Riley Strain's family: We won't stop until we have answers, Full video | Banfield
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- Опубліковано 20 вер 2024
- The family members of Riley Strain, a University of Missouri student who went missing in March and was later found dead in a Nashville river, still have questions about his death.
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As a Mother I say keep fighting for Riley don’t stop until you all have the answers you need. Fight for your baby until you know the truth!!
Even if you find the truth, he’s still dead
@@Charmander009 Yes, but I bet 1 or more people will be held responsible after the truth comes out so keep going until you get the answers/truth you're looking for! R.I.P Riley God Bless all of you 🙏🕊️🙏🕊️
@@Charmander009What’s your point? I would bet those fraternity brothers had something done to Riley or are covering up for someone!
@@Charmander009You KNOW SOMETHING! I’m going to send your post to parents and police. You can delete it. I have it all!
Those frat brothers know or did something. Parents: Please don’t stop regarding those frat brothers. I feel in my Spirit they did this.
Friends dont let friends leave vulnerable.
Agree those are not friends not any I would want that’s bad but go party instead of trying to help search compounded it
Drunk men don't make good babysitters 😢😮
A drunk man is better than no man though.@patedwards8844
Why wouldn't one fraternity brother go with Riley? Don't they know what being a " brother" means? Totally entitled people! Fraternities mean nothing!
They came to Nashville to party and that's exactly what they did.
That's how kids are bought up these days.
Why would a full grown man need a babysitter?
We live in an incredibly “me me me” selfish society.
My son is this age and he said the same thing. They don't babysit while partying.
You keep fighting for Riley..... Mom and Dad!! Because something isen't right in his case. My son had someone put something in his drink at a concert/bar and he cannot even remember it! Thankfully the bar tender took away his wallet and phone to keep them safe because a couple of guys were messing with him! Thankfully my daughter got my son home safe..
So don't you give up getting answers, because someone somewhere has the answers you are looking for!!
@user-mc8wi2lg2mIt doesn’t appear that he had that much to drink. Going out for drinks with supposed “friends “ does not make you an idiot. I guess you are perfect.
@user-mc8wi2lg2mSo it's Riley's fault?
@user-mc8wi2lg2mbad decisions or not. We look out for our friends. I don’t know when this became a controversial opinion to take care of each other. We go out as a group, we come home as a group.
This isn’t hard.
I agree. Some feels totally off
@@mossmoonslambeau9332 Maybe Riley was taking drugs himself. The parents are in deniable. These kids today are taking things they order on the internet.
Riley and his family need justice!!
Indubitably ❤️🙏🌹
Justice is if a crime was committed, which right now there is no concrete evidence that happened. Toxicology will tell them whether a drug was in his system or not. You’re putting the cart before the horse.
@@suntiki33 🤦
Justice for what? He was enebriated! Tragic, but it was his choice!
@@princessmariposa828 Keep using cartoons to communicate.
This is the classiest family. I feel so bad for them. And this reporter is phenomenol!!!
Complete strangers were searching while the frat “brothers” did nothing to help. Despicable 👎
All the parents of Riley's "friends" should be ashamed of themselves. First, they let him leave Luke Bryan's bar alone & secondly, they partied like nothing unfortunate happened. None of his so called friends & fraternity brothers have reached out to his parents!! Unbelievable.😡😰
I find it extremely difficult that these frats, Idaho included and these kids never seem to talk. Pledge to these Frats, it’s a brotherhood friends for life. Well, apparently that last part seems accurate. The victims life at least. So they know what places he was at first, before being told to leave Lukes bar? receipt showed one beer two waters at Luke Bryant’s but his mom said he was drinking the Run and Coke that tasted like barbecue at Luke. Bryan‘s. They do make and run and Coke that has a bbq spice in it, or did he have that and then said it tasted off? I’m wondering, Why we haven’t heard what he had at the other two bars, or maybe I haven’t heard. The stepdad made a point, got to Luke’s 21 minutes after going in asked to leave and one beer wouldn’t cause him to be asked to leave unless, one, drugged, two, hammered and we know, BAC gets higher and 21 min later and a beer I believe he’d of had to be hitting it pretty good at the first two or pregaming at the hotel. Knowing that might have a solid direction to follow being either extremely drunk or drug. Whst sbout tracking the phone to exact location. They had Barry Morphew running around his house, it seems it would have a very set point of last contact from the cops bodycam. Have they mentioned anything about searching homeless around there for maybe the boots and pants that just happened to be missing. Cops said no signs of foul play, What did medical examiner mention about his hand, even thou he had on pants, when he tripped, his hands should’ve had some abrasions knees could’ve had some sign of hitting the ground. No water in lungs, odd.. I hope his friends and family csn find some peace and with the answers they’re looking for. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼. It’s heartbreaking, Riley, may you RIP
SO THE FUCK WHAT? His frat bros were not his legal guardian.
@@somnuswaltz5586 Ever heard of morals?
Speaks to Riley’s character as well. Nobody wants to help an alcoholic. Parents are the last to find out.
Amazing info . The fact he was messaging mom while drinking in a bar says alot about who he was and his character. Praying for Rileys truth to come out 🙏🕊
Agreed
I agree 100!!! My heart just breaks for his family
It makes me physically ill hearing the frat brothers all went out to their formal that same night.
So what?
@@Bonzi_Buddyand my friend, your reply is exactly what's wrong with the country tday...you would be one of those guys that would lie even if to tell the truth would help a friend. Put a check next to you name for the douche bag list
@@ednasolie4358 No, I would not be one of those guys. But the reality is, hindsight is 20/20. That night they thought he was just fine somewhere.
Afterwards, what the heck are they really going to do? Not a single person looking for Riley was looking in the right place and he was already deceased.
Oh, you care about optics… “for feelings” or something.
You don’t have a clue what they did but you want to judge others. Do better!
@@hugg724 Yeah no
Need the tapes from all 4 bars
Here the promblem those security cameras get recorded over so if the police did not get it right away they my not get all the evidence
And footage from the hotel
They have his toxicology though...
The law never got the footage. The bar owners told her they would release it to the police.... the police never came and got it. Now, maybe this "state investigation" may get the footage. All the footage that was released was because his mom went and asked for it. The only video the law had and released was that body cam footage.
He was drugged at one of the bars. Think about what was said about him acting strange and being made to leave the bar. Please fight till someone is responsible for his death. He was drugged!!!!!
I get drugged every weekend
Yes that one video of him walking, his walking did not look normal.. and he hit that pole and fell I thought he was drugged smh
I agree! I have been saying this from the beginning!! I live in Nashville and it was on the news that this group of people were drugging guys from out of town to rob them! This was no accident! I truly truly believe he was drugged and someone robbed him!!!
@@temsbaby2810 He went to four different bars and was drunk that's why!
By the way the frat boys acted, I wouldn't be surprised if one of them drugging him, thinking it would be funny. But they're not speaking to no one and by now they got stories straight.
I truly believe the frat brothers know something, I would not be bit surprised if one of them didn't put something in his drink
The frat brothers aren't talking to the parents either, Weird ?????
I could see that, but what if the motive is robbing him? And an unvetted bartender is drugging people then kicking out the drugged patron for an outside accomplice to roll up on their mark?
I heard something shockingly similar to some dead bodies in a Houston river.
Frat bro's are still on the table though.
I've said that since the beginning
I thought it was strange right off that they weren't out there searching but then the mom took up for them and she said they are like her boys so then I didn't give them another thought. It's all so sad!
Riley wasn't surrounded by good people. Just like Skyler Neese.
I feel so bad for the family. They have been in enough pain, and LE and fraternity brothers have not made it any better for them . Mom needs answers to have some closure. I am so glad they are not giving up until they get answers. We will all stand with the family.
Man this is heartbreaking to watch 💔 I can feel his Mama’s pain. This needs to be a lesson to all kids out there.. a fraternity is not a brotherhood.
Praying for this family to find out the truth and for justice. 🙏🏻
Riley's Law. 💚💚💚💚💚
Even if the brothers had nothing to do with Riley’s death, the fact that they kept on partying while Riley was missing is absolutely disgusting…what kind of so called friends is that. From the very beginning I said things weren’t adding up about this case & never once believed the police when they said no foul play. I hope the family keeps searching for answers, they deserve to know what happened that night, don’t let the police sweep it under the rug
IMO there is a shroud of evil slowly being pulled over Nashville. The fact is if Riley had been roofied, it's highly doubtful that he would have had the presence of mind to be able to remove his boots, belt and long pants that night. This was no accident. The fraternities are instructed to shut up when something bad happens to a brother.
Exactly. He walked into or was led in that camp under the bridge and was met with evil. There's no way his pants and boots were off and not his socks or boxers. IMO...
I agree. I lived in St. Louis from ages 8-24. I left 10 years ago for Nashville. Last summer, I left for Montana because Nashville quickly became St. Louis. It's dangerous in almost every metropolitan in the US. America is very dangerous right now. Maybe it always was, and I just didn't realize it until I became an adult. In any case, the world is not looking out for you, so you gotta look out for yourself.
😂😂
@@shelbyw1761 but the medical examiner would have found it obvious signs of abuse on the body, and they did not.
I believe this is a huge coverup by Nashville PD.
Those fraternity “brothers” sound shady
How does this not completely tarnish Delta Chi’s legacy at Mizzou? I’m surprised their social media accounts aren’t getting inundated. They’re so obviously in the wrong here.
Riley was one of those shady brothers. Remember that.
@@SirJoey420please tell me like how was Riley shady? I’m clueless.
@@pam190clearly you are
Right..how do they not call police until the next day or let him leave bar alone
Kudos to Riley's family for keeping this story in front of the public. They want and need answers and what they find could help to save someone else's life. Kudos to NewsNation for interviewing the family. Many posts in early March were about the true Nashville party scene. I said then and I will say it again, someone needs to offer reward money---Luke Bryan. Someone out there has anwers and with the pressure, guilt, and possibly the lure of money, someone will speak up. Or, maybe not if there is a citywide coverup. To honor Riley, please look for the petition for Riley's Act and sign it. A bar would have to call for a ride when an intoxicated customer is being kicked out. What an unprofessional response from the 911 operator. That may be the outcome for some of the situations when people have called 911. But to say that upfront to a new caller is horrible.
Nashville is my hometown so I do know for a fact Broadway, on both sides, have taxi cabs sitting & waiting for customers to just hop in. But they where staying 5 blocks in the opposite direction Riley took. I don't see any of them frat boys spending their party money when they are young & capable of walking. His "brothers" failed him by continuing to party the night away. But again if they really cared for Riley they would not have waited 16 hours to notify anyone he was missing, especially if they tried calling/texting him.
@@Jennifer-nu4ft Anyone following the case, knows this. Yes, I believe in personal responsibility and I believe friends leave with friends. However, in this case, those options failed. When you are young, you think, "I've got this". If he was drugged, that would have caused more problems. That is why I believe in Riley's Act. It could prevent a death in the future.
@@Magazinelady, absolutely!!!❤️🙏🌹
@Magazinelady it is not going to stop, no matter what you want to call it. This kind of stuff can and does happen all over, not just in the US. He could have drugs in system from being drugged, OR on his own. He came to town to party. And parents do not know all the things their college kid might be into and/or doing. Need to teach kids that when your out in public, especially partying and/or drinking, it is up to yourself and group to stay safe. And being young and stupid is NOT a excuse at all.
The autopsy revealed no water was found in Riley's lungs. That means Riley died before he ended up in water. I'm so thankfuk Ashleigh and Brian are giving this the attention it deserves. Things are definitely not adding up. As a mom of college age daughter it is heartbreaking.
That means nothing. There's cases with no water in lungs, still drawing. Do some research before start spreading stereotypical opinions not being a medical examiner.
That’s a common misconception. (Like having to wait 24 hours to make a missing persons report) It’s not abnormal. It’s dry drowning.
Wrong research please
Why are you so angry?@@LoraHari81
Inaccurate
Riley looks just like his dad ❤. I’m happy to see both sets of parents supporting each other.
These fraternities need to all be shut down.They are terrible organizations. People are finally starting to see them for what they really are.
Ha
Same thing happening in Austin, TX! Look it up. Police are calling every incident an accident!
To many people being found in LBL. For sure
I mentioned the same thing just now…thank you for making that same connection. It’s so odd.
I read that. They are ending up in the Lady Bird Lake.
Austin cops, don’t take this seriously. Don’t want the bad press in a tourist town.
@@texadonkey34 Because half the people are on drugs. I believe Riley tried something out and it didn't sit well. Parents are in denial and want to blame someone.
I believe this man was drugged and killed. Makes me sick!!! Please don't ever give up until you find the truth. Prayers for your entire family 🙏
This needs to be more known publicly I’ve seen people victim blaming and I know first hand how Nashville is I was drugged by a bartender I know this because my drink was made and never left my hands after and my sister had to take me to the hospital and that’s when it was found..not saying this was his case could have been a friend he was with but Nashville is known for shady things by the bartenders
If only they had his Tox, oh wait they do
Frat boys were appalling!
Including Riley. Riley is the one that got so obliterated he couldn't make it back to his hotel. He was a full grown man that made decisions that led to his death. The decision was 100% his
This really is another example of how indifferent and apathetic some of the younger "society" has become.
Like I have always thought that some of these younger generations don't have any respect or values except for themselves.
I think fraternity houses need to be stopped I live in 🇬🇧 and they always sound terribly feral, my daughter goes out with a group of college friends on the weekend rules are no go gets in an Uber alone all of their friends has each parents number.
Excellent interview!
Heartbreaking story
Thank GOD its still under investigation!
RIP Riley 💚 🙏
I'm starting to think that possibly, one of the frat brothers slipped something in his drink as a joke. Then when they realized that it went sideways, they panicked and distanced themselves from this situation. Just awful.
When she said “There’s something going on in that town” she’s right it’s human trafficking. Nashville is actually a hot spot for it. I did a trip in college volunteering with different organizations in Nashville and one was “End slavery TN” they have an entire org out there dedicated to preventing and spreading awareness about this.
Nashville is such a hot spot for trafficking because it is “one of only four U.S. cities where six interstate legs converge within the city's boundaries: I-65 North and South, I-40 East and West, and I-24 East and West.”
The way they explained it was if you’re ever picked up in Nashville you could be across 2-3 states before anyone realizes you’re gone and you could literally go in any direction from there. So it would be a guessing game which way they went.
That being said I’m not sure if that is the case here. I think it’s very possible something was in his drink. But something is telling me the frat brothers know something. And if the goal was to traffic him, you can’t traffic a dead person. There was foul play in my opinion. But they are right about something being wrong in Nashville
Is San Antonio one of those cities?
Safety in numbers always. Never walk alone in party districts.
So they are trafficking drowning victims? 😂😂😂
She also said something like, Riley was aware that he didn’t have control of his body but didn’t understand why. I believe that he was intentionally drugged by his fraternity.
Don’t these country superstars-Miranda Lambert, Luke Brian, Garth Brooks, Kid-Rock-have a better place to hang their name than a bar??
Something a little more honorable, perhaps??
A children’s hospital, a memory care facility, a music venue?
So sleezy!
Agree 100 percent
Cash grab !
I don’t believe it was an accident. I can’t believe his frat brothers never looked for him. That’s what I’ve seen in interviews. Condolences to the family.
Right.
My mom told me a few years before she died that she was drugged and Ra**d on a date with a police officer when she was a 19 year old innocent young woman. She was a virgin. She told me she thought she was going to die and never reported it because she was scared because he was a cop and she didn't think anyone at the police department would back her up. 😢 my mom had a hard life
Sooo sad I am soo sorry 4 your mom 🫂
How awful for your mom to live with that and her fear of telling. Just imagine how many stories there are similar to hers. And women that also fear that it would ruin their reputation. The only one fearing should be the guilty.
No surprise it’s a cop and yea all his dept buddies would back him up and they would label her a crazy women .
As a mother of a 23 year old son, my heart aches for his parents and step-parents. I can't imagine the pain and the uncertainty they are going through. 💔
As some who was roofied at a company Christmas party by a co-worker, I’ve said all along that it appeared he had been drugged. My prayers go out to his family.
I said the same thing
I'm sorry that happened to you. How awful.
Wonder who hurt their hand? How?
I think that’s a cover. I think they were freaking out about having to dump him in lake to made it look innocent. Took his pants and boots and phone. Prank gone wrong
Those frat "brothers" are cowards. Somebody knows something, yet no one is speaking up. Shameful.
Who do we speak out to. I have a tip. 😊
He was stumbling around a river drunk. I get grief but it clearly looks like an accident. The real problem is his careless frat brothers who let him down that night.
I've been mad at the frat boys since day one. I pray for these parents. I pray they find the truth bc we don't have the truth.
I’m so sorry for all of you and Riley, I hope in your pain you keep pressing on for answers ❤
Yes family needs the truth
Look into those so called friends
I have not been to Nashville since i was there when i was 16 ..i do NOT want to go back
I went during college and I was deeply disturbed by the night life scene. I'll never go back.
Don't ever stop investigating Riley because something is not right. Perhaps his own fraternity brothers roofed him but who knows
something isn’t right. these guys didn’t cancel the formal??? huh that gives me chills man.
The frat boys parents should be ashamed raising boys like this. Along w the Apple River boys. Parents need to look in the mirror. People aren’t raising respectful children. It’s disgusting
Wouldn’t that show up in his autopsy if he had been drugged?
No need for that. Commenters know better.
Yes, it would.
@@bettywith2girls, I heard that a toxicology report could take a long time; that they don’t have it yet…
They have it, it doesn't take that long esp when it's an investigation @@bonnieikamas1201
Toxicology reports usually take 3-6 months. Sometimes they can be expedited when the case is high profile.
Everyone is just speculating until the results come in.
They need the hotel cameras to see how the Bros were acting & the time once back at the hotel
My favorite 2 journalist s! For real❤❤
They had a similar thing happening down in Austin, Tx. I think it was around seven men that had spiked drinks and then were found dead at their river after being robbed. They did find out it was a group of six based in Georgia that traveled throughout the country.
I’ve not heard of either a group found together nor a traveling group coming though causing issues. We do have incidents much more similar to this one - a single male out on 6th Street area…then later found deceased at the Lady Bird Lake area. All ruled accidental and the number is well over 20 now.
11 men since 2022.
I’ve never heard of the Austin drownings being solved. The cases haven’t gotten the attention of the Riley case & Austin cops don’t seem to care.
@@texadonkey34 you’re right. The authorities just say accidental.
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This was the 4th bar he was at. How many drinks did he have at the other bars? The toxicology tests should show how much alcohol he had and if any drugs were in his system.
May the drive to find the answers to what happened to Riley give the family the strength to keep up their own investigation by continuing to do these interviews. Under "normal" circumstances of losing a loved one, the first year of grieving is the hardest. I keep thinking of Mother's Day coming up. It is May 12th this year. Graduation is May 10th --12th. In March, Riley already had a job lined up for after graduation. I hope the university has a moment of silence for Riley. He should be walking across that stage. This story is heartbreaking. I can't fully imagine how Michele feels. Prayers and hugs for the family.
There is nothing about Riley Strains death that seems accidental to me. A Mom knows, the fact his Rum and Coke tasted like barbecue speaks a lot to why Riley was so intoxicated and Riley seemed disorientated. This often happens when your drink has been spiked. Even more so if you have consumed strong drinks before the spiking occurred. Anyone who has been spiked and survived can recall feeling different to how they would usually feel when intoxicated. The Strain family are right to dig deeper in finding out how Riley ended up dead. If it were my child I would be the exact same. This is not right and many of us viewers agree with his Mom, Stepdad and Dad. It is so terrible to lose your child like this. I feel for the Strain family and hope they get the closure they need and deserve.
Parents do whatever it takes to protect your children no matter what age they are. This world isn't safe for them. Trust noone with your kids because the truth is only you love your kids like no other person could. If a friend, boyfriend, husband can do it to your child, NOONE CAN BE TRUSTED. So do your best to keep them from this dark world. I pray for the Strains and my heart goes out to them for what they are suffering❤❤❤
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Going to share a LOT of my thoughts here, for anyone who is spending as much time on this case as I have been:
It should be pretty easy to tell from the time signature of the text and when the charges happened at different bars which bar the "barbecue" drink might have happened at. Also, he said it was a rum and coke, so unless he drank rum and coke at every single bar for every single drink, that will narrow it down as well.
---- In addition to any and all bar footage, police need to seriously examine the footage from the Gay St. surveillance more thoroughly (I've seen weird things in it, other people have pointed out that around 11pm there's a group of people shuffling around as if they're carrying something big down the block). From what I've heard, the police have claimed that they don't see anything weird happening in the footage, which is NUTS. If you change the quality setting on UA-cam the extremely blurry footage becomes a lot clearer, and lots of things happening look pretty weird to me. For one thing, in the other widely circulated video of Riley crossing the intersection, there are two guys in white hoodies and white sneakers who seem to be anticipating Riley's approach on the street corner, and then they are commenting back and forth while they watch him, just waiting there at the intersection for a few seconds while everyone else crosses. Why? Only after they stand there for a while do they eventually cross the street, as if they intend on following Riley from a distance- but the rest of that footage is cut off from what was released to the public so I would be curious whether those dudes walked the whole length of Gay Steet behind Riley after that or if they turned off somewhere. Especially because, when you look at the Gay St. surveillance, you can see two different people in white hoodies and white sneakers within minutes of the time when Riley's phone went dead, and one of those people is seen running for some reason. Then later on in the night, you have the aforementioned weird scuffle involving a group of people, and then shuffling together of that group, who according to some people appear to be "carrying a body". Even if it has nothing to do with Riley, many other people have been pulled out of that river and it is worth examining what's going on for those people's families as well. The footage has been posted to UA-cam, by the way.
----- It's entirely possible that Riley could have encountered multiple people with nefarious intentions that night. He started out in a vulnerable position, might have been followed (maybe even by the person who spiked his drink), might have been robbed, might have collapsed from alcohol poisoning or from whatever else his drink could have been spiked with, and there's a potential that people who live in the encampment over there would have motive to "remove" someone's body from that location if they found someone deceased nearby, so as to avoid undue attention from law enforcement. Remember, not everyone who's in that unhoused position is going to be mentally stable necessarily and able to make rational decisions.
----- Something strikes me very strange about the report by one of the encampment members wherein he apparently stated that he heard Riley fall into a fence or something like that, and then called out, and then some people (who??) replied "It's okay, he's just drunk". 1. A person falling into a fence isn't very loud. A bush would be even quieter. This guy who says he had to yell and get a yell reply from other strangers was probably closer in proximity to whatever was happening than the impression that he has given in his statement. 2. Who were these people with Riley who called out saying he was drunk? Riley was walking alone. No one should have been near him unless they were either trying to help or trying to do something else. There is no confirmation as to whether those people were helping him or unaliving him. They clearly didn't call him a cab. They clearly didn't call emergency services for him. They clearly didn't walk him back to his hotel. So what were they doing in such close proximity to Riley while he was "falling into" other objects and making a "commotion" that someone else would take notice of? That really disturbs me.
----- I think the family is perfectly justified in being skeptical of the frat bros. I think it's entirely within the realm of possibility that one of them could have been the one to mess with Riley's drink, if that indeed happened. It could have been a practical joke or related to some hazing ritual or something, and they assumed it would just result in a funny night. Maybe they thought he was super tall and whatever the dose was wouldn't affect him much, but they didn't take into account how super thin he was. It's unfortunately also very on brand for fraternities to have events where they "challenge" a member to do something ridiculous and dangerous, like walk a certain distance while under the influence of something, or complete a ludicrous quest. It's shocking and disappointing that in a fraternity of 30+ members, there were not at least a couple who might be more conscientious and observant than to just not concern themselves with Riley's whereabouts for HOURS after he was observably that intoxicated and unreachable by phone.
Why could Riley not get a ride to the hotel, with Uber and Lyft and everything else available nowadays, if he was feeling so disoriented? It would have been an easy solution, rather than walking around in public throwing up. What I'm saying is that no one would choose that instead of a quick ride to the hotel when they feel sick- it's awful to be stuck in a public place feeling ill. So, why wasn't he in a cab to the hotel? If he didn't think he'd need one and then got lost, he still could have done that later on, unless someone had interfered with his ability to do so in some way OR he was walking all the way to the location that he did for some other reason, like someone was giving him bad directions. Did someone take his phone from him earlier in the night than we think? A taxi ride to the hotel couldn't have even been that expensive. Why didn't his fraternity brothers stick him in a cab before going about their business? If the hotel was so close by, why couldn't someone walk with him there and then come right back to the bar? Why the heck did the person who walked out of the bar with Riley come right back in afterwards instead of spending at least a few minutes figuring out what kind of state he was in? Were none of the frat guys actually his friends? There's DEFINITELY more that's not being divulged from the frat, even if it only amounts to mundane details. Unless they had zero awareness of Riley in general because none of them were close with him whatsoever, all of the procrastination with the phone call to the police and also the lack of evident concern (them not trying to help search or anything) is really weird just from a normal human perspective. If someone I personally knew was missing after wandering away drunk, you better believe I would be out there wandering the streets for hours. The fact that there was so much commotion in the actual hotel that night is extremely suspect, all by itself. A really awful thought I had was that the group in the Gay St. footage around 11 pm could be ANYONE, including a group of Riley's frat brothers.
There is a lot of shoulda, woulda, coulda's unfortunately in this case. Yes, I agree with you. Yes, Riley had his phone and you will notice in the camera footage he is constantly looking at it. He even texted back his frat friends at the bar that he was heading back to the hotel, which was only 12 minutes away. I feel that his frat friends were unaware just how drunk Riley was...or they would have done more to make sure he got to the hotel safely. There's a software development company called "YourTempo" that is right by the river and was just 2 blocks away from where Riley was last seen in the last camera footage. Some people think he accidentally put that company in his Google Maps instead of TEMPO by Hilton, his hotel in the completely opposite direction. Yes, I wish he had called an Uber, Lyft or cab when he realized he was really lost. Poor kid. God bless.
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Unbelievable how the college has done nothing this whole time.. pray 🙏❤all answers are found..this needs to stop
Why was he kicked out of a bar? 1 beer and water? Who kicked him out? And who was he with in the bar?
I definitely believe his frat brothers are to blame, for not walking Riley, 5 blocks to his hotel room. Then they could have went back and partied. But to leave him to fend for himself, in the state he was in and in a very unfamiliar place, was very wrong to do to Riley. I don't believe Riley was slipped anything, for what reason??
Riley is just a young guy, who probably doesn't drink a whole lot, aside from that night. He was definitely hammered and in need, of some assistance.
I hope the parents read the comments. I would like to make sense of what happened. We see Riley heading along the street or the path, next to the river. I believe once Riley passed the officer, it made him a bit nervous. And when we get nervous it tends to give a sense of having to urinate. I believe Riley took a right into the brush, to relieve himself. Riley undoes his belt and pants and loses his balance and tumbles down into the river. Riley probably had his debit card in his shirt pocket, which fell out as he tumbled down the embankment, into the river. And over time, the current and water filling up his pants, which made his pants come down around his ankles. His pants become a parachute in the water, pulling off his boots. The reason his boxer didn't come off is because the waistband is too tight and no water gets in his boxers to pull them off. Same with his socks, they are too tight for water to get in there and pull them off.
I bet if you can hire a few scuba divers to check his 8 mile path underwater, they will find his pants and his boots, together somewhere under there. It's heartbreaking what happened to Riley. Its so unfair, that he didnt have one buddy, who could have helped Riley out, when he needed it.
Yes thank you, I'm NOT the only one who thinks this!! Also I never understood why he went from bright busy street full of people straight to a dark calm street. He would still be alive if ONE went with him. But the partying was much much more important unfortunately.
Yeah, normally I would completely agree with you, but if that would have happened and he would have tumbled down below, he would have hit land and a ton of branches/brush, not fall into the river/water on the way down. Plus, he would have been extremely banged up from doing the "Plinko" on the way down. Depending on exactly where he could have fell and then landed (assuming somewhere between up & down that stretch around where his credit card was found and where he had that brief interaction with the officer) there is a considerable about of land below that he would have landed onto before he would have reached the water/river... so much so that there's a ton of branches/brush, trash, personal belongings, etc along the stretch from a homeless encampment down there. He wouldn't have just been able to fall into the river...
Yes. Thank you. A lot of people think that's what happened and it makes sense too. Our sympathy to his parents, who would be understandably devastated. No to excuse them, but the guy who was his friend tried to go with Riley but the bouncer wouldn't let him until he paid his bar tab. By the time they figured out what had happened and they paid their bar tab, Riley had already left the area. The hotel was only a 12 minute walk, if you turn in the right direction, which Riley didn't. They DID text Riley and he texted back hexwas headed to the hotel. They had no reason to think otherwise. I wish Riley had asked one of the many people passing him on the street for help, but he didn't. We believe that he was using Google Maps but accidentally picked "YourTemp" a software development company by the river instead of "TEMPO by Hilton", his hotel in the other direction. The very last camera footage of him is about 2 blocks from the software company.
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@bettywith2girls but the bar statement said they never stopped his friend from leaving with him. It was his friend who chose to go back upstairs and partied night away, instead of having his "brothers" back. I can understand why any bar wouldnt want a group of 6 or so "frat boys" to leave without paying bill but will still let ONE to go with him for their safety. Its the classic self and group accountability that started this whole mess.
Why didn't they call the police at 3am? Because they were piss drunk and didn't realize the guy was missing.
Diabolical city.
It sounds like this is also happenning in Houston.
Yes I’ve heard, Humanity needs to turn to Christ.
@@brendaalicea487unfortunately so far only the victims are meeting their maker. This stuff has to be looked into.
@Dont.Call.Me.Tall. oh it is??
Yes, this world is wicked and dark satan is roaming the earth to KILL, STEAL AND DESTROY people that's why I warn people to REPENT, GET SAVED and LIVE for JESUS CHRIST because we are in the LAST DAYS and they are going to get worse. PLEASE read your BIBLE.
The frat brothers know something having to do with Riley So the frat brothers like I said do not stop asking what happened to your son if they knew Riley why didn’t help.
Stay strong Rileys family ❤
I hope they open the doors to get these mysteries solved . They found two other bodies while searching for him
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When I seen the video of Riley stumbling me and my best friend said right off the back he was drugged
Yet he then walked perfectly fine ??
@@nikkimclay5474 does not matter he was drugged
If only the tox said the same but it doesn't. @@jasonllano3118
Check the video of the one, five on scooters, they got off the scooter, walked toward Riley!!! Looks like they was carrying him!🚩🚩‼️‼️‼️
Parents, DO YOUR KIDS HAVE “FRIENDS”…What kinda “friends” are they…Are they TRUE FRIENDS? Your child may not need a lot of friends BUT we pray they have 1 TRUE FRIEND! BE AWARE OF WHO IS AROUND YOUR KIDS!
I believe they weren't his friends,
Do they think his drink was spiked? I drank a glass of wine once at a country club. A few minutes after, I was so out of it my 18 yr old daughter had to drive me. I was gone! It really scared me! I’d never had that happen before and was convinced my drink was spiked! Some people are just beyond evil and if they can prove they spiked his drink, they should be held accountable.
Sounds like brat brothers with no integrity.
I’m glad they are continuing to speak out and I hope they do until they get answers. Shame on the fraternity for their lack of concern.
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Why all these country stars promote drinking! They all own bars! Sad
I am so sorry to the parents and God Bless you all. RIP Riley.... I feel something is definitely off in Nashville, and I felt that from the minute I saw this on the news and watched all of this from day 1. I always felt something was also wrong with the Frat brothers from the beginning. How could they all not be kicked out of the bar, but Riley was and they know something. How could all those guys not be as messed up as Riley was? They all were drinking at all the bars and were out until 3am! Crazy! It's so sad!!! I am so sorry..... I don't know..... and why was Riley running at that one point and the fall he had in to that pole also had to have hurt him pretty bad.
Riley looks like he'd be a light weight, as they say. I am too. That means it takes very few drinks to get us drunk. Put that same person with others who are heavy drinkers...Riley probably had WAY over his limit that he could reasonably handle. It's easy to do as a light weight...trust me. My sympathies to his family.
Praying this family gets answers and finds peace💚
Boy Toby Keith would have been out their searching if it was his bar or restaurant some sad people it Nashville unfortunately
Blame anything except the alcohol. People do incredibly stupid things when they are drunk. Maybe they should have taught him that growing up.
May I ask why there is no report on his fraternity brothers since the beginning of this case? Even News Nation has nothing on it.
Because the national fraternity has told them to shut up or be out and on your own!
Fraternity brothers shamless
The boys did something bad to Riley... I am just so wracking my brain over this from the beginning. Why would Riley be running away from the bar? Running? It doesn't make sense! None of it does.
I’m praying for Riley’s parents. It’s so sad how this turned out. This family deserves answers!
I am with the parents I hope they sue that 911 person . First of all when he was walking he looked like he was not doing good maybe some one spiked his drink. I say. It happened at the bar the police need to keep investigating .
Hope I'm on that jury then...lol Cause they wouldn't get anything. LoL The operator was probably trying to calm the caller with other possibilities where their friend may have been. And to help them stay hopeful of finding him. But it's not like the frat boys really cared, they waited what was it, 14 to 16 hours to even report him missing!!!
I agree with you. Riley really COULD have met or been with a bunch of guys or even a girl staying at a nearby hotel...he could have been anywhere that night as far as the kids knew. Only when they knew he had to show up the next morning and he didn't was when the red flags went up. My condolences and sympathies to his parents. It's awful losing a child, especially an only child...but accidents happen, unfortunately.
We HAVE GOT TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS!!!💔💔🙏🙏 This is NOT ACCEPTABLE for our country🇺🇸 or from Nashville, TN!!!💔💔💙🙏🇺🇸 I was born in Nashville, and lived there again a few years ago.❤ I moved back home to Alabama, 20 years ago, and I was slipped G.H.B., and almost died.💔🙏 The police, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, and the F.B.I. owe it to us to do their due diligence diligence to protect all of us!!!💕🙏🇺🇸 This isn't right!!! We deserve to know what's going on for all of our well-being and OUR CHILDREN!!!🙏🙏❤💙 Thank you, News Nation, all of of the people, and law enforcement that are determined to keep the truth out there!!!!!🇺🇸😪💔🙏❤💙❤
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The fraternity boys need to be questioned, very suspicious.
So proud of Riley mom dad step dad and step mom fighting for Riley he deserves justice 😢
I thought drink was spiked. Rum and coke should never taste like barbecue.
I drink rum and coke exclusively when I have alcoholic drinks. It DOES have a yucky taste when the container runs out that holds the "Coke" (or Pepsi) and needs to be changed for the "gun" (the thing that dispenses the different liquids, not including the Rum, which comes from an actual bottle). I wish Riley had described to his mom the color of his drink also...if it needs to be changed, it'll also be a much lighter, watered down color than regular Coke. In these big, very packed bars, they sell a lot of drinks and are forever changing the containers of beverages as they run out...I can imagine. My sympathies to his parents...I am sure it's devastating to lose a child, especially an only child. Sadly, I can understand why they waited until the next morning until they called police, especially a bunch of kids. You call the police only as a last resort...they didn't know where Riley was. He honestly could have met some guy friends and were with them that night, or met a girl and was with her...for all they knew. In a big group, one bunch of people thinks one of the other bunches has him.
Only when they knew he had to show up at the hotel the next morning was when something was considered seriously wrong. I'm wondering if there were any "adult" (like over the age of 30 at least) chaperones on the trip??? The police would have been called and the problem of finding Riley addressed a lot sooner. Maybe they need to have these chaperones on all trips from now on. The true crime UA-cam investigator, Gray Hughes, had a similar experience with these fraternities when he and his brother were members and his brother OD'd on cocaine...he said they were only friends while they were partying...otherwise they could care less about each other. At least that's what he said...they aren't real friends like you'd have one on one. My condolences and sympathies again to Riley's family. I don't know if he was roofied...but you can get that same yucky taste, like BBQ, when the bar needs to change that large Coke container attached to the "gun" the bartender uses. As an exclusively Rum and Coke drinker (or Rum and Diet), yeah...I have encountered that sometimes. I'm sorry Riley's parents felt they were treated so badly or enough wasn't done. My heart breaks for them, but everything points to it being just a terrible accident.
People are overthinking this. It’s possible that it was a rum and coke cocktail with liquid smoke in it or a spiced rum. Roofies can’t be tasted.
The boys didn’t report him missing to police because they didn’t care! People today don’t care about other people! It’s sad!
Yep sounds like frat “brothers”. If people only really paid attention to how many frats and sororities treated each other. No need for enemies many times with friends like that!
Keep fighting cause Riley deserves justice and so does your family! Prayers to you all. This breaks my Momma heart!
Tox report? Or just super drunk accident? He went to FOUR bars drinking at each. Vids from the bars??? Youd think they woulda checked those first.
Something just doesn't seem right when everybody was searching for Riley it never came out that there was other bars involved we knew he had been drinking but now to hear that there's four of the bars he was at.
@@denischabriddell986 local news from day one reported how they were bar hopping. Plus that's pretty much the only thing you can do in Nashville now a days.
And he probably drank in the hotel room with the others before heading out to the 4 bars too.
Can I hug his mom.. she is so so hurt
Atleast 2 police cars in the area wheres their cameras on cars
Never give up Family.. You and Riley deserve to know. May God Bless You all.❤🙏❤
They can hire a private detective like Sebastian Rogers father.
Hopefully the autopsy results will tell if his drink was drugged.
if a person knows something and chooses to not say something, its 100% your right to do so. But, if a person helped cause this to this person (because of multiple reasons) , then that "Life Taker" is still out there going to do this or worse again. The decision will be made our judicial system. This family will have justice
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Praying for Riley's family and friends. Praying they get answers and change. My heart hurts for the parents.
A reading from The Reckoning Co on UA-cam said that the frat brothers did this to humiliate him. The reading was done 2 days before Riley was found. It also included that he was trapped under something which we found out 2 days later to be correct.
I can't imagine not going with someone that was supposedly so intoxicated that they were asked to leave, you always stick together and then for his fraternity Brothers to not talk to his parents. Something's not right 🥺
WHAT FRATERNITY WAS THIS??
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