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

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fox17.com

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.

abc7chicago.com

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
 
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Guess Who said:
And again, answering those questions could open them up to a lawsuit by the family's attorney if they state the wrong thing they think might be helpful. No, I don't blame the family for wanting more answers but also can't blame these young men for not beating down their doors, especially if they told all they knew to authorities.

Would the family be happy if the story the frat brothers told the parents was that Riley was being a drunken ass and they were kind of happy he was out of their hair??? How would that kind of story or similar help their grieving? Would you want to be the one telling the parents that because they insisted you tell them what happened?
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Kind of related. I'm not sure the parents are going to accept anything they don't want to hear right now. While I understand, that isn't necessarily helping them or anyone else (such as the frat brothers). I was reading twitter the other day and it was explained over and over the hows and whys of drowning in cold water with dry lungs. I completely agree with your opinion. It's sad all around. JMO
 
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Kind of related. I'm not sure the parents are going to accept anything they don't want to hear right now. While I understand, that isn't necessarily helping them or anyone else (such as the frat brothers). I was reading twitter the other day and it was explained over and over the hows and whys of drowning in cold water with dry lungs. I completely agree with your opinion. It's sad all around. JMO
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Exactly. It also very well might end up being a "careful of what you wish for" in their case. That water was COLD! There's a very good reason why some, if found in time, survive cold water drownings. Part of it is because their lungs aren't damaged by water.
 
Guess Who said:
If their story is that they don't know what happened to him, how is saying that again and again and again and telling the parents the same thing going to solve anything?
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I was not talking of only the frat brothers by any means. I was responding to what the family's "guy" said including county building camera footage they haven't seen, businesses not steppingi up and other things. I don't think for a minute the friends were with him when he died so they can't help with finding out what happened anyhow as to that part. Of course there's the odd chance he talked to any of them by phone, etc. and that we dont' know but unlikely.

I don't see where it is said they know what happened TO HIM but they do know of the night and circumstances most likely, at least some if not all. I'm certainly not centering on only the friends if the cops have things and video they haven't shared then that still needs to be done and if businesses do, they need to provide it as well imo.

But yes, anyone who saw Riley that night, knew him or did not, needs to step up and share all they know, including the friends, other witnesses, LE and so forth UNLESS LE is still investigating then yes maybe some needs to wait. Tox isn't even back yet.
 
Guess Who said:
And again, answering those questions could open them up to a lawsuit by the family's attorney if they state the wrong thing they think might be helpful. No, I don't blame the family for wanting more answers but also can't blame these young men for not beating down their doors, especially if they told all they knew to authorities.

Would the family be happy if the story the frat brothers told the parents was that Riley was being a drunken ass and they were kind of happy he was out of their hair??? How would that kind of story or similar help their grieving? Would you want to be the one telling the parents that because they insisted you tell them what happened?
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Again I'm not only talking about them, see previous response and I disagree with you and we don't think the same then, respectfully. I'd expect my kid to step up and share with his grieving parents all they knew and would insist on it. I've done so not in something like this but when a friend of one of my kid's didn't come home and her mother was worried to death and called the cops. Cops called us to see if my daughter who was her friend knew where she was. I insisted if she did she not even think about covering for her or if she had a good idea where she'd go or who she'd be with to say so. I'd never do that to a worried or grieving parent and would not raise my kids to do so either. I'm not judging, I'm saying I don't see it the same way at all.

And sue the friends who were nowhere near when he died? When has that ever happened and on what basis? For being honest with you and giving you answers you want?

Also, Id want to know all, whether he was a drunken arse or not. We know details we can never UNKNOW but they had to be heard and known. They are horrible. Finding out he was a drunken arse is not going to destroy them like his death did, not even close to the same.

So I"m respectfully disagreeing with you on this one. Those that were his friends and cared about him need to step up and be available to the parents and answer what they can, I'd expect no less or raise one to do any different.

No one here is looking to destroy his friends and in fact they stuck up for them fully throughout. The last thing imo THIS mother is thinking about is money, I assure you and would be my life on that. I don't know that I've ever seen a more grief stricken mother one can't doubt an iota as far as one I don't know. Landen Stauch was right up there though.

So this one we don't agree, not a big deal. I don't see it the same at all. BUT again I"m not talking about only the other adult "kids" by a long shot.

And also of course I am always on the side of the victims or their families and that plays in as well but not as much as believing what's just right here. Even if there is no perp, Riley is a victim of accident, circumstance, etc. even if he made choices that contributed, just saying that is what I mean by victim here. They need answers and I dare say they probably also need to see his friends and those that cared also wanting answers maybe or stopping by or calling. I'd hope when some see this or their parents, they see they WANT to know all they can tell them.

Me? I'd talk to my kid as I did when her friend was missing and hand her the phone. In that scenario it was the cops and she was a minor but I had her do it and she told them where she figured she was and she was right. And her mother, who was also an old high school friend of mine, got her daughter home and did not have to go to bed worried to death another night. Now the friendship between my daughter and her friend suffered a bit for awhile. I could tell that story but no need for this. I wouldn't want anyone doing that to me and not helping if I was worried to death about a child of mine or grieving over them and needing answers. I likely woudln't ever forgive anyone who held back info. And I'd never do that to another parent if I could help it. That's just how I see it.

We agree on much in many a case and simply disagree here and I think I'm looking at it in a different way is all. Not a big deal. And of course I don't KNOW if the mother really wants to know all or could take all if something was negative but I know I'd need all answers there were and so I base it on that plus it seems to be what they are wanting and stating.

Just my opinion. And I just don't think first of everything in life being litigious and I've never seen such occurring over friends providing answers to parents and being there for them. That could only happen say if some "friend" slipped something in his drink unknown to him and no one who did that is going to talk to them anyhow or admit that. So there's nothing lawsuit about anything of what Riley did at HIS age of his own free will with his friends.

So lol I guess we disagree on this part.

Seems to me they want every answer they can get and if so, then they should be provided such imo. I can understand the need to find what they may never be able to fully find and that's just to know all they can and that nothing was missed and to understand so they can believe what most likely really happened. I'm certain I'd be the same. Heck I want answers here and he's no relation to me. I need more.

Anywhooo...
 
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Last known person to speak with Riley Strain comes forward to cops: This is ‘huge’

Raily Strain’s family do not believe he fell into the river.
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Snejana Farberov
Published April 12, 2024, 7:23 a.m. ET

he last known person to speak with Riley Strain the night the University of Missouri student vanished has given a statement to the police, in what the victim’s family touted as a “huge” development.

Chris Dingman, a friend acting as the Strain family’s spokesperson, said the new witness provided his account to the family before going to the cops.

“That was huge. That was something we were looking for,” Dingman said Tuesday on NewsNation’s “Elizabeth Vargas Reports.” “He told the detective his account of the story of what happened to Riley.”

Dingman did not name the witness nor reveal what exactly he said about Strain in connection with his disappearance and death.

The 22-year-old’s body was pulled from the Cumberland River on March 22, two weeks after he was booted from Country star Luke Bryan’s Nashville bar and left to wander alone in the streets at night.

Strain was found wearing his shirt but no pants. His cowboy boots, belt and wallet were also missing and have yet to be recovered.

Asked if the Strain family was searching for new evidence because they believe Riley did not just fall into the river and drown, Dingman said: “Correct. One hundred percent.”

A preliminary autopsy report indicated that Strain died of “accidental” causes.

His family later ordered a second, private autopsy, after it was determined that the 22-year-old had no water in his lungs, as is typical in drowning cases.

Dingman said the family was also looking to obtain additional surveillance footage from a jail located near where Strain was last seen. So far, video from only one camera has been made public, but there are others.

“We would love to see the footage,” Dingman said. “We now do have confirmation that there were cameras pointing back toward the bridge where Riley went missing at.”
 
And as I've said before then they should get it and all answers and camera footage. IF this is ruled accidental or CLOSED then all needs to be provided. I myself wondered since he was near was he not a county building or some such with cameras where it all is.

While this may still entirely be accidental and due to his condition, I don't like and I kind of bristle at the instant assumption by many when a water death or drowning that there wasn't any foul play. I am definitely not saying there was here but often it is just case closed, oh they fell in and drowned and that's it, no more questions, no more answers needed. And I entirely disagree. Questions remain, things still need to be answered. Perps never have thrown a child or victim in the water? Again not saying it is necessarily the case here but I see it in case after case and out there online oh the car was in the water or the victim and SO it was an accident. PUHLEEZ. Just assumed, case closed. NO. It isn't. Not yet. Jmo.
 
Party school or not doesn't answer what necessarily happened to him. I do think the whole frat, college, alcohol, party thing is unfortunate and will never change whether a known party school or not. And spring break. And other things. The communities cater to it, businesses do, colleges do and turn a blind eye, and much of the public thinks it is the norm and okay and a rite of passage.

He may well have been drunk or taken drugs or both and lost his own life due to his condition. Very well could be. But all answers that can be found aren't there yet and I'd still and I do want all answers that can still come as his parents would even want FAR more . His tox isn't even in as far as we know. And if there is more camera footage and cameras that would have caught more near or at the time of his last moments, then such needs to be seen and shown the parents and then the public. I see absolutely no reason anything like that should be held unless there is something up where it can't be because there IS an investigation or some suspicions. I think it is a natural request and without such an answer to that, then this is still a wide open case.

What's the problem do the cameras show a councilman with a hooker on the corner as Riley comes on camera? Seriously. If it is true there is more and they haven't been shown it then why?

I don't doubt this is a party school and I don't even doubt he may have been a regular and heavy partier and drinker, etc. NOt saying he was, not saying he wasn't. Either way, all the answers needed here have not been given yet. Of what can be determined or shown. Just saying...
 
I don't know .

We have Nws Nation (not the biggest fan) repeating a short clip of a rum and coke that taste like BBQ and teasing with more on the interviews later, are they on here? I HATE when news does that.

I think this likely was an accident and he likely was trashed but that does not mean as a parent I'd be okay, that's that then my son is dead, no big deal and not want all answers that can be obtained. AND EXPECT all stones to be overturned to the point they can be and only then try to let go, grieve and move on.

Where is News Nations further on this interview, they say more toniight and it wasn't today. That short clip keeps replaying about the drink without even hitting replay. Is that how Twitter or X works. I clicked it and walked away and OMG heard it repeat 40 times while doing something else.

Any caring parent that would tell me they would not want all and any answers they can get before letting go, I will not believe is being honest. Or truly trying to put themselves in mom's shoes, etc.

Okay yeah sure, my kid is dead and we don't need his pants or wallet and he was drunk and we don't have tox yet and this person has not talked to us or that friend but yeah, he's dead, we don't need answers and that's that so let's just accept it and buy it and not ask for more answers as this is what we've got? NEVER could I do that. And any parent that could wow, or thinks they could, wow.

They should see every video that has not been seen or obtained even maybe from that govt building for instance, hear from everyone they can, see every stone overturned and more. Wouldn't any of us want that??

And I do think it is a high likelihood he was trashed and this may be entirely accidental but it isn't the point.

And if I am not mistaken, we still don't know his tox levels so it is far from over and we don't really know the bar thing either. There were hundreds of not thousands of people on all levels of that bar that night,, I have seen the pics, and what did this one solo kid do to get kicked out versus any other person there? HAVE we heard one word about that? Did he drop his pants and **** on the dance floor or something? And the other thousand did nothing wrong, were not drunk and all behaved?

ALL I am saying is I would want answers and ALL of them before I'd ever be okay with accepting what is unknown to me if my child is dead. And again I think any caring parent would. They would NEED such and all they can find out. And IF he is on some govt building camera not long before dying AND those videos have not been obtained nor seen by the parents then that I would never let go of either. WHY if that is true would that be the case?

Okay my kid was drunk and died. Oh well. I'm over it and that's what happened. WHO is that kind of parent? NO WAY can I not understand why more is needed here by the family. That's all I am saying and true in any case imo , any parent should be able to get that and easily identify with it.

I'd want every answer. What happened at the bar, every bit of camera footage available after he left, every witness's account in the bar, on the street, or that he talked to, camera footage in the bar, and so on. WHO WOULDN"T????

Now on the other hand I'd also do everything in my power to discourage my kid from a trip like this and have but you can't stop one who is an adult and I've been there. You can however if you finance any part of their life put a stop to it. It is sad and one wants their kids to have their safe fun and be part of the group and be rewarded for hard work but these stories are not unheard of. By the grace of God there go any of us or our kids.

I also am not one that automatically assumes anyone found in the water means it is an accident or suicidal death. It likely is here and accident but I sure am in no way positive of that and I'mno not his parent nor knew him. No way in HE77 would I just accept that at this point as the answers are not all in or at least they and we sure don't know them all nor have seen all.

Just my strong opinion and we all differ on different cases and agree on the next one and that keeps it interesting imo
 
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Riley Strain’s death: ‘Riley’s Act’ calls out Nashville bars

Nearly 31,000 people signed a petition that would require downtown Nashville bars to call cabs so that intoxicated people can get home safely.
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Riley Strain’s death: ‘Riley’s Act’ calls out Nashville bars​

Nearly 31,000 people have signed a petition that would require downtown Nashville bars to call cabs so that intoxicated people can get home safely.

The petition is in honor of University of Missouri student Riley Strain, who was asked to leave Luke’s 32 Bridge, a bar on Broadway, in Nashville, Tennessee.

“This law would make bars and staff mandatory to call cabs and ubers for intoxicated & disoriented individuals. Lets not let Riley’s tragedy end in vein. Please keep his family in your prayers and help keep our kids safe,” the petition reads.
 
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www.newsnationnow.com

Riley Strain’s death: ‘Riley’s Act’ calls out Nashville bars

Nearly 31,000 people signed a petition that would require downtown Nashville bars to call cabs so that intoxicated people can get home safely.
www.newsnationnow.com www.newsnationnow.com

Riley Strain’s death: ‘Riley’s Act’ calls out Nashville bars​

Nearly 31,000 people have signed a petition that would require downtown Nashville bars to call cabs so that intoxicated people can get home safely.

The petition is in honor of University of Missouri student Riley Strain, who was asked to leave Luke’s 32 Bridge, a bar on Broadway, in Nashville, Tennessee.

“This law would make bars and staff mandatory to call cabs and ubers for intoxicated & disoriented individuals. Lets not let Riley’s tragedy end in vein. Please keep his family in your prayers and help keep our kids safe,” the petition reads.
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I'm not sure I agree with this one. People need to have some self accountability.

If something happens to the person that they call a ride for, will they still hold the bar responsible? Quiet a slippery slope here.
 
I'm not against it necessarily but they sure don't need to babysit them. If they are old enough to drink, and intoxicated enough that the bar chooses to kick out, I think it would be great to require they call a cab, however, I see a lot of possible problems with it. Meaning they should not have to babysit and make sure they get in the cab or if they refuse, they shouldn't have any responsibility either. Also what if the patron has no money for the cab?? The bars should not have to pay for it. We have a program here and it gets you a discount off the sober cab I think it's called or safe cab. Bars or beer manufacturers or both or some such go in on it and at each bar you can ask for it. I think it's a $5 ride instead of a $20 or $5 off, I can't recall. We used it a few times at Bingo, we weren't obliterated or anything but if we had a couple we always cabbed and it was cheaper to use that discount. I also THINK the bartender can suggest someone use one but we just always asked to get the lower fare.

Since Covid and working and all else, I don't ever go anywhere any longer but I am sure it still exists.

I get doing something in his name but this would have to be really refined. I see a lot of inherent problems with it if not. I mean they can't detain them or that will be another problem.

It would have been nice had they offered that that night. It would also have been nice if a friend or two had accompanied him or seen him into one. IT could have ended differently had Riley told the cop he had a few, was from out of town and lost as to getting back to his hotel and asked for help.

And one can't put it on busy cops either to come babysit every drunk patron at a bar.

I think something that maybe requires them to offer it, strongly suggest it and call one MAYBE would be okay but it has to make clear the lack of liability if they choose not to use it, etc. If you are in a bar you are an "adult" and it truly is on you and you are accountable, I agree with Guessy on that.

I am not blaming a soul but the number one rule everyone knows was broken here and that's the buddy system. You never leave a friend alone. That's been pounded into every kid for decades on end now. And they all know it. Again not blaming.

It's been awhile on this one, can't recall, we don't know tox do we as to BAC or drugs? Of course he'd been in the water for awhile but they can still get some info. Also have we ever heard the true detail of why they thought he needed to be booted from the bar? I recall a few vague things but nothing concrete to know for sure.

I'm not against some kind of program, not sure about law. And which a decent and wise bar owner would practice willingly or strongly OFFER on ejection. But then again, it really isn't their problem...

I would like to know though WHY he was ejected and why no one went with. Not to blame anyone but because that makes a difference imo in the accountability. If he did nothing to cause ending up alone and outside then they kicked him out without cause so I guess yeah, that would mean some accountability now that I finish my thoughts. I.e, he made a pass at the manager's gf not knowing it was his gf and it angered the guy. Totally made up example, just saying we still do NOT KNOW why he was ousted. I seriously doubt he was the only friend in the group intoxicated or only person in that huge crowd that was either.

There are still unanswered questions here beyond that as well in this case. I'm not yet satisfied so certainly a parent wouldn't be.

However, all that does not take away from depending on all those answers, of course in large part he is responsible for his own choices and actions IF what anyone else did did not contribute or was uncalled for or he ran into no issues up until somehow ending up in the river, etc.
 
No drugs in system per a woman I work with, tox is back. Quickly looked for a link. Haven't even watched myself yet. Woman I work with thinks it is foul play. I didn't even know she knew of the case. We've discovered we both follow crime. And she mentioned to me yesterday such was back or I wouldn't have known. And didn't know she followed this case.

 
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