Nashville authorities and the family of missing University of Missouri student Riley Strain have been talking to homeless people living along the banks of the Cumberland River, some of whom may have seen the 22-year-old boy.
Strain was last seen around 10 p.m. on March 8, walking down Gay Street “after drinking downtown” at Luke Bryan’s bar on Broadway Street, family members and officials said. It is said that he was there. Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD).
“My brother discussed this with a homeless man who said he saw him and another man who said he saw Larry B.[i]After he saw the pictures, he didn’t come back,” Strain’s cousin, Chelsea Strain, told FOX News Digital as Nashville police searched along the Cumberland River on Thursday.
MNPD Sergeant Robert Nielsen confirmed that authorities spoke Thursday with people living at a homeless camp along the river who were “cooperating” with the expanded investigation.
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Police say Riley Strain was kicked out of Luke Bryan’s bar in Nashville on Friday night and no one has been able to locate or contact him since. (Nashville Metropolitan Police Department)
Police described Strain as 6 feet 5 inches tall, with a “thin build, blue eyes, and light brown hair.”
of University of Missouri According to FOX 17 Nashville, the senior was visiting Nashville with his fraternity brothers on an official spring trip.
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MNPD announced in a post on X Thursday afternoon that the department’s “urban search and rescue team assembled today and conducted an additional search along the riverbank brush line” to search for Strain.
MNPD announced in a post on X Thursday afternoon that the department’s “urban search and rescue team will assemble today to further search for Strain along the riverbank brush line.” (MNPD)
On the night of March 8, Strain was reportedly kicked out of a bar after staff members felt he had had too much to drink, and Strain told friends to walk to the Tempo by Hilton, a hotel about five blocks from Luke’s 32 Bridge. It is said that he told her that he would return. FOX17 reported.
Missing Mizzou student Riley Strain’s last known whereabouts captured on camera in Nashville.
Nashville police have been searching for Riley Strain since she was reported missing on the night of March 8th. (MNPD)
“The bartender said he was overserved,” Strain’s father-in-law, Chris Whyid, told the publication. “He was trying to pay his taxes.”
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Chelsea Strain previously told Fox News Digital that she filed a missing persons report after she did not see him at the hotel later that night.
Authorities on Tuesday morning released surveillance video showing Strain walking across North 1st Street toward Gay Street at 9:47 p.m. Friday, where he was last seen by a friend. He was seen wearing the same black and brown shirt. (Nashville Metropolitan Police Department)
However, after Mr. Strain left the bar, he appeared to be walking in the opposite direction of the hotel.
His cell phone last rang between 10 and 10:30 p.m. in the area of Public Square Park, near the sheriff’s office and the Cumberland River. According to FOX17.
According to FOX 17, Riley Strain’s phone last rang between 10 and 10:30 p.m. in the area of Public Square Park, near the sheriff’s office and the Cumberland River. . (Facebook)
“As soon as my family heard the news, we left the house with his father and stepmother. He is not one to leave the house or call anyone,” Chelsea Strain said. said. “I’ve talked to him every week, if not every other day, to check on him. He talks to his mom more than once a day. We’re all worried. My family is , including his father, stepmother, and stepbrothers, all alone.”
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Authorities are asking anyone with information about Riley’s disappearance to contact them at 615-862-8600.
