Nashville police are searching for a Missouri college student who went missing Friday night while visiting Music City.
Riley Strain, 22, was last seen around 10 p.m. Friday at Luke’s 32 Bridge, Luke Bryan’s bar, “drinking downtown,” according to her family and the Nashville Metro Police Department (MNPD). After that, he was seen on Gay Street.
Police described Strain as 6 feet 5 inches tall, with a “thin build, blue eyes, and light brown hair.”
Strain’s cousin, Chelsea Strain, described the 22-year-old student as a “kind young man” who was “very kind and willing to do anything for anyone.”
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Riley Strain, 22, a student at the University of Missouri, has been missing since she was last seen at a bar in Nashville on Friday. (Voice for the voiceless)
“We’ve been best friends since day one, [he] I don’t know strangers. “He has a contagious smile that lights up a room,” she told Fox News Digital in her statement. “He took a charter bus to Nashville with 200 others for the official fraternity attendance and stayed at a hotel near downtown.” He said goodbye to his friends Friday night, but he stayed at the hotel I told him I would be back. When they returned they could not find him. ”
According to FOX 17 Nashville, Strain is a student at the University of Missouri majoring in finance.
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Riley Strain was last seen near Luke Bryan’s bar in downtown Nashville just before 10 p.m. Friday. (Google Maps)
He was kicked out of the bar after staff felt he had had too much to drink and told his friends he was walking back to the Tempo by Hilton, a hotel about five blocks from Luke’s 32, FOX 17 reported.
“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 said her friends didn’t see him again at the hotel later that night, so they filed a missing person report.
Riley Strain’s stepfather told FOX 17 in Nashville that he was kicked out of Luke Bryan’s bar because he felt he was being overserved by the staff. (MNPD)
“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,” she 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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However, as 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)
“This is definitely your worst nightmare,” Whyid said. “He talks to his mother three or four times a day. It’s never normal for him to go this long without talking.”
On Monday, an MNPD helicopter searched the area, including the area around the Cumberland River.
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“Detectives at the scene also searched him to no avail. An investigation into his whereabouts is underway,” MNPD said.
Authorities are asking anyone with information about Riley’s disappearance to contact them at 615-862-8600.
