Police find body of student Riley Strain in river after he went missing two weeks ago

Police have found the body of student Riley Strain in the river after he went missing two weeks ago.

The 22-year-old University of Missouri student was visiting Nashville, Tennessee, with his fraternity brothers on 8 March when he was kicked out of a bar for breaching their 'conduct standards'.

The bar's transaction history showed he only purchased two waters and one alcoholic beverage.

The bar he was kicked out of, 32 Bridge, is owned by country artist Luke Bryan, who sent his thoughts and prayers to the student.

32 Bridge's statement read: "We proactively provided detailed information quickly after his visit to our business.

"This included all security camera footage, photos of Riley, transaction records and staff accounts.

"During Riley's visit, our records show he purchased and was served one alcoholic drink and two waters."

Two days after he went missing on 10 March, Riley's bank card was found on the embankment of the Cumberland River and that's where police have located the body.

Metro Nashville Police Department said in a statement today (22 March): "BREAKING: The body of Riley Strain was recovered from the Cumberland River in West Nashville this morning, approximately 8 miles from downtown."

Earlier this month, police spokesperson Don Aaron said there was no evidence of foul play.

"To those who are saying that they believe he could have been in distress, that somebody could have been after him as he walked onto Gay Street, well, as you see in the video, he’s walking by himself on the river side and speaks to a police officer as the officer is looking at a vehicle that had been broken into," he said.

According to CCTV footage, Riley was walking alone at 9.46 pm, passing a police officer on Gay St at 9.52pm on 8 March.

Riley and the officer had a brief exchange before Officer Reginald Young asked him how he was, to which Riley allegedly replied: "Good, how about you?"

Shown was Riley's brief exchange of greetings w/ Officer Reginald Young on Gay St., south of the Woodland St. Bridge, on the night of 3/8. Riley did not appear distressed. Officer Young was there on a vehicle burglary call & remained on that portion of Gay St. for 45 min. pic.twitter.com/z0xeEzeieK

— Metro Nashville PD (@MNPDNashville) March 18, 2024

Officer Young then continued to check vehicles up and down the street after being called out for a vehicle burglary.

When Riley walked away, this was the last known footage or sighting of him.

Taking to X, Nashville police said: "No video has been discovered that shows Riley away from Gay St after the 9:52 p.m. timeframe."

The department will give an update on proceedings shortly.