{"id":2206653,"date":"2024-03-26T15:21:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T19:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/riley-strains-death-was-accidental-according-to-preliminary-autopsy\/"},"modified":"2024-03-26T15:22:54","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T19:22:54","slug":"riley-strains-death-was-accidental-according-to-preliminary-autopsy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/riley-strains-death-was-accidental-according-to-preliminary-autopsy\/","title":{"rendered":"Initial Autopsy Suggests Riley Strain&#8217;s Death Was Accidental"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Friley-strains-death-was-accidental-according-to-preliminary-autopsy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2206653&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>College \u200bstudent Riley Strain&#8217;s death in Nashville seems to have been accidental, per the Metro Nashville Police Department. The preliminary\u200c autopsy, attended by an \u200cMNPD detective, concluded\u2064 this. An article by The Tennessean mentioned \u200bthe ongoing toxicology \u2062report.\u2062 Strain was \u2062found\u2062 in\u2062 the\u200d Cumberland\u200c River after going missing \u2064while \u200bvisiting with friends. His last known location was on Broadway Street, escorted out of a bar.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>College student Riley Strain\u2019s death was likely \u201caccidental,\u201d according to the Metro Nashville Police Department, with no apparent signs of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-taps-ex-colleague-of-hunter-bidens-lawyer-to-temporarily-run-doj-criminal-division\/\" title=\"Biden Taps Ex-Colleague Of Hunter Biden\u2019s Lawyer To Temporarily Run DOJ Criminal Division\">foul play<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A preliminary autopsy, attended by an MNPD detective, made the unofficial determination, The Tennessean <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennessean.com\/story\/news\/2024\/03\/24\/riley-strain-autopsy-results-show-death-was-accidental-report\/73087179007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>. A toxicology report is still pending.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDetective attended the autopsy examination,\u201d MNPD spokesperson Kris Mumford told the outlet. \u201cContinues to appear accidental.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Strain was last seen weeks ago walking in the direction of the Cumberland River, and his body was removed from the river around 7:30 a.m. on Friday, the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department announced on X.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBREAKING: The body of Riley Strain was recovered from the Cumberland River in West Nashville this morning, approximately 8 miles from downtown,\u201d the MNPD <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MNPDNashville\/status\/1771184108825194731?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">wrote<\/a>. \u201cNo foul play-related trauma was observed. An autopsy is pending.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Strain, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/body-of-missing-student-riley-strain-found-in-nashville-river\/\" title=\"Riley Strain, Missing Student, Found Deceased in Nashville River\">6-foot-7 finance major<\/a> at the University of Missouri, had been missing since March 8 when he was visiting Nashville with fraternity brothers, WKRN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wkrn.com\/news\/local-news\/nashville\/body-found-in-cumberland-river-in-west-nashville-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>. One of his friends reported him missing the next morning after Strain failed to return to their hotel.<\/p>\n<p>Strain and his friends had been drinking on Broadway Street in Nashville before Strain was told to leave Luke\u2019s 32 Bridge, a bar owned by country singer Luke Bryan, for reasons that have not been disclosed. Family friend Chris Dingman\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsnationnow.com\/missing\/riley-strains-phone-power\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> NewsNation\u2019s Elizabeth Vargas that Strain had been asked to leave not due to any confrontations or conduct but because it seemed like \u201che had had enough\u201d to drink.<\/p>\n<p>TC Restaurant Group, which owns and operates the bar,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/03\/22\/us-news\/body-found-in-nashville-river-amid-search-for-missing-student-riley-strain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a>\u00a0the New York Post that Strain was escorted out of their \u201cBroadway exit at the front of our building\u201d at around 9:35 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was followed down the stairs with one member of his party. The individual with Riley did not exit and returned upstairs,\u201d the group added.<\/p>\n<p>Strain reportedly told his friends he would see them back at their hotel, but 13 minutes later, Strain was captured on surveillance cameras crossing Gay Street, the opposite direction of the hotel and a nearly 17-minute walk from the bar, the Post noted.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Strain appears unsteady, seemingly unsure of where he is going as people pass by.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after this, Nashville police officer Reginald Young caught Strain on his body cam as the officer was responding to a vehicle burglary. The officer asked Strain how he was doing, and Strain replied, \u201cGood.\u201d Then, Strain kept walking, not appearing to be in any kind of distress, the Post reported.<\/p>\n<p>Nashville police said Strain was seen at 9:52 p.m. on Gay Street, according to the Post. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reports-l-a-hiding-homeless-people-ahead-of-oscars\/\" title=\"Reports: L.A. hiding homeless people ahead of Oscars\">local homeless man<\/a> also claimed to see a \u201cvery, very intoxicated\u201d Strain nearly fall into the river, the Post\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/03\/18\/us-news\/very-intoxicated-riley-strain-nearly-fell-into-river-witness\/'\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>\u00a0previously.<\/p>\n<p>The final ping on Strain\u2019s phone came between 10 and 10:30 p.m. near the sheriff\u2019s office and the river, the Post reported. His final text was sent to a woman he was seeing, which said, \u201cGood lops [sic]\u201d in response to her asking how he was doing on the trip. It is unclear what Strain meant by the text.<\/p>\n<p>Strain\u2019s bank card was found days later on an embankment of the river, where his body was eventually found.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Metro Nashville Police Department reported that college student Riley Strain&#8217;s death was likely accidental, ruling out foul play. The preliminary autopsy, overseen by an MNPD detective, revealed this unofficial conclusion. The Tennessean stated that a toxicology report is awaited. MNPD spokesperson Kris Mumford mentioned the detective&#8217;s presence at the autopsy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":126,"featured_media":2206654,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/news.dailywire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/GettyImages-1688936025.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2206653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/news.dailywire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/GettyImages-1688936025.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2206653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/126"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2206653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2206653\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2206654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2206653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2206653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2206653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}