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

[skylaker]

Some homeless people live down there on the embankment from what I understand. Someone either threw it over the edge of the wall to discard it or it was left there by a homeless person with other trash. Odd how only his one card was found and nothing else from his wallet. I guess they only took what they could use for criminal purposes.

 

[MassGuy]

That’s the kind of place you’d struggle not to stumble in the daytime. Drunk at night, you’d have no chance. At least now they now have the location he almost certainly fell in at.

 

[Megnut]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1769449133255922030

Suppose he was mugged, the phone could be tracked so, the person turns it off, which accounts for the last ping in the area. Mugger knows that since Riley is being looked for, people will be paying extr attention to his cards so he tosses those too.

Just one scenario that could explain this.

The question -- whatever befell him, was he alone or not alone?

Did someone follow him or join him for an easy mugging? Dropped a card in the darkness....

Could he have been wearing an underlayer? His black and white shirt stolen?

Did someone help him into the water? Deadly kind of help.

They have a last known video image and he doesn't show up on the next. That's a pretty finite zone.

 

[SMK777]

Did someone help him into the water? Deadly kind of help

Yes, that’s a point to consider as well.

 

[DS2021]

Some homeless people live down there on the embankment from what I understand. Someone either threw it over the edge of the wall to discard it or it was left there by a homeless person with other trash. Odd how only his one card was found and nothing else from his wallet. I guess they only took what they could use for criminal purposes.

He may have dropped the wallet, anything of use may have been stolen in the time after

 

[whitelilac]

His friends could confirm whether Riley was carrying a wallet or just took a credit card with him, I'd think.
It's also possible he did take a wallet, but had his credit card in his pocket during the bar visit.

 

[SleutherGirl]

Suppose he was mugged, the phone could be tracked so, the person turns it off, which accounts for the last ping in the area. Mugger knows that since Riley is being looked for, people will be paying extr attention to his cards so he tosses those too.

Just one scenario that could explain this.

The other scenario, perhaps more likely, is that he was stumbling about by the water, slips, card slips out of his pocket and he goes into the river.

 

[Sustained]

That’s the kind of place you’d struggle not to stumble in the daytime. Drunk at night, you’d have no chance. At least now they now have the location he almost certainly fell in at.

Given the rocky terrain on that embankment, I'm surprised he could have made it to the water in the condition he was in. The CC was found up closer to the street.

 

[Ronald99]

It’s beyond sad that Riley had friends with him and he was escorted out a different door alone…Just the small video I’ve seen appears he was under the influence of something that caused him to be disoriented severely the way he appeared walking running and falling…He should’ve never been allowed to leave unattended…Who ever made the decision to exit him from the establishment needs to be sat down and forced to explain why he was removed without his friends escorting him…And if the exit was not normal and prevented his friend from following this also needs an explanation !

 

[MassGuy]

He may have dropped the wallet, anything of use may have been stolen in the time after

The thing is, we haven’t heard of any activity on any of his cards. If his wallet was stolen I would expect any cards to have been used almost right away.

I think this is likely the card he was using that night, and may not have been in his wallet at all. The danger is when you put it in the same pocket as your phone, as your liable to drop it when you pull your phone out.

Been there, done that, and more than once.

 

[DS2021]

He may have dropped the wallet, anything of use may have been stolen in the time after

Or they stole the whole thing and then dumped the card later on, when they realized who it belonged to

 

[Ray_of_hope]

" Fire officials said the individual surfaced from the water wearing a “maroon colored shirt and does not fit the description of the missing student.”"​

Crews working to recover body found floating in Cumberland River​

 

[MassGuy]

Crews working to recover body found floating in Cumberland River​

Yup, unlikely to be him:

Fire officials said the individual surfaced from the water wearing a “maroon colored shirt and does not fit the description of the missing student.”

 

[Judy Sleuth]

Some homeless people live down there on the embankment from what I understand. Someone either threw it over the edge of the wall to discard it or it was left there by a homeless person with other trash. Odd how only his one card was found and nothing else from his wallet. I guess they only took what they could use for criminal purposes.

The card may not have been in his wallet, if he even has one. It's possible that in his condition at the bar, he used the card to pay his tab but didn't bother/couldn't manage to put in back into a wallet, and simply stuffed it into a pants pocket. Movement - voluntary or not - on that embankment could have shaken it loose.

 

[whitelilac]

Yup, unlikely to be him:
the individual surfaced from the water wearing a “maroon colored shirt and does not fit the description of the missing student.”

Sad nevertheless. Someone else who seemingly lost his life.

 

[JerseyWasHome2]

Some homeless people live down there on the embankment from what I understand. Someone either threw it over the edge of the wall to discard it or it was left there by a homeless person with other trash. Odd how only his one card was found and nothing else from his wallet. I guess they only took what they could use for criminal purposes.

Thinking it could have perhaps washed up on the shoreline depending on the current and tide?

 

[Ray_of_hope]

Yup, unlikely to be him:

Fire officials said the individual surfaced from the water wearing a “maroon colored shirt and does not fit the description of the missing student.”

I wonder if they meant height, weight, sex of individual in the statement of not fitting the description. It's possible colors could have run or been dirtied being in the river for a week. In any event, sad that if it's not Riley, that another family is facing a loss. This case has got me so obsessed that I wake up at all hours during the night to check the news. I think not knowing is so agonizing for the family. On the other had, it also gives some hope, though dim.

 

[fsngruv]

Yup, unlikely to be him:

Fire officials said the individual surfaced from the water wearing a “maroon colored shirt and does not fit the description of the missing student.”

Part of me is wondering if the body is covered in mud, which is basically red clay in Tennessee and might explain why it appears maroon, but it could still could be someone else. They pull bodies out of the river often.

 

[SMK777]

The thing is, we haven’t heard of any activity on any of his cards. If his wallet was stolen I would expect any cards to have been used almost right away.

I think this is likely the card he was using that night, and may not have been in his wallet at all. The danger is when you put it in the same pocket as your phone, as your liable to drop it when you pull your phone out.

Been there, done that, and more than once.

Thanks for pointing these issues out. I was going to say that the finding of the bank card had me rethinking things, and envisioning him, in his inebriated state, being mugged and then pushed into the water.

However as you note, why no ATM activity from the muggers, and we’ve all been known to carry one card in hand or pocket for easy access.

The only other thing I can think of re mugging: It’s said that Riley has a very expensive phone. Could it have been taken, so that someone could quickly sell it? It’s troubling that he was at the homeless camp, where some— NOT ALL — residents may have been criminally inclined.

 

[diggndeeperstill]

Yup, unlikely to be him:

Fire officials said the individual surfaced from the water wearing a “maroon colored shirt and does not fit the description of the missing student.”

who could it be? I agree unlikely him, just wondering if there are thoughts on it being someone else.