{"id":2270638,"date":"2024-06-18T14:32:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T18:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cause-of-death-released-for-missouri-college-student-found-in-a-tennessee-river\/"},"modified":"2024-06-18T14:32:33","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T18:32:33","slug":"cause-of-death-released-for-missouri-college-student-found-in-a-tennessee-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cause-of-death-released-for-missouri-college-student-found-in-a-tennessee-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Cause of Death Determined for Missouri College Student Discovered in Tennessee River"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fcause-of-death-released-for-missouri-college-student-found-in-a-tennessee-river%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=2270638&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>The death of University of Missouri student Riley Strain, who was found in a Tennessee river, has been declared accidental according to \u2064an \u200dautopsy. \u2064Strain, a 22-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/paul-driessen-house-democrats-cancel-looming-embarrassment\/\" title=\"Paul Driessen: House Democrats Cancel Looming Embarrassment\">finance major<\/a>, \u2064died from drowning and\u200c intoxication,\u200d with a\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-run-yall-budget-bro-michigan-democrat-warned-state-troopers-after-stop-for-driving-drunk-report-says\/\" title=\"\u2018I Run Y\u2019All Budget, Bro\u2019: Michigan Democrat Warned State Troopers After Stop For Driving Drunk, Report Says\">blood alcohol content<\/a> of .228. He \u200dhad been missing for two weeks before his body \u2062was discovered in the Cumberland River \u200cin Nashville on \u200cMarch 22. Strain was \u2064last seen \u200dwalking towards the river after being asked to leave a bar\u200c because of excessive drinking. His disappearance occurred during a visit to\u2064 Nashville with fraternity brothers, and\u200d he\u2063 was \u2062reported \u2063missing after failing to return to their hotel.  <\/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>University of Missouri student Riley Strain\u2019s death was, indeed, accidental, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wednesday-september-22nd-2021\/\" title=\"Wednesday | September 22nd, 2021\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/walsh-media-says-capitol-riot-killed-five-people-the-truth-is-more-complicated\/\" title=\"WALSH: Media Says Capitol Riot Killed Five People. The Truth Is More Complicated.\">autopsy results<\/a> released<\/a> three months after the 22-year-old finance major\u2019s body was discovered in a Tennessee river.<\/p>\n<p>The autopsy results, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnews5.com\/2024\/06\/18\/riley-strains-autopsy-results-released\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">obtained<\/a> by WSMV, concluded that Strain\u2019s death was an accident and that he died as a result of drowning and intoxication. At the time of his death, he had a blood alcohol content of .228, three times above the legal limit to drive.<\/p>\n<p>Strain had gone missing two weeks before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/body-of-missing-student-riley-strain-found-in-nashville-river\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his body was found<\/a> in the Cumberland River in Nashville on March 22.<\/p>\n<p>Strain was last seen walking in the direction of the river, and his body was removed from the river around 7:30 a.m. on March 22, the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department announced on X at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Strain, who was 6-foot-7, 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 <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 because it seemed like \u201che had had enough\u201d to drink.<\/p>\n<p>TC Restaurant Group, which owns and operates the bar, <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> the 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 New York Post noted.<\/p>\n<p>Strain appears unsteady and seemingly unsure of where he is going in the video as people pass by.<\/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=1716990157394000&#038;usg=AOvVaw33qQydjIo8bet419amChif\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/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 local homeless man also claimed to see a \u201cvery, very intoxicated\u201d Strain nearly fall into the river, the Post <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/03\/18\/us-news\/very-intoxicated-riley-strain-nearly-fell-into-river-witness\/\">reported<\/a> previously.<\/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>Autopsy results confirm the accidental death of University of Missouri student Riley Strain, 22, whose body was found in a Tennessee river. Released three months post-discovery, the findings indicate Strain, a finance major, drowned while intoxicated, according to WSMV<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":126,"featured_media":2270639,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-1241367362-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2270638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-1241367362-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2270638","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=2270638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2270638\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2270639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2270638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2270638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2270638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}