Posted on 03/22/2024 11:32:15 AM PDT by Red Badger
Strain disappeared on March 8 after being kicked out of Luke’s 32 Bridge Food + Drink in downtown Nashville while on a trip with his fraternity.
University of Missouri student Riley Strain's body has been found in the Cumberland River Friday morning, the Metropolitan Nashville Police announced.
"The body of Riley Strain was recovered from the Cumberland River in West Nashville this morning, approximately 8 miles from downtown," the department wrote on X. "No foul play-related trauma was observed. An autopsy is pending."
Police received a call around 7:28 a.m. from a worker at a nearby business who discovered Strain's body after removing an object from the river, Metropolitan Nashville Police Chief John Drake said during a press conference shortly after the discovery.
The city fire department then removed the body from the water and the medical examiner's office later confirmed the identity. Strain still had his shirt and other identifiable objects on his body, according to Drake.
His family has been notified.
"I want to say to the family, my heart and prayers go out to you all for this very unfortunate and tragic incident," Drake said. "I also want to say thank you to the Nashville community and the outpouring community of the outpouring support from the community in trying to help us locate Mr. Strain."
Given Strain's height and weight, police were expecting his body to surface between 14 and 20 days if it was in the Cumberland River.
"This is the 14th day so we were really expecting anytime soon to find him," Drake said.
"Today, we mourn one of our Tigers," the University of Missouri wrote on X. "As the Mizzou community mourns Riley, we are keeping his family in our thoughts and offering support," university president Mun Choi added in a statement.
"Our hearts go out to Riley’s family and loved ones during this incredibly difficult time as we work to provide support and resources to all those affected by this tragedy," Delta Chi Fraternity said in a press release Friday.
Strain went missing on March 8 after being asked to leave Luke's 32 Bridge Food + Drink in downtown Nashville while on a trip with Delta Chi fraternity for spring formal.
The 22-year-old told his friends he would return to his hotel, stepfather Chris Whiteid told NBC News affiliate WSMV. Whiteid said in an interview on "Top Story with Tom Llamas" that Strain never made it back to the hotel.
should be “ bodies of water”
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in harbors creeks and bays.
He was seen on a few cameras along the street and on a policeman’s body cam. He was VERY intoxicated. He fell once and slammed his head into a streetlight pole. He got up but that head bang certainly didn’t help matters.
He passed at least one group of people but no one asked if he needed help.
Where his bank card was found along the riverbank, there’s a LOT of trash. When the card was found, my first thought was that he tripped over something there and fell into the river.
What I was referring to is, they didn’t say he was wearing pants.
Not that uncommon in the high risk homosexual crime community, if you know what I mean.
Someone who went to my college in the midwest died after drinking heavily at a bar. It was snowing hard and very cold. He left the bar with a short pilsner glass in his front pants pocket. He tripped on a guy cable, glass broke, cut his femoral artery and he expired right there in the snow. Terrible.
I’d say the only reason they mentioned the shirt is because it was one of the main identifiers they’d been using. That and his height. When the barge worker spotted the body floating, he knew it was Riley because of the shirt.
I might be wrong but I feel it was just a horrible accident. We just have to wait to hear what the medical examiner finds.
You were right, he was in the river. Noe the only question remains is what it accidental or was he assisted into the river?
Did one of Mitch McConnell’s in-laws offer him a ride home?
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