whether it was alcohol or something else," Whiteid said, referring to how Strain appeared to have lost control of his balance in some of the security video.

The family has received numerous reports of "horror stories" from people claiming they were drugged at bars in Nashville, though authorities have said no evidence of foul play has been discovered so far.

"I want Riley to know: We're actively looking for you, son," Chris Whiteid said. "We're going to bring you home."

Authorities confirmed to NBC News that Strain's bank card was found on an embankment between Gay Street and the Cumberland River on Sunday, though they said it does not appear that the student was robbed and no new charges have been made on any of his accounts.