A missing Missouri college student found drowned after being kicked out of a Nashville bar in March had a blood-alcohol content nearly three times the legal limit at the time of his death, according to a newly released coroner’s report.
Riley Strain, 22, had a blood alcohol content of 0.228 on the night of March 8. WSMV reported:He was determined to be highly intoxicated when he was caught on camera staggering down the streets of Nashville before disappearing.
Strain, who was last seen in downtown Nashville, was found two weeks later about eight miles downstream on the Cumberland River.
There was initial speculation that there was something suspicious about Strain’s death, but a new report confirmed the causes of drowning and intoxication and ruled it an accident.
The official cause of death was listed as “drowning and ethanol poisoning.” According to WKRN.
He also had delta-9 in his system, a compound commonly found in THC.
