Riley Strain’s Body Found After Going Missing in Nashville 2 Weeks Ago

8:30 AM PT — Cops simply held a presser and supplied extra particulars over how precisely Riley was discovered. They are saying the physique was found round 7:28 AM CT the place employee discovered him after eradicating an object from the river, after which the physique surfaced.

The police say that the Medical Examiner reviewed the physique and confirmed it was Riley — additionally they say he nonetheless had his shirt and watch on him from the night time he went lacking. Nashville PD says the household was notified, and reiterate no foul play is suspected for now.

The physique of Riley Pressure — the Missouri school scholar who went lacking in Nashville 2 weeks in the past — has lastly been discovered … and it was recovered from a river within the space.

His corpse was found Friday within the Cumberland River, reportedly 8 miles away from the DT Nashville space … the place Riley had final been seen after getting separated from his group throughout an evening of bar hopping on March 8.

Cops say there is no such thing as a foul play suspected at this level, and no trauma noticed both. An post-mortem to find out a explanation for demise is pending. Unclear the place precisely within the river Strain’s physique was discovered or beneath what circumstances … however this marks the top of a tragic saga.

Pressure first disappeared on a Friday night time — this after getting kicked out of Luke Bryan‘s 32 Bridge bar alongside Broadway … at which level he wandered off on his personal.

Surveillance footage released to the general public confirmed Pressure aimlessly wandering the streets of Nashville — at instances searching of kinds and stumbling over. At different factors in since-released footage of him from that night time — together with body cam video — Pressure appeared pretty coherent.

The bar says they asked Riley to leave after he began violating their conduct insurance policies — suggesting he was closely intoxicated — but in addition insist they didn’t overserve him.

There have been claims the bar had given loads of booze that night time — however 32 Bridge says their information present he was solely given one drink and two waters earlier than he was booted … at which level, the bar says his mates didn’t depart with him. The Tennessee ABC is investigating the overserving allegation.

Strain’s mates, in the meantime, say he instructed them he’d meet them again at their resort, just some blocks away, however he by no means turned up in a while.

As a substitute, it seems Pressure received misplaced and made his manner over towards the river — the place completely different eyewitnesses say they noticed him that night time … confirmed by the very fact his bank card was recently discovered close to that space as properly. Search crews have been scouring the river for days now and hadn’t discovered something … that’s, till at this time. No phrase on who discovered him.

Strain’s household have been in Nashville for the reason that starting … calling on the general public’s assist, and placing stress on police to usher in extra assets to trace him down. We would even been instructed by a household spokesperson that his mom and father believed he would possibly nonetheless be alive.

Pressure was solely 22.

RIP