Two TikTok users helping search for missing college student Riley Strain discovered his credit card near Nashville’s Cumberland River during a live stream, a Strain family spokesperson said.
TikTok users @nobodyleftbehind13 and @annaclendening, along with @rileylively, a third user who helped organize the stream, were filming the search live on TikTok from Nashville when they credited the missing 22-year-old man. I found the card.
In a video later posted to @livelyriley’s account, one user can be heard saying, “I-I found his credit card.”
“Did you find his credit card?” says another user who was filming from the scene. “I found his credit card. I have to go. I have to hang up.”
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Authorities released surveillance video that shows Strain walking across North 1st Street toward Gay Street on Friday, March 8 at 9:47 p.m. (Voice of the Voiceless/Metropolitan Nashville Police Department)
TikTokers @nobodyleftbehind13 and @annaclendening were on the banks of the Cumberland River on Sunday searching for possible evidence of Strain’s disappearance.
Chris Dingman, a close friend and spokesperson for the Strain family, confirmed to Fox News Digital on Sunday that the college senior’s card was located in the area between Gay Street and the Cumberland River, adding that Strain was not found in the area between Gay Street and the Cumberland River. was last seen at the same location where she disappeared on a March night. Friday the 8th.
Police find missing college student Riley Strain’s bank card near a Nashville-area river
“Yesterday, we received a great lead from the dynamic duo at TikTok, and we are truly grateful,” Dingman told FOX News Digital over the phone Monday.
“And thank you to everyone who searched to get Riley home. They found this credit card. It was located very close to where his last cell phone ping came from. It was nearby. That was confirmed.”
Nashville police have been searching for Riley Strain since he was reported missing on the night of March 8th. (MNPD)
Dingman noted that a TikTok user was “doing a live broadcast” when he discovered some of the cards partially buried under leaves.
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“Immediately they stopped broadcasting and contacted me. And luckily, other TikTokers and friends and family who were in the area were watching them… They were all watching each other, Because we’re looking at what we can find.” “We found them.In fact, we found police walking their dogs in an area about 100 yards from there.”
“They immediately went off the air and contacted us.”
They also found a second card that appeared to be some type of common access card (CAC) with the name Caden on it. Dingman said it is unclear at this time whether there is any connection between that card and Strain’s disappearance.
Police say Riley Strain was kicked out of Luke Bryan’s bar in Nashville on March 8, and no one has been able to locate or contact him since. (Metropolitan Nashville Police Department)
“Young women were literally going out and making sure their families knew what was going on beforehand,” Dingman said. “Hats off to the young women for their actions, their actions and how they graciously handled this situation. We are truly grateful.”
Mr Dingman said the discovery of Mr Strain’s card had given the family “a thousand more questions than answers”, but added that he was pleased to have “a clue”.
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A family friend also said Strain’s disappearance was the “perfect crime” if a crime had actually been committed.
“How does a 6-foot-5, blonde, blue-eyed guy disappear? I mean, he literally disappeared,” Dingman said.
Riley Strain’s mother, Michelle Whiteid, and stepfather, Chris Whiteid, spoke at a news conference Tuesday afternoon. (FOX 17 Nashville)
At a news conference Tuesday afternoon, Strain’s family called for more resources in the search for their son. David Flagg, director of domestic operations for the United Cajun Navy, which was formed to help with disaster response after Hurricane Katrina, also said Tuesday that the organization is assisting in the search for Strain and will provide a hovercraft and a pilot to operate it. announced that it was planned. Along the Cumberland River.
“Given everything that’s happened over the last few days, we need additional resources to help us get more organized for the family and see if we can uncover any more clues. “I feel that way,” Strain said. His stepfather, Chris Whiteyd, said at a press conference: He thanked the volunteers and authorities who helped search for his son-in-law.
Recently released police body camera footage shows Riley Strain greeting officers on March 8, just before she was reported missing. (MNPD)
Strain, a finance student at the University of Missouri, was visiting Nashville on a fateful spring official trip. He was drinking with friends at Luke’s 32, a downtown bar run by Broadway’s Luke Bryan, when staff asked him to leave.
Nashville police on Monday released footage of Strain greeting officers on Gay Street as they checked parked cars for signs of a robbery just before the college girl disappeared.
“On the night of March 8, Riley was seen on video briefly exchanging greetings with Officer Reginald Young on Gay Street south of the Woodland Street Bridge. Riley did not appear to be in distress. Young. The officer was on the scene on a report of a car break-in. Police said in an X statement: “No video has been recovered showing Riley leaving Gay Street past the 9:52 p.m. Ta.
Riley Strain was last seen at Luke Bryan’s bar in downtown Nashville just before 10 p.m. on March 8. (Google Maps)
Luke’s 32 said in a statement that staff offered Strain a drink before asking 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.”
Police also showed the family a video of Strain at Luke’s 32, Dingman said, adding that there was no “physical altercation with anyone at the bar, male or female.”
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“What really surprised the family was when they learned that Riley was not very confrontational and was very polite and a gentleman, so he was asked to leave the house in the first place,” Dingman said.
Missouri student Riley Strain, 22, disappeared from downtown Nashville and has been missing since March 8th. (Nashville Metropolitan 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.
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When Strain’s cousin, Chelsea Strain, did not see him again at the hotel later that night, friends filed a missing person report, Fox News Digital previously said.
“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 mother more than once a day. We’re all concerned. My family, his father, stepmother, Brothers-in-law too.”
