Nashville police announced Friday that they have found the body of Riley Strain, a University of Missouri senior who went missing after going downtown on March 8.
Strain’s body was recovered Friday morning from the Cumberland River in west Nashville, about 13 miles from downtown, authorities said. Police said no injuries related to foul play were observed on X and that an autopsy was being performed.
The 22-year-old finance student went missing while visiting Nashville on an official spring trip for his class reunion. He was drinking with friends at Luke’s 32, a downtown bar run by Broadway’s Luke Bryan, when staff asked him to leave.
Police said the man’s cell phone last rang near Gay Street, which partially borders the Cumberland River.
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Riley Strain went missing on the night of March 8th after going to Broadway in Nashville with friends. (Handouts for families)
Nashville police released a video of Strain greeting officers on Gay Street as they checked parked cars for signs of a robbery just before the college student disappeared.
“On the night of March 8, Riley was seen briefly exchanging greetings with Officer Reginald Young on Gay Street south of the Woodland Street Bridge. Riley did not appear to be in distress. Officer Young was on the scene for a report of a car break-in. Police said in X: “No video has been recovered showing Riley leaving Gay Street past the 9:52 p.m. Ta.
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Recently released police body-worn camera footage shows Riley Strain greeting officers on March 8, just before she was reported missing. (MNPD)
Lukes, 32, said in a statement that the bartender offered Strain a drink before staff asked him to leave.
“At 9:35 p.m., our security team made the decision, consistent with our standards of conduct, to escort him from the venue to the Broadway exit in front of our building,” the bar said in a March 15 statement. Stated. “He went down the stairs with one of the members of the party. The person who was with Riley did not come out and went back upstairs.”
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Authorities released surveillance video showing Strain walking across North 1st Street toward Gay Street on March 8 at 9:47 p.m., where Strain was last seen by a friend. He was seen wearing the same black and brown shirt. (Voice of the Voiceless/Metropolitan Nashville Police Department)
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After leaving the bar, Strain told friends he was returning to his accommodation at the Tempo by Hilton, about five blocks from Luke’s 32. FOX17 first reported.
Riley Strain was last seen at Luke Bryan’s bar in downtown Nashville just before 10pm on Friday, March 8th. (Google Maps)
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When Strain’s cousin, Chelsea Strain, couldn’t find him at a hotel later that night, friends filed a missing person report, Fox News Digital previously told Reuters.
Strain’s family immediately flew to Nashville to join the search after a friend reported him missing.
