Found Deceased TN - Riley Strain, 22, missing after leaving bar, Nashville, 8 March 2024 #4

[NCWatcher]

I think also with the bus-drink number provided by the fraternity brothers, plus video and receipts, they have a pretty accurate number. 5 on the bus, a margarita at the first bar, I forget, but it's noted somewhere what drinks he had at Miranda Lambert's, Garth Brooks's, and Kid Rock's bars, then 1 at Luke Bryan's. The number isn't outlandish, IMO.

It could be correct that he had 15 drinks. But the report says (bold caps added by me)

"By 4:55, a video at Casa Rosa in downtown Nashville shows Strain drinking a margarita, according to TABC investigators.

Those same TABC investigators reviewed footage from all the bars Strain visited that night and found he was served alcohol THREE times."

The report says it was a single frat brother who reported the number of drinks RS had on the bus. Counting RS's bus drinks was odd, IMO. I can't imagine knowing (after the fact days later) what someone else was drinking unless I was paying for the drinks OR was serving him the drinks. But assuming the frat brother did know the correct number, that means RS had most of the drinks he had before 4:30. (Since they are saying the bus drinks were bigger so really more than 5 drinks)

Still think they are working backward to make the number fit with the BAL & the hours known he was alive for the drinking. (Although the press report doesn't say when the bus left to go to Nashville -- the real starting point if there was bus drinking.)
MOO

 

[Dotta]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1822135788772999310

 

[Elley Mae]

College student Riley Strain consumed 12-15 alcoholic drinks before his death: cops

College student Riley Strain consumed 12-15 alcoholic drinks before his death: cops

Riley Strain, 22, vanished during a night out with his fraternity in Nashville on March 8.

nypost.com

 

[SMK777]

I guess this info has already been posted, but I’m just seeing this now:

 

[Boxer]

I guess this info has already been posted, but I’m just seeing this now:

The number of drinks that lead to alcohol poisoning varies by person.


Each standard drink can increase a person's blood alcohol content (BAC) by 0.02%. For example, a person might need to consume four drinks to become legally intoxicated, but it would take much more to reach a life-threatening level:

• Mild
  BAC levels from 0.0% to 0.05% can affect coordination, memory, speech, attention, sleepiness, and relaxation
• Severe
  BAC levels from 0.16% to 0.30% can cause vomiting, loss of consciousness, and dangerously impaired driving ability
• Life-threatening
  BAC levels from 0.31% to 0.45% can suppress vital functions, cause loss of consciousness, and significantly increase the risk of deathsRiley was a big person do he was likely upper severe.

 

[Boxer]

Bros rhat weren't.

 

[Kakidoll]

Any idea what that busy scene is where he walks into what looks like a lobby with several doors, camera is overhead so it’s an aerial view, very busy, tons of people, and he gets snagged by someone so he leaves, finishes a drink and tosses it in a trash can near the door, then re-enters.

It looks like He was leaving the bar to go out to Broadway. They stopped him, he went back inside the door by the garbage can, downed his drink, then went outside. They weren't letting him leave with his drink. You can see him walking out towards cars on the street.

 

[MassGuy]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1903220110363373809

 

[ErinC]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1903220110363373809

That took longer than I'd expected tbh.

 

[SMK777]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1903220110363373809

I didn't think they'd do it.
But I can understand they are bitter because they don't understand why everyone else survived that night, and he didn't.
His death was irrevocable and irreversible and the pain of their grief needed some outlet.
How do you think the litigation will go?

 

[Boxer]

I didn't think they'd do it.
But I can understand they are bitter because they don't understand why everyone else survived that night, and he didn't.
His death was irrevocable and irreversible and the pain of their grief needed some outlet.
How do you think the litigation will go?

MOO I would can the whole frat and give the proceeds to the Strains. Brothers? Not.

 

[MassGuy]

I didn't think they'd do it.
But I can understand they are bitter because they don't understand why everyone else survived that night, and he didn't.
His death was irrevocable and irreversible and the pain of their grief needed some outlet.
How do you think the litigation will go?

I'm not a lawyer, but I don't see how they win. He was a grown man, and it was his choice to drink.

Should his friends have protected him? Absolutely. But it's not like this was some high school field trip and the chaperones allowed a minor to be put in a dangerous situation.

 

[Teche]

I didn't think they'd do it.
But I can understand they are bitter because they don't understand why everyone else survived that night, and he didn't.
His death was irrevocable and irreversible and the pain of their grief needed some outlet.
How do you think the litigation will go?

Riley was a 22 y/o student who could legally enter and purchase alcohol. I think that a jury will not find others responsible for his death.

 

[acutename]

The number of drinks that lead to alcohol poisoning varies by person.


Each standard drink can increase a person's blood alcohol content (BAC) by 0.02%. For example, a person might need to consume four drinks to become legally intoxicated, but it would take much more to reach a life-threatening level:

• Mild
  BAC levels from 0.0% to 0.05% can affect coordination, memory, speech, attention, sleepiness, and relaxation
• Severe
  BAC levels from 0.16% to 0.30% can cause vomiting, loss of consciousness, and dangerously impaired driving ability
• Life-threatening
  BAC levels from 0.31% to 0.45% can suppress vital functions, cause loss of consciousness, and significantly increase the risk of deathsRiley was a big person do he was likely upper severe.

Riley was really thin- 6'7" and 160 lbs

approximately 160 pounds

Billboards are now also up at several locations around Nashville in an effort to get as many people as possible searching for the missing 22-year-old. Strain is a white male, about 6'5" - 6'7" and weighs approximately 160 pounds.Mar 12, 2024

Nashville police release surveillance video of Riley Strain on ...​

not sure if a young person with a rapid metabolism actually gets drunk faster even if their body might clear the alcohol faster as well- does anybody know? This was not his first time on this trip either which makes me think he was not like a freshman pledge with no idea what he was getting into and a lot of social pressure....

Riley Strain's parents hopeful they will find son who 'stands ...​

NBC News
https://www.nbcnews.com › news › us-news › riley-stra...




Mar 17, 2024 — Strain, a senior at the University of Missouri, was visiting the city on a trip with his fraternity, Delta Chi, for a spring formal.

 

[Seni]

How many times do we see these scenarios? He got pissed out of his mind. Nobody's responsibility legally. Uni nor friends had to chaperone him

 

[PommyMommy]

MAR 21, 2025

Riley Strain’s parents file wrongful death lawsuit against Delta Chi Fraternity members

The parents of Riley Strain have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against 30 named members of the Delta Chi Fraternity at the University of Missouri and two no-named individuals.

www.ky3.com

The parents of Riley Strain have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against 30 named members of the Delta Chi Fraternity at the University of Missouri and two unnamed individuals.

The lawsuit states several times the fraternity was negligent and careless of its written policies in reference to what happened to Riley.

Riley’s parents are demanding a jury trial.

https://fox2now.com/news/missouri/family-of-riley-strain-files-wrongful-death-lawsuit-against-delta-chi-fraternity/

The lawsuit states that Strain boarded a charter bus from Columbia, Missouri, to Nashville, where Delta Chi members provided beer and “pre-made alcoholic Jello shots using vodka, well in excess of 15% ABV.” It claims that Strain was offered multiple drinks despite fraternity policies that should have prohibited such conduct.

Shortly after arriving in Nashville, according to the lawsuit, several fraternity members noticed Strain was behaving unusually, struggling to speak, walk and interact with others. By the evening, Strain was described as “visually incoherent.” The lawsuit states, “He was leaning against walls to stay upright, stumbling up and down steps, was completely unable to speak or communicate, and needed help.”

Family of Riley Strain files wrongful death lawsuit against fraternity

Riley Strain was found dead in Nashville, Tennessee, after going missing on a trip with fraternity members. His family is suing Delta Chi and 30 members of the University of Missouri fraternity, alleging wrongful death.

www.komu.com

The lawsuit alleges that the fraternity officers and members were negligent, careless or reckless. The lawsuit alleges the members planned a formal that would be fueled by alcohol, pressured Strain into going to the formal, encouraged Strain to consume alcoholic beverages throughout the day he went missing, allowed him to continue drinking after noticing he was intoxicated, and did not help Strain back to the hotel, arrange a ride for him when he was kicked out of the bar, or call emergency services that night to report him missing.

The lawsuit names two members of the Board of Chapter Advisors, who are named as Jane Doe and John Doe, and alleges they were negligent by allowing the fraternity members to host the formal and failing to provide supervision and transportation for fraternity members at the formal.

 

[PommyMommy]

MAR 21, 2025

Family of Riley Strain files wrongful death lawsuit against Delta Chi fraternity

The family of Riley Strain files wrongful death lawsuit against Delta Chi fraternity at University of Missour.

www.tennessean.com

Delta Chi is prohibited from having drinks that contain more than 15% alcohol by volume at chapter facilities and events, according to the lawsuit.

The lawsuit said most, if not all, of the alcohol served during the Delta Chi travel to the spring "formal" event was above the 15% limit.

Riley Strain's family files wrongful death lawsuit against fraternity

Nearly a year after a University of Missouri student was found dead in the Cumberland River in Nashville's downtown bar district, his family has filed a lawsuit

fox17.com

In a previous interview FOX 17 News had with Private Investigator Steve Fischer, a P.I. retained by Strain's family, Fischer said he interviewed six of the fraternity members who attended the trip with Strain who claimed to have searched for him after discovering he was not found inside the hotel, a different story than outlined in Friday's filing.

The group claims to have searched the waterfront and the surrounding area, where Strain's phone last pinged from his Snapchat. Fischer says the group claims to have gone to the police precinct in the morning and said they waited several hours before they were told to call 911, to which they waited several more hours to speak with an officer.

Fraternity faces wrongful death lawsuit after MU student body found in Cumberland River

The family of Riley Strain, a fraternity member at the University of Missouri, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit following the discovery of his body floating i

krcgtv.com

Strain's family claims that the Delta Chi fraternity chapter at the University of Missouri failed to implement adequate safety measures to protect him during a social event and did not adhere to its strict policies.

They argue that the fraternity neglected to enforce these policies during the fraternity’s trip to Nashville.

 

[PommyMommy]

MAR 21, 2025

Family of University of Missouri student who died during fraternity trip sues

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The family of a University of Missouri fraternity member who died last year on a group trip to Nashville, Tennessee, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Delta Chi fraternity and its members. The lawsuit claims the fraternity's MU chapter did not follow its...

abc17news.com

Riley-Strain-wrongful-death.pdf
36 pages

 

[SMK777]

MAR 21, 2025

Family of Riley Strain files wrongful death lawsuit against Delta Chi fraternity

The family of Riley Strain files wrongful death lawsuit against Delta Chi fraternity at University of Missour.

www.tennessean.com

Delta Chi is prohibited from having drinks that contain more than 15% alcohol by volume at chapter facilities and events, according to the lawsuit.

The lawsuit said most, if not all, of the alcohol served during the Delta Chi travel to the spring "formal" event was above the 15% limit.

Riley Strain's family files wrongful death lawsuit against fraternity

Nearly a year after a University of Missouri student was found dead in the Cumberland River in Nashville's downtown bar district, his family has filed a lawsuit

fox17.com

In a previous interview FOX 17 News had with Private Investigator Steve Fischer, a P.I. retained by Strain's family, Fischer said he interviewed six of the fraternity members who attended the trip with Strain who claimed to have searched for him after discovering he was not found inside the hotel, a different story than outlined in Friday's filing.

The group claims to have searched the waterfront and the surrounding area, where Strain's phone last pinged from his Snapchat. Fischer says the group claims to have gone to the police precinct in the morning and said they waited several hours before they were told to call 911, to which they waited several more hours to speak with an officer.

Fraternity faces wrongful death lawsuit after MU student body found in Cumberland River

The family of Riley Strain, a fraternity member at the University of Missouri, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit following the discovery of his body floating i

krcgtv.com

Strain's family claims that the Delta Chi fraternity chapter at the University of Missouri failed to implement adequate safety measures to protect him during a social event and did not adhere to its strict policies.

They argue that the fraternity neglected to enforce these policies during the fraternity’s trip to Nashville.

I guess their attorney will stress this matter of their own policies being violated.

 

[MrsWatson]

I don't think the lawsuit will go far. Riley was an adult. He made the decision to go on the trip, he chose to drink. While his death is a tragic loss, no one forced Riley to do anything.

moo