Found Deceased TN - Riley Strain, 22, missing from a bar, Nashville, 8 March 2024

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WildcatRunner said:
All of this. Also, reading some of the other posts, I don't think many understand how many people one of these bars can hold. I've never been to this particular one, but knowing the general area, and other similar bars in other cities and there can be over 1000 people in these places at once, so you could go from stone sober to drunk by just getting one drink from each bartender in the place. It's bouncer/security staff looking for the over served, and it's hard to see through wall to wall people standing around or dancing. And like you said, the streets of Nashville all full of stumbling drunk people. That's not going to pique anyone's interest.
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15 years ago I was in a bar in Nashville that was so full, the entire crowd had to move as one. You literally could not inhale a full breath because you were squeezed by the people around you. My husband got kicked out because a guy punched him in the mouth...and they threw my husband out. Not the guy that threw the punch. He was right behind me and I never even knew he got booted. I just turned around and he was gone. It took almost 2 hours for us to find one another again. He said the bouncer wouldn't let him grab me or tell me what was happening before he got thrown out. I can only imagine the scene is worse now. I've been downtown on Sunday afternoons recently and the bars are PACKED!
Truth is, the locals want the tourists gone and the tourists just laugh at the drunk folks and keep on driving.
 
kathym1950 said:
I live in MI and a 36 year old man was found in an HVAC room where he went to shelter. Could Riley possibly have done something like that if he suffered a head injury?
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There was a recent case in NYC where an inebriated young woman was placed in an Uber by her well-meaning friends, but she got out of the Uber prior to her destination, stumbled around the streets, made her way into an apt building, somehow found the room where the garbage chutes were located and managed to fall into one and die. So horribly sad. I think anything like that is certainly possible.
 
ohemgee.kay925 said:
Does anyone know how long a person must be missing near a body of water before they drag it or recruit a diving team? Apologies if this was already asked/mentioned.
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I don't think they can have a diving team when they have no idea where he might be. If in the water, he could be anywhere, even taken far away by the current. I'd think they'd need a particular area to search. Don't think they could drag a river.
 
@MNPDNashville

Sgt. Bob Nielsen, a supervisor of missing person investigations, just updated the media on the search for Riley Strain. The search continues on the water and from the air. Riley was last seen on camera on the Gay St Connector at 9:52 p.m. Fri. Have info? Pls 615-742-7463.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1768360986262602156
 
JessG78 said:
Bigger!!! It’s massive and there are multiple other massive bars in that area.
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Each mega bar should have a "sober" "bounced" room to accommodate those they eject from the bar for being "over-served" keeping them for say 60 minutes. As opposed to ejecting them back alley or side street. As this evolves people become more responsible. Something like this even saving one life is something
 
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The agency sent an email stating:

“There are no specific rules or statutes that governs escorting out intoxicated patrons from their businesses or providing assistance in getting someone home. However, state law prohibits serving alcoholic beverages to someone who is visibly intoxicated. A violation is a class A misdemeanor. The TABC has opened an investigation into this matter to see if any violations have occurred.”

Riley’s family said the volunteer search and rescue group, the United Cajun Navy, is on standby, ready again to help search the nearby Cumberland River as soon as investigators give them a better idea of where exactly to search, at this point. Previous water searches over the last two days have not yielded any clues.

Strain has been entered into the National Crime Information Center as a missing person.

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fox17.com

Retracing his steps: New details in Riley Strain's last-known path in Nashville

It's now been five days since anyone last saw University of Missouri senior Riley Strain. FOX 17 News is retracing the 22-year-old's last steps.
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Updated Thu, March 14th 2024 at 3:29 PM
 
caribou_birdie said:
15 years ago I was in a bar in Nashville that was so full, the entire crowd had to move as one. You literally could not inhale a full breath because you were squeezed by the people around you. My husband got kicked out because a guy punched him in the mouth...and they threw my husband out. Not the guy that threw the punch. He was right behind me and I never even knew he got booted. I just turned around and he was gone. It took almost 2 hours for us to find one another again. He said the bouncer wouldn't let him grab me or tell me what was happening before he got thrown out. I can only imagine the scene is worse now. I've been downtown on Sunday afternoons recently and the bars are PACKED!
Truth is, the locals want the tourists gone and the tourists just laugh at the drunk folks and keep on driving.
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I wonder what the capacity limits are per floor, etc. Something needs to be addressed.
 
Jade said:
A frat buddy tried, apparently.

Possibly RS took off so fast in the wrong direction disappearing in the crowds and mayhem of 2nd St?

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His friends last saw him on March 8 after they were kicked out of Luke Bryan's bar at 301 Broadway. His friend Brayden said he lost sight of him after they got kicked out and began looking for him.
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Parents speak about missing 22-year-old Riley Strain last seen Friday night on Broadway


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His parents said the Springfield, Missouri, native was in town with 50 of his fraternity brothers, and not one of them left the bar to make sure he was OK.

“I'm got going to lie — it's a little hard to know that somebody didn't go with,” said Riley’s stepfather, Chris Whiteid.
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Emergency crews search river for missing college student Riley Strain


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For some reason, none of Riley's fraternity brothers followed him as he planned to head back to his hotel.

According to Riley's family, his fraternity brothers didn't realize Riley never made it back to the hotel until early Saturday morning.
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New video, 911 call give more details into the night Riley Strain disappeared in Nashville

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“At approximately 9:45 p.m., he was asked to leave Luke Bryan’s bar,” Chris Whiteid explained. “They got separated. The boys called him, and he said I’m walking back to my hotel. They didn’t think anything about it.”

When the guys got back to the Tempo Hotel, they saw his Strain’s room key but did not see their fraternity brother. When they tried to call him, his phone was dead.

The boys told Chris Whiteid they went out searching for hours, checking his SnapChat locations, and assumed he made his way back to one of the other 30 fraternity brothers’ rooms.

“They started going through all the fraternity brothers’ rooms and nobody had him, so at that point, they called us,” Chris Whiteid said.

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They said his Life360 ping and heads filled with confusion are all they have.

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Son visiting Nashville on college trip disappears


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I hope it doesn’t sound heartless, but the idea of men needing a “buddy system” just sounds weird. Growing up in the early 70’s, kids learned to fend for themselves young. And parents didn’t even want to see kids until dinner. My friends mom used to drop us off weekly in scuzzy downtown Portland to go fishing, where we had to traverse a major roadway with no crossings to get to the river. And then we would descend a stairway to fish off of a floating dock a foot from the water. We were 11 years old tops at that point, and no one around but the homeless.

There has to be some personal responsibility on the part of the patrons, as establishments are not running daycares. But at the very least the bar should had asked if he needed help getting a taxi if he was that out of it. Seems to me that is where the failure is, or maybe they did?
 
whitelilac said:
I don't think they can have a diving team when they have no idea where he might be. If in the water, he could be anywhere, even taken far away by the current. I'd think they'd need a particular area to search. Don't think they could drag a river.
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Understood. I was thinking of the area right off the bridge where his phone last pinged, but that makes sense. Thank you!
 
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