Found Deceased TN - Riley Strain, 22, missing after leaving bar, Nashville, 8 March 2024 #2

[DeDee]

Was Riley dealing with any mental or addiction issues? That time between being about to graduate from Uni and joining the workforce is really stressful for most. One chapter ending another one beginning. I also see on his facebook page that it says he was "In a Relationship". Did he have a girlfriend or did they recently break up? Perhaps it hasn't been updated in years for all I know.

Could there be any motive for him wanting to get away from it all or end his own life? He had his phone he could of looked at a map on, he had a police officer right there he could of asked questions to if he felt he was lost, he texted and had a last phone conversation with one of his fraternity brothers before his phone went off so there's no reason to think he was actually lost.

It never once crossed my mind that Riley wanted anything but his hotel room until I saw him respond to the police officer. He went across the street to Ole Red's where he was denied entry. He did not go in the direction of his hotel. He walked in the direction of the river.

Based on the video with the officer, I have pinpointed the officer to have been standing by the red truck in the video where the pin is in my screenshot. Riley's last known phone ping was at Gay St/James Robertson Pkwy (circled area). Is this also where the credit card was found, below the James Robertson Pkwy bridge? It was not a far distance from his interaction with the officer if that is where he entered the water.

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Thank you, investigatefred.
I suspect Riley veered into the grass after speaking to the police officer. News says they lost track of him on Gay St.

I have an iPhone 15. Literally got it on Thursday. It has a SIM card. Unless the Pro or Pro Max don’t have physical SIMs?

Congratulations on the new phone. Riely's was a iPhone 15 Pro Max. His buddy says it in the 911 call.

 

[MassGuy]

My personal opinion regarding the reluctance to provide information as to why his friends didn't accompany him outside and the reason they are reluctant to provide why Riley was ejected from the bar is because they are worried that the general public may lose interest in his case, cutting off valuable feedback as to his whereabouts or provide information regarding his disappearance. The general population interested in finding Riley see him as an unfairly treated victim of an uncaring, impersonal corporate entity.

Yeah, that makes a lot of sense. Just from that post, I think it’s likely that the friend now feels like the bar’s actions were justified. He got one story from the friends, but was apparently able to view the video and speak to investigators himself.

He walked back the whole not allowed to leave thing, and now won’t go into the specific reason why Riley was ejected.

There’s nothing he could say that would personally make me lose any interest, but it makes sense that would be his fear as far as the general public goes.

 

[investigatefred]

Thoughts:

-The narrative of Riley's frat brother's being forced to stay to pay a tab or something, it not present here. He just says the friend who went with Riley to the door, went back inside. I wonder if the plan was to meet up with Riley at the nearby bar he tried and failed to gain entry to.

-Doesn't want to specifically say why Riley was thrown out, but it wasn't for fighting.

-Riley may have thought the men in the food truck altercation were chasing him. Even if true, he calmly passed the police officer later on, so that doesn't factor in to what happened in my mind. Extraneous.

-The debit card not being dirty doesn't bother me in the slightest, and further goes to this idea that the river can't be involved.

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I'm tired and need to go to bed, but I found it interesting how he worded this.

He said Riley was not involved in any altercation with visitors @ the bar, male or female.

He did not say with anyone, he specifically said VISITORS.

The way this is worded leads the reader to lean toward an altercation with staff.

jmo

 

[MassGuy]

I'm tired and need to go to bed, but I found it interesting how he worded this.

He said Riley was not involved in any altercation with visitors @ the bar, male or female.

He did not say with anyone, he specifically said VISITORS.

The way this is worded leads the reader to lean toward an altercation with staff.

jmo

Wow. Thats a really good catch. Perhaps he became belligerent with staff when they cut him off.

The only counterpoint to that is if he was responding to a specific question from someone, about male or female visitor altercations.

But I tend to agree with you, and whatever it is, it appears to be fairly significant.

 

[nao]

Moo...when I waitressed, the managers said, there will always be more customers, but good staff are a treasure. If any customer put their hands on a waitress/waiter or some ex you don't want to see came in, they would be escorted out quickly. It was very empowering actually, safety and respect.

 

[Cindizzi]

 

[Van Helsing]

Wow. Thats a really good catch. Perhaps he became belligerent with staff when they cut him off.

The only counterpoint to that is if he was responding to a specific question from someone, about male or female visitor altercations.

But I tend to agree with you, and whatever it is, it appears to be fairly significant.

He was trying to pay his bill but he didn't have a bill so they determined that he had been over-served. That is my understanding. Maybe his reaction to that is how they knew.
There could be reasons other than Riley's conduct why the family doesn't want to say anything more about it.

 

[Cindizzi]

 

[mythwrites]

In the body cam video, does anyone else hear Riley say something right after the policeman turns around? I think I hear something but I can't make it out. Something like "park" or "car" maybe? And then a few seconds later, there's a sound like a car door slamming closed. Orrrr maybe it's just time for me to go to bed lol JMO
video for reference:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1769773032086659404

 

[LadyL]

When I first saw the videos, the one that got my eye was the one where Riley was clearly struggling and a guy went by on a bike. I was thinking, hopefully they are able to interview the cyclist.

Then the shirt story came out and it reportedly involved a man on a bicycle. Hmmm.

The fact that the card was found amongst some trash, tells me someone put it there. First, people normally keep cards in a wallet. Even if it was kept in a pocket, it would be highly unlikely that the card somehow got out of his pocket by accident. Under the theory that he accidentally fell in the water, what are the odds, his bank card became separated from him and fairly quickly found?

cards fall out of pockets all the time
especially if someone has a phone in the same pocket and pulls it out, the card tends to come with it
I've lost my card out of different pockets several times so that I no longer put it in there

 

[whitelilac]

They're scaling back the search. But family...they want more tips, more resources, more police involvement, more eyes...etc.
He's just not there imo.
What about searches elsewhere, down river, the river banks, much further down, way past the bridges, with drones, boats, helicopters....

“Did he get in a vehicle. Because at 6’ 5”, 6’ 6”, blonde hair, blue-eyed boy, you just don’t vanish like he has. " says Dingman.
It's so sad. I think family just doesn't want to consider the river at all. I can't blame them, holding on to hope....

‘You just don’t vanish like he has’: Search scales back 10 days after Riley Strain’s disappearance

The search for missing University of Missouri student Riley Strain continued into its tenth day Monday.

www.wkrn.com

 

[mythwrites]

What about searches elsewhere, down river, the river banks, much further down, way past the bridges, with drones, boats, helicopters....

They've been doing all of this since he went missing, all the way downriver to the Rock Harbor Marina, which is something like 15 miles downstream. But there are still locals who are going out and flying drones, searching the water in their boats, walking the riverbank, etc. It sounds like from the article you linked that the search warrant/data came back for them to start going through RS's phone and watch data and they want to see if that points them in a new direction. JMO

 

[whitelilac]

They've been doing all of this since he went missing, all the way downriver to the Rock Harbor Marina, which is something like 15 miles downstream. But there are still locals who are going out and flying drones, searching the water in their boats, walking the riverbank, etc. It sounds like from the article you linked that the search warrant/data came back for them to start going through RS's phone and watch data and they want to see if that points them in a new direction. JMO

Good to hear that searches elsewhere are going on. Seems the news articles are concentrating more on the immediate areas.
I feel awful for the family, the anguish they are experiencing.
They have to have a resolution, one way or the other. One can't continue with this terrible unknown.

 

[mythwrites]

Good to hear that searches elsewhere are going on. Seems the news articles are concentrating more on the immediate areas.
I feel awful for the family, the anguish they are experiencing.
They have to have a resolution, one way or the other. One can't continue with this terrible unknown.

Definitely. I've heard that the national media isn't focusing much on the actual search beyond the immediate vicinity. Local news has been slightly more helpful -- and only slightly lol.

Every time I see the parents make statements my heart just cracks in half.

 

[diggndeeperstill]

In the body cam video, does anyone else hear Riley say something right after the policeman turns around? I think I hear something but I can't make it out. Something like "park" or "car" maybe? And then a few seconds later, there's a sound like a car door slamming closed. Orrrr maybe it's just time for me to go to bed lol JMO
video for reference:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1769773032086659404

Wow I do definitely hear other talking afterwards. I’m not sure what it says. I need to put on in my car with surround sound. Anybody else? Seems like isolating that would be good.

 

[gitana1]

I understand there is trash there lol Its downtown and Nashville has a huge homeless population. I've been there lol I have actually interacted with many of the homeless there and bought them meals in that area, the downtown park area and bus stop area. I'm just saying if you're going to do a search, you have to search through things.

That searchers didn’t find a credit card at first, when searching for Riley, among rocks and tons of debris at the rivers edge, doesn’t mean they didn’t search through things.

 

[StrangerThanFiction]

He was wearing square toe boots which I imagine sound clompy/heavy. Which also may explain why if he was close to the ledge and lost his balance could have fallen as such shoes don't give you any sort of grip, especially if you're running around in them. This also can explain why his gait seems awkward and he looks like gumby walking around in video footage besides his height. Definitely not the right shoes to be running around in.

Interesting. I just assumed his heavy foot plant, dragging toes, irregular gait, the clumsy, overcompensating foot sounds were those of a heavily inebriated soul. IMO, a natural conclusion considering all we’ve seen from the videos just minutes before….?

 

[StrangerThanFiction]

I’m not really following what’s confusing with the text

It either means
Good lol or Good Lots

It’s a bog standard drunk text IMO short and straight to the point as you can’t see straight enough to type a longer one on your phone

Or “got lost”….

 

[SimplyCass]

This Inside Edition video has some footage of the location where the card was found and a quick interview with the two women who found it.

 

[StrangerThanFiction]

Ton of trash on that embankment. Helps to look at pictures available on social of the site. Credit to the two brave women who went through it - MOO, one would imagine concerns about used needles, organic material, prophylactics, even fentanyl residue … those were two awesome and committed searching ladies with strong stomachs. This wasn’t like a debit card on the grassy hillside of Central Park here. This was debris of homelessness and poverty and broken windows theory.

Hey, don’t call me out like that….I lost my debit card on a grassy hill in Central Park!. Pulling out my phone and there it went. Didn’t realize it for 10 minutes. Frantically retraced my steps and never found it; but gratefully it had not been used by the time I cancelled the card.