Riley Strain's family says belt should have secured pants | Vargas Reports
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- Опубліковано 31 бер 2024
- Riley Strain's family is questioning why the belt they know he was wearing didn't secure his pants the night of his disappearance, as they continue to search for answers. Family friend Chris Dingman discussed the mystery surrounding Strain's disappearance and death with NewsNation's Elizabeth Vargas.
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Too many red flags to not be foul play
Thats what I think
He was pantless because he was peeing when he went into the river. There's no foul play here.
@@malcriadamedina5358 and no water in his lungs?
@malcriadamedina5358 Guys don't take their pants off when they're peeing you know, only gals do that. There's no reason this guy's pant's is off.
@@stephanielake71 there was water in his lungs.. it was just a tiny amount, doctors have said repeatedly you only need a teaspoon of water in your lungs to drown.
I believe this young man was thrown in this river after robbed. My opinion. 🙏 fir justice.
I think the same
Yes me too
Robbed and killed, then thrown In the river. I still believe that the homeless man had that shirt on and since it was drawing a lot of attention..I think he knew where the body was and put it back on him. He probably has or had the boots, pants, , belt and wallet.
Most likely an illegal immigrant. And they don’t want that to come out.
Funny how the reports of someone wearing his shirt and someone else finding the bank card are no longer part of the story?
Agree. That's what I think too! 😢
This case could so easily have been avoided-and Riley could have been any one of our children. I pray for this family, that they get answers and that this boy can Rest In Peace 🕊️💔
Amen Amen 🙏
Smiley face case look it up !
Parents know their kids, police should pay attention
No they don't lol
who knows what their kids do on spring break, unless they see her on girls gone wild video?
parents aren't forensic experts
Police know crime
His "sorority" friends knew him too; and what they did leading up to the disappearance. Why aren't any of his travel "friends" speaking up?🍿🤔
I’m from Nashville and yes we need answers. This has never made sense.
Im ashamed of my hometown Nashville PD closing the case and making these poor people go it alone
You are exactly right. They couldn't wait to make this go away.
That's because the Nashville LE in connection with someone else are tangled in this case. Corruption is everywhere on all levels. I'm sure there are institution(s) and people of affluence wanting a lid on this case bc it quickly became a high profile case.
They don't wanna scare of tourists/future victims
Good reason NOT to go to Nashville.
I felt the same way 25 years ago on a more high profile case, it's a corrupt town run my the moguls on Broadway.
Follow those clothes. Someone took everything including his life.
I'm convinced that he got rolled by some of the homeless. Then they stole things they thought they could use. Then rolled again into the river. Now whether he was d.ead or not when he first ended up in the river, I don't know.
I think he got sold to either a wealthy sex trafficker or elite group of satanic ritualistic people. Maybe he pissed off a homeless person who sold him. Someone may have drugged him.
This was not done just by homeless people. There is too strong of an online presence attempting to cover this up.
@@astridgalactic9336 was it immigrants? The guy was drunk and fell in the river.
@@glenmcdonald3548
Not likely immigrants. There was no water in his lungs. Dry drowning? That's very rare.
@@astridgalactic9336 Your theory definitely has a possibility of being true.... he could've still drowned even though there was no water in his lungs... but, dry drowning is very rare, especially in adults! I'm not sure how the alcohol BAC, would figure into this equation or a head injury from one of his falls, but something is NOT right with this case!!!
My goodness! What is wrong with Metro Nashville PD??! They were ineffectual during the investigation, and then they prematurely closed the case. Riley, his family, and all who knew and cared about that young man deserve better! What a shame.
Just like my friend found dead in Nashville 3 years ago and they still haven't found out who done it justice for Nina pemerton love u Nina .Nashville PD is not shit ..
It's a cover up....the city of Nashville doesn't want their tourism industry tarnished.......well it already has and worse by this cover up! Never go to Nashville, its so corrupt...the city and police!!!
Corruption or ineptitude-I had no idea that parts of Nashville were so shady-they really hide it well-we visited Vanderbilt when my daughter got in, glad she went elsewhere..Rest In Peace 💔
And especially suspicious!
You for real I missed that. They need to open it right back up. That's crazy. Oh my goodness. Nah that's wrong.
Seeing him in the videos barely walking... SHAME on any buddy of his he was with that night !
I am now 60.
There has been a complete change in society since I was in my early 20’s and grew up outside a very LARGE U.S. city where we would go to drink, entertain ourselves. Many many times to excess.
If one of our friends, guy or girl got wasted drunk we would NEVER EVER leave them. No matter how drunkenly stupid, violent, obnoxious, disgusting, rude, defecating, urinating, vomiting mess they’d become we would do anything necessary short of great bodily harm to get them to a safe place to sleep it off whether that was with us, to their significant others, or in some cases taking them to their parents home, dumping them in the front yard and ringing the doorbell. One time we even called the police for help.
As a police officer in that same large U.S. city for 28 years, time and time again we would come across a younger drunken adult in awful situations (dangerous situations, who died from falls, drowned, raped, beaten to death, you name it…) whose “friends”had seen simply left them, some got fed up, some just didnt think there would be any problem and some I’m sure just didn’t give a f-ck.
I don’t know what caused this giant shift but it’s disgusting and it is sad. Call me a boomer aholé or whatever you like I could care less but its factual and the truth.
smiley face case
These camera clips are heartbreaking 💔
so sad :(
Nashville is happy to close this case to protect the tourist business.
LOL really? It was "business as usual" at the Broadway establishments during the 2 weeks this was playing out, has been since & will be going forward. Nashville's "tourist business" in recent years has survived major flooding, tornadoes, rioting (arson/looting) by Antifa & blm & a devastating Christmas terrorist bombing; there's nothing to protect!
To protect the police
@@kimberlymorgan6604 and city officials who mamage the police. " The fish stinks from the head down"
I got hit by a car and i didnt lose my shoes. He was robbed and murdered and made it look like a drowning, which it wasn't.. not buying the dry drowning scenario.
"Dr. Michael Graham has examined dozens of bodies pulled from the Mississippi River throughout the 40 years he spent as St. Louis' Medical Examiner.
The recently retired pathologist said the absence of water in the lungs of a body that has decomposed for that long is not unusual. A victim could still drown and be found without water in their lungs."
"Many of the bodies pulled from rivers and other bodies of water are also found nude are partially nude, Graham said. Clothes and shoes can be pulled off by currents, get snagged by something in the water or possibly be weighed down by getting filled with sand."
@@mollyram2997Quit spamming this everywhere. Is the city of Nashville paying you??
@@hockey321smash Nope, happens here in AZ too but keep wearing your tinfoil hat!!! The media has you in their palm.
@@mollyram2997it has you too if you take one thing and run with it without thinking outside the box. 🙄
@@mollyram2997so you are unwilling to consider that med examiners are human and subject to flawed results? You may want to look that one up.
No pants, no belt, no boots=foul play
Or he pulled his pants down to piss and he fell in the river and the current pulled the pants and boots off???
@@Kelly-mi1yz Pulling his pants down to piss? You mean if he had to do a #2, that makes more sense.
@@naturistfredright but i pray they look deeper
@@naturistfred he may undo his belt to pee. Some do, some don't. I haven't been in the bathroom with him to personally know. Have you?
Not necessarily, the river has a lot of debris and currents , it is easy for anything to come off. There's a really good medical article you can read online ("Decomposition Changes in Bodies Recovered from Water by James L. Caruso), with actual photos of deceased bodies recovered from a river and one of them had an item of clothing warp into what looked like a blindfold tied on him when he was discovered, but it was actually part of what he was wearing. They even explain that clothing can be misleading when pulled from a river.
Keep pushing for info! DO NOT LET THIS GO!! Something happened to that poor kid and it was no accident!
ok;;;;;so if he had drugs in him....who did it????? Will the frat boys tell the truth????Probably not, as nothing to gain....Riley is dead. These are not the most moral kids in the first place, letting him go home alone and drunk.
The kid probably took drugs and got lost. People need to come to the realization that these kids are taking all kinds of stuff. They stop blaming others. He was a grown ass man.
So sorry this happened to that young man may he rest in peace and I'm praying for the family and friends
Amen
If answers are needed, I pray they come to light. Rest easy Riley.
pray? so basically you want nothing to happen because praying has never solved a murder. get real and use your common sense.
Amén praying also
Parents are right in suspecting more to this story than what the police are saying.
yes..and i hope they figure this out and find out who did this to him..makes me so upset..
"Dr. Michael Graham has examined dozens of bodies pulled from the Mississippi River throughout the 40 years he spent as St. Louis' Medical Examiner.
The recently retired pathologist said the absence of water in the lungs of a body that has decomposed for that long is not unusual. A victim could still drown and be found without water in their lungs."
"Many of the bodies pulled from rivers and other bodies of water are also found nude are partially nude, Graham said. Clothes and shoes can be pulled off by currents, get snagged by something in the water or possibly be weighed down by getting filled with sand."
Also sadly drunk college kids always fall into the closest body of water... happens EVERYWHERE just do a quick Google search. This is sensationalized for click and views. RIP Riley.. and let's get our drinking under control America.
@@mollyram2997Quit spamming this comment!!
@@hockey321smash The media sensationalized a drunk kid disappearing. IMMEDIATELY I asked"Is there a large body of water?"No one on the news even considered it. Wooowww low and behold, he was in the river. Biiig surpriseee. Now everyone is still clinging to him being murdered bc of the damn news coverage.. lol okie doke.
Nashville PD wants this to go away. Nashville is a tourist destination.
His friends from the fraternity should be ashamed of themselves for allowing him to be on his own in his condition. Nashville is not a safe place! Such a sad outcome. 🙏 for his family.
I'm ashamed of them!
No one forced him to get so drunk he wandered into a river
Freebird4603 shut up and watch your kids
@@Reggiezombie not nice👎👎👎
Exactly. This is despicable. Young women need to be able to rely on their friends to get them home safe
Police incompetence is beyond disturbing 😢
Yes indeed! Happens all over the country.😞
It's not incompetence when it's deliberate.
OMG, Shut up. The incompetent was Riley himself. He probably took a drug and it went wrong. Cops don't get paid enough to investigate as they have been defunded.
Justice for Riley! F the Nashville police!
Give me a break. The guy was a grown man who probably took a drug as most kids do and it went wrong. Nobody to blame but himself.
Tight fitting belt comes off in water, tight fitting pants come off in water and tight fitting western boots come off in water.....however, loose boxer shorts and loose dress shirt stay on and socks stay on too.
They make tight boxers, like regular under, but their boxers.
Exactly. Riley wore loose boxers, so they should have slipped off in the water. This case is very weird and suspicious 🤔
@@dextermoore278 how do you know his underwear?
Were they still tightening his belt for him? How would they know how their intoxicated son had fastened his belt during tht evening? Have any of u actually swam in a powerful river current? I doubt it tbh
I have never seen any report of him being found with boxers or socks on. Have only seen it passed around as truth when I am not sure it is true. Just like the homeless man wearing his shirt. That got passed around as truth until it was found on him. People want it to be murder so badly that they make stuff up. Why? Why is it so hard to believe he was so intoxicated that he fell in the river and drowned? It happens! Also, no one knows what shape his body was in after being in the water so long. Maybe his jeans and boots did not remain tight on him. I believe they are at the bottom of the river, with his wallet still in his Jean pocket.
the cop was there one block away for 45 minutes that's when the whole thing happen and why did they not show us the last video the family supposedly was shown to the family in private...
Homosexual acts probably
What does the cop have to do with it? 99.999999% of drunk staggering people leave bars in downtown areas of cities across this country and get home safely. The ones that fall down or pass out are found by the police or by citizens who get them in into an ambulance and they’re taking an emergency room released once they sober up. If any Nashville cop had found Riley strain passed out they would’ve simply called an ambulance for him. Its a routine job for cops in cities. In Chicago the police and dispatchers call them “downers”.
Riley was different because he somehow was able to walk past many people with without falling to the ground or simply laying down and passing out. Whether he vomited on himself, crapped or urinated his pants At some point, he took off his boots and pants, probably at the edge of the river and fell, slipped in and drowned.
The bored and confused people with zero common sense in these comments pinning this as some kind of conspiracy theory are truly ridiculous .
This whole scenario is suspicious!!! He seemed completely drunk or stoned and yet was totally lucid when speaking to that cop. That completely baffles me!!! Yet I haven’t heard anyone else mention that! My heart is broken for his family and friends.
Why is that baffling? You can be so drunk and "act" sober in front of a police officer. Drunk drivers do it all the time when they get pulled over.
Have you not done drugs? Or drink and still spoke sober it’s not that far-fetched. Did you go to college?
Absolutely 100% correct @@naturistfred
read my comment if u can..i was saying i feel like he was kinda not coprehending he could have asked the cop for help and was confused and thought maybe hed go to jail..if u look at the very first frame of riley coming into view as the cop turns to look at him his foot looks like hes trying to look normal and not stumble..imo..and i think he wasnt fully understanding everything and i also think the gps on his phone took him the wrong way if thats what was happening and i feel like someone drugged him and was following him cuz he looked back at one point..and it seemed like he was panicking and running from someone and theres a black car in just about every camera part..at one point or another just seems weired but i feel like someone hurt him and robbed him and he wasnt fully aware he could have asked the cop for help almost like so confused like oh shit i better straighten up..u no wut i mean...i no it sounds weired but im sure if he got drugged in one of the bars he wouldnt be able to comprehend it all..i feel so bad for him and his family it makes me so mad
Anyone would do that in front a of a cop lmao
I felt like this young man's disappearance was suspicious from the start and never felt that he had stumbled into the river and drowned. I definitely believe he could have possibly been abducted and then thrown into the river later, now that we know his belted pants, wallet and boots were not found on him and have not been recovered. Also, he had no water in his lungs so may have already been killed before he was put into the river. The police did a terrible job with this case. I hope the family obtains a lawyer and finds who did this to him.
Exactly 💯 💯 THE POLICE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO COVER UP THIS CASE SINCE DAY 1!!! THEY CARE MORE ABOUT PROTECTING LUKE BRYAN'S STUPID BAR.
Maybe the cops did the crime.
Riley was murdered.
He wasn't though.
No he wasnt
Stop spreading rumors, can you wait for the full toxicology reports to come in?
Yes he was murdered
Mabye....So many unanswered questions.
💔🙏 Chris, stay on them!!
I completely agree with his family! This whole thing STINKS 😢❤
I think what is key here too is that he probably Googled the Tempo Hilton, but another "Tempo" business popped up that is in the direction he headed. He looked frustrated when he whirled around after crossing the street, and if anything can go wrong in an unfamiliar place, it seems to go wrong.
Confusion if he was drugged...get it? He was not drunk...that was proven by his mother that talked to him shortly before he entered the bar. Drugged for sure...get it????
That poor boy and his family 😭💔
Take it to the highest level, appeal if you have to, and be sure to do a hair toxicology, follow up with a reward, and private investigate. Riley, representing many other Rileys out there with a similar case that was said to be accidental and not, deserves justice. Hold the law system accountable for its integrity and professionalism.
Hair wouldn't show anything that he just ingested. The hair needs time to grow out.
Definitely more questions than answers.. Law enforcement is being shady AS .. WHY? Something ain't right..
I totally agree upon the very beginning. Somethings up if you read some of Crystal medicine stuff yeah it’s about justice in about hiding things. There’s things that have been going on in those fires and dead bodies and they’re just kind of ignoring it and Luke Bryan should give them money Support and he said clean up those downtown bars.
-definetly ... !-
$👉Police salary is paid by tourism👉Reminds me of Hospitals covering up medical errors 😢
I think that foul play was involved in his death.
I definitely think foul play. Still praying for family. Hope they get direct answers. Something is just not adding up. Please keep on looking for answers. Love snd light yo family. They have to know. 🙏❣️😇🙏
How awful. His poor parents,I give them my condolences
This story just chills my heart. I don't believe he fell into the water and ... The homeless camp has irked me since day 1 and there have been headlines that he caused a "commotion" in the homeless camp. What on earth was the "commotion" IN the homeless camp? Not by or nearby but IN. He seemed more alert and aware when he walked past the cop. I suspect foul play. RIP Riley 🕊
The"Commotion" is probably everyone BLAMING the homeless for killing him? He was wasted & fell into the water. Happens everywhere all the time w drunk college kids.. no different than alll over the US. Do a Google search.
They probably cornered him, robbed him, took his clothes, except his shirt(not their style) and pushed him into the water. Homeless folks wont talk, they dont like the poilce.
Question is if he was drunk or on drugs why didn't the officer help him? Is that a norm in that area?
@@DNSMLT The officer was dealing with a break in to a truck & Riley kinda straightened up when he saw the officer so he was aware enough to realise he didn't want to get arrested for D&D conduct. How did the officer not hear anything though as he was in the area for 45 minutes? It's so bizarre.
@@phyllisloforti3015 I wonder how they kept everything quiet during the robbery? Perhaps there's generally some noise from the camp. The whole story just doesn't add up.
He was murdered!! But the "law enforcement community " in Nashville is one big "good old boys club ", they will never tell "outziders" the truth. They are only concerned with keeping the Country Music Stars looking good and drug bust. I find it VERY STRANGE that none of the Fraternity Brothers have been interviewed nor anyone at that bar!!
This is so sad, it’s heartbreaking 💔
In New Orleans if you’re walking towards the “wrong” area the cops tell u to turnaround!
Fould Play from day 1 😔 Prayers for his family
When my son was murdered, LE and the district attorney tried their hardest to rule it as a suicide. I had to request an autopsy and Dona lot if the investigating myself. LE wouldn’t even test the gun he was shot with fir fingerprints. They said it would cost over$500 to test every gun, and they didn’t want to “waste taxpayers money.”
Did this happen in Nashville?
Omg, how horrible. I'm so sorry for your loss.
Earnest prayers for peace and healing for you. 😢🙏🏻 It's so different from what you see on shows like 48 Hours, where they leave no stone unturned.
Disgraceful. So sorry for your loss.
Same. When my son was murdered, they refused to test for gunshot residue and interviews were done with all parties together and within earshot of what each said. They even demoted the detective (who did suspect murder) to night shift patrolman and then ruled it a suicide and closed the investigation. I got the autopsy from the ME, but it took 3 requests and a meeting with the new detective on the case to get the investigation records. I still don't know how my son could have shot himself in the head twice, both fatal shots with a long barrel pump action rifle, but hey, I'm not LE right!
Wondering why we haven't heard from Mizzou or his fraternity brothers. Why weren't they out searching for him too? Why did they wait so long to report him missing?
they probably thought it was a hush hush homosexual hookup.
when his frat bros came home I wonder why they didn't think it was weird he wasn't there. he left before they did and he was in an unfamiliar strange city
They were all drunk.
Didn’t they find the bank card? If, by some unimaginable sequence of events, the river did remove his pants, did it also take the bank card out and leave it in a completely different location?
Come on people, you should be better than this.
Yeah. Those Tik Tok girls found RILEY'S bank card but not his wallet. I think Riley was robbed and murdered.
There were hundreds of people searching. You don’t think it could’ve been kicked around if it had just fallen from one of his pockets?
Let's see what stays in ur pockets if u roll down a steep embankment
@@JulieL96 no.
If he didn't lose his underwear, how come losing pants and the cowboy boots, those are so hard to take off. Reminder, a similar case happened in Belgrade on the NYE 2022, a guy was found 5 months later miles away in the river, with all of his clothes on, and he had sneakers! Even his phone was still in his back pocket of his jeans. The rivers Dunav and Sava in Europe also have strong streams that caused the drowning in the first place. Poor Riley seems to have more on its way from cameras. There is no way if he fell into the water that jeans and cowboy boots would fall off, and if there was a belt as well.... no way!!!! That boy looks so sweet and innocent, and it was so tragic, if there's any chance that this was a foul play someone should be punished for it. I just feel that it's too soon to put Riley to rest with so many questions unanswered.
Definitely boxers would
Listen to Crystal medicine and yeah there’s something going on up there somewhere in the police department
@@arizonadreaming4183 Tight boxers wouldn't necessarily come off. They would be practically glued to the body especially when wet.
@@naturistfred but jeans, and cowboy boots??? Those would just get stuck if anything, not fall off like that. It takes effort to put them on and off... especially drunk
"Dr. Michael Graham has examined dozens of bodies pulled from the Mississippi River throughout the 40 years he spent as St. Louis' Medical Examiner.
The recently retired pathologist said the absence of water in the lungs of a body that has decomposed for that long is not unusual. A victim could still drown and be found without water in their lungs."
"Many of the bodies pulled from rivers and other bodies of water are also found nude are partially nude, Graham said. Clothes and shoes can be pulled off by currents, get snagged by something in the water or possibly be weighed down by getting filled with sand."
Sending Prayers to his Family and friends. Horrible that this happened I Truly Hope they Can find out the Truth about what happened to Riley 😢
Waiting for full toxicology report. I'd like to know if he had high levels of GHB in system? Many cases like this has shown some of the men had that.
I respect your critical thinking. You have done your homework.
His boots could not have been ripped off by the water! Somebody knows exactly what happen. Prayers to the family that they will find answers. Heartbreaking 💔
People lose clothes just jumping into pools.
Maybe so, but not cowboy boots!
It’s not uncommon at all. 2 weeks of decomp shoes boots pants whatever, can come off. They can
Right? Boots and jeans are so hard to take off!!!! It wouldn't just flow with the river and leave the boxers and the shirt only!
@carachantler2325 Nope. When a body is in the water for a long time, the body fills with gases and bloat. So it would be harder for his pants to slip off.
Listen I’m no investigator by any means, but I have been around water my whole life literally. And I will tell you if he was a swimmer like this gentleman claims he was as soon as he found himself in the water the first thing I would do is take my size 15 boots that are very heavy and I would also remove my pants, and in a panic I’m sure my belt would come off as well. So to say there is something suspicious is quite a stretch. Remember people love to make something out of nothing, there are things called unfortunate accidents and I think this is just one of those. Prayers to the Strain family it’s all very heart breaking 😢
I think that is what happened. Everyone needs to stop reaching
Nope. The entire case of Riley Strain was very suspicious from the very beginning. The Police said no foul play was involved, and they didn't even want to investigate why Riley was missing. They had absolutely no proof that FOUL PLAY WASN'T INVOLVED. THE Cops covered up this case.
There are far too many things that don't add up.
But how about no water in lungs, if he struggles and panic like you said there should be water in his lunges don’t you think?
@humbertosantiago9592 You’re talking about what you would do if you weren’t under the influence. Riley could barely walk . There’s no way he could pull his boots and pants off while so intoxicated and just happen to leave his underwear on while trying to tread water.
Don't trust fraternity brothers 😡🤬😱🫥😬🤮🤮👿😈
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For sure why did they not help him back to his room? So many unanswered questions
@@charleslankfordcovering for him while he experienced homosexuality
@millymurray9324 he was way too drunk he could barely walk he didn't know where he was going he was obviously trying to head back to the hotel and got lost. your comment is uneducated
@@millymurray9324 It’s sad that you have a problem of having no human feelings for someone who was in distress. I hope you get help because you need it bad.
There’s a guy running on a camera 1 min after Riley’s phone and watch shutdown. Talk to Gray Hughes Investigates.
Saw that video last night. Gray Hughes investigates did an excellent video.
Why didnt someone stop and try to help this kid get in a cab!!
Exactly what I said !! Sad the world we live in ☹️
Ppl dont help ppl anymore. They take out their phone and record for tiktok
People j7st dosent care any more so sad
Likely because passersby were unknowing of his condition, and he didn't appear to be in distress.
How would ppl kno he is harmless? They dont know him, he is just some intoxicated stranger on foot in the darkness. if society wasn't desensitized by stranger violence frequency they might b more likely to help imo
I was in Nashville the week this happened. I could not believe how many young people were so drunk and wasted and walking the streets. Some of the young women we saw practically had their purses opened with money falling out and falling down drunk. Why would the people at the bar allow this young man to walk out all by himself out onto the streets? He was an easy mark for someone to take advantage of him, just like the young women we witnessed on the streets. I am surprised there are not similar stories like this. I think the Police are covering up something because it would affect the tourism in the area and therefore would take a hit to the economy in the area.
Can they get any evidence from his Apple watch?
Yes exactly, I thought those watches detect falls and possibly other abnormalities.
I felt from the start it was no accident because the homeless guy said that there was a scuffle and he said that a couple of people probably guys said no. He's okay. He's just drunk
And honestly I thought maybe he was sex trafficked but now it looks like they sexually assaulted him and then threw him in the water
God will punish those people 🙏
No trauma to his body!! No assault!!
I definitely think something bad happened to Riley at the HOMELESS camp. Those people are dangerous and creepy 😳 😬
"Dr. Michael Graham has examined dozens of bodies pulled from the Mississippi River throughout the 40 years he spent as St. Louis' Medical Examiner.
The recently retired pathologist said the absence of water in the lungs of a body that has decomposed for that long is not unusual. A victim could still drown and be found without water in their lungs."
"Many of the bodies pulled from rivers and other bodies of water are also found nude are partially nude, Graham said. Clothes and shoes can be pulled off by currents, get snagged by something in the water or possibly be weighed down by getting filled with sand." He was DRUNK, they fall in. Happens everywhere all of the time, look it up on Google.
The scuffle has baffled me!! Homeless guy tells the story of the scuffle, debit card was found in same area, he disappears in same area. I think he was kidnapped. A week later, with all the news & searching blowing up.. they dumped him in the river. (Where everyone believed he would probably be.) And He was.. so case closed. (NOT) Prayers for justice.
why was he running, why was he sober in the video of the cop talking to him,,,, something not right,, i certainly think it was foul play
He wasn’t sober he kept falling over every now and then.
He probably played sober in front of the cop.
@@Mrs.Milkins23 thats ur opinion, mine is different,,,,i believe he sobered up somewhere before that vid,,,then met with foul play
I don't understand how Riley could run if he was so drunk and fell down. Drunk people can't run. These Videos don't make any sense.
@@dextermoore278 100 % agreed
@@dextermoore278 i think some vids were on a separate night,,,after all they didn't go there for 1 night
You can see by the video that Riley was extremely intoxicated. He was either drunk or someone spiked his drink. After that sadly, anything could have happened. My heart goes out to his parents. No one should have to lose their child. Not to know what really happened to their son must be pure torture. 😭❤️
I think the homeless people did something to Riley.
Kudos to Chris and Newsnation for keeping this story in the public eyes. I hope they find answers. Does someone need to be charged for murder? The answers could help prevent other tourists from being targeted. There would be closure for the family if the unanswered questions could be answered and the mystery solved. There is a coverup here and my question is why? Again, my condolences to Chris and the family.
It was surely not an accident. First of all, his friends sent him on a wild goose chase while he was dangerously intoxicated on purpose because they thought it would be a funny prank. All of their phones should be confiscated to find out exactly how much involvement they had in misdirecting him away from the hotel over the phone, and also exactly when/ how they lost contact with him. I bet they knew they’d lost contact with him the night before, but waited until the next day to concern themselves with it. That information could help determine the exact location of a crime scene- and there is one. At some point he met with bad actors, and those people need to be caught before this happens to someone else.
I agree and I find it VERY STRANGE that not one Fraternity Brothers have been interviewed nor the owner of that bar
I think you're jumping to a lot of conclusions
You're kidding right? Do you know exactly how many WASTED college kids fall in & drown into the nearest body of water? Jesus Christ.. these comments. Use Google the sheer amount of deaths will knock your socks off. America has a drinking problem.
I don't think the police are still investigating this. Why are they going to news still? They need a private investigator.
It costs a lot of money to investigate .
Plus a psychic medium
Maybe they can’t afford one.
Again he probably stopped to urinate and fell in the water...he was drunk..he probably tried to pee into the river..I hear so many men's club bathroom stories where some have their pants at their ankles peeing cuz they are so drunk.. his debit card probably wasn't put away securely in his wallet bc of being drunk and is probably why it fell out his pants. The current and undertow are stronger than people think. I want his family to come to peace with this just being an accident.
Wow!! MNPD still hasn’t released the initial autopsy report to the family????
Red flags everywhere
Why are the family continuing to say that there must of been foul play involved because of his belt. Currents can be very strong, also he could have undid his belt and pants to take a pee then fell into the river. We don’t know for sure. I do hope the family can find peace. Rip Riley 🙏🏼🕊️
I have never in my life seen a guy undo his belt to pee while under the influence outside in public!
I’m sure after your body decays for two weeks you would lose some weight around the mid section. The jeans slipped off in the current. Belt or no belt.
Family just wants to sue someone
*If he undid his belt to relieve himself and got lightheaded and fell in... then it would make sense that his pants and boots came off in the water.
*What is up with Tennessee?*
What happened to Riley Strain?
Where is Sebastian Rogers?
Where is Summer Wells?
I know someone that decided to start monitoring the Cumberland with cameras since police won’t, thank god for trail cams
His friends should have never of left him alone. Buddy system at least leave with him and go back to the bar.
I'm sorry but Riley was murdered I'm glad his mom n dad are getting a second opinion because something isn't adding up
Something isn't being told.
I agree with you Mark
I think the Nashville Police have been covering up RILEY'S murder from the beginning. The Police kept saying that no foul play was involved when Riley went missing. How would they know that??? THEY had no idea what happened to Riley or where he even was!!! Cops are SHADY AF.
I hope his parents continue the investigation.
"Dr. Michael Graham has examined dozens of bodies pulled from the Mississippi River throughout the 40 years he spent as St. Louis' Medical Examiner.
The recently retired pathologist said the absence of water in the lungs of a body that has decomposed for that long is not unusual. A victim could still drown and be found without water in their lungs."
"Many of the bodies pulled from rivers and other bodies of water are also found nude are partially nude, Graham said. Clothes and shoes can be pulled off by currents, get snagged by something in the water or possibly be weighed down by getting filled with sand."
His cowboy boots would of kept his pants from completely coming off. The police just don't want to do their job. If it wasn't for the volunteers in the community the police would of just shrugged it off. Rest in peace Riley
The (very heavy; water-logged) boots would have come off SUPER easy when his skin started slipping.
People forget... he was in there for 2 weeks!
Nashville has crime problems and there hiding it
@@Shadow_Lurker968You’re wrong. The body bloats after being in the water for so long. There’s no way his boots would “slip” off.
Me parte el corazón, ver a Riley, así tan vulnerable, y que nadie lo ayudara.Qué sólo puede estar hoy en día un joven, aunque lo tenga todo.
Nadie lo ayudó, este es un caso de dolorosa indiferencia.
Comenzando por los
" compañeros" de fraternidad, ¿por qué o dejaron sólo, en ese estado?No tienen ❤.
Y el policia, por qué no indagó más y lo sacó de allí? De esa sonacque a leguas se ve peligrosa.La Sra que habló con él, tampoco tomó cartas en el asunto.
Pobre chico y pobres padres.
Mucha cánara, muchas imágenes y cero Humanidad y Compasión.Eso es lo que yo siento cuando lo veo . Y pienso que es lo que ha hecho que la opnion pública haya reaaccionado así al ver una muerte que no debió ocurrer.
Desacansa en Paz, R.I.P. Riley Strain que Dios te cuide en el Cielo.Bendicione para ti dulc joven estudiante americano, y para tu Familia, que se ven que son buenas y decentes personas.Amén☮️🕯️🤗☮️😇
So, family knows Riley Strain was wearing a belt! New confirmation.
A belt that can be loosened under water for an entire 2 weeks, this isn't anything groundbreaking.
@@naturistfredThen why did Riley still have on his shirt and boxers on? Why didn't his loose boxers slip off??? 🤔
How can the family know he had a belt on? They can assume, but they don’t know. They were not there. I hope they will be able to accept this as an accident unless some concrete evidence of foul play comes out and grieve and heal. None of this will bring their son back and is only adding to their agony.
@@cindygalbraith6180 RILEY'S friends would know if he was wearing a belt that night. Maybe they asked them.
@@cindygalbraith6180
Why would you be so concerned about not closing this case? You and your friend Molly.
If you look at the video where he fell down, when he got up he had to pull his pants up. His pants almost fell down when he walking so the belt couldn't have been too tight.
Something isn’t right and we all know it I hate that they’re tryna cover it up
And his jeans were also over his boots!!
Why did none of his friends go outside with him?
Friends?😢
Not if he was urinating
Police really needs to start putting themselves in parents' shoes & situation!! If Riley was their son missing & then was found 15 days later they would asking questions as well. Cmon now guys! Do better! You didn't serve nor protect Riley while he was out visiting ur city/state!!! PERIOD!! Nashville you failed him! Face the FACTS! There's foul play
Probably undid his belt to piss in the river and lost his balance
My thoughts exactly.
What if he undid his belt and pants to take a wee in the river, lost his balance and fell in.?.🤔
Do you remove your boots when you pee?
@@just_ben1951 I don't and I fully understand what you mean. There is a chance he kicked the boots off trying to swim or the rough parts of the river got the boots off. But there is just as much chance that foul play did all this. I just really hope it wasn't a person that did this to him, that's such a horrible thing and it means that dangerous person is still walking the streets...
RIP. Riley Strains
not necessarily, if he was in the cumberland River, which i’ve been on his pants could have easily slid off, people do not understand the power of water.
Then why not his underwear?
I really don’t think the size of a shoe makes it harder to take off… if it’s your actual size it’s the same no matter your size. There is soo many things in a river that a belt and pants could get stuck on. Trash logs est.. this is a sad situation but unexplainable things do happen.
There is definitely answers that need to be found. Hope they find the answers. Try private detective. Don't give up. Something is off. God bless you all.
I don’t believe this was foul play. If I read correctly Riley was 6’7” . That would be an awfully large body to throw in the river. Probably be the last person someone would choose to rob as well. He may have loosened his belt or pants while taking a piss or shit in the woods, and then fell down the cliff. He may have also taken the Boots and pants off in the water while he was struggling to save himself. I’m actually suprised how many of you think this is foul play . Are any of you aware this dude was almost 7 ft tall ?
I agree!
Are we forgetting he was completely inebriated? We all do uncharacteristic things , maybe he took it off? Who knows? Unfortunately I don’t think his family will ever have answers on what exactly occurred.
Just tragic losing a loved one in such an abrupt and unexpected strange way.
He also could have had a brain injury from when he fell in the parking lot.
I agree a concussion for sure, why autopsy doesn't address that!!!!!
Because there was no such injury.@@monicalm2283
Foul play ... Nashville PD shameful !
Such a sad situation
This kid made some bad decisions that night. So did his friends.
he did
If Riley unbelted to relieve himself and fell before he could belt his pants again, this could better explain things? The pants might have dragged the boots off? That said, I do hope for clarity and answers. RIP Riley.
When you have to tale a leak, the belt is usually undone.
I do know that from the situation I was in,I was swimming for a boat that broke free in a swift current, my pants and boots were dragging me down,I slipped out of my shoes and my pants,I thought I was gonna drown,I was able to get to boat and get it back to the bank,but I was so wore out I went home to rest
I completely agree that belts should secure pants, and furthermore, any belts that fail to do so should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
Good one, blame it on the belt. Everything is to be blamed apart from the fool who got drunk.
Nashville don’t care something shady wonder if he was sacrifice?praying for his soul and perseverance of his family to seek Justice
It is always what I wrote ..
THE BELT...
parents never want to accept accidental deaths. understandable. but everyone needs to trust the experts and stop thinking that there's a grand conspiracy afoot. it isn't helpful. and it stifles the ability of the family to accept and grieve.
Great job on video
Shame on Riley's fraternity brothers; how could you all let a brother go home solo intoxicated? So much for brotherhood.
Was he the "sacrifice"? RIP Riley. You're in a better place now. ❤🙏
We were in Nashville that same week taking the kids for spring break it was wild I never go there again a lot of people were drunk on the party buses
A couple weeks ago he said the family didn't know if he was wearing a belt. I didn't hear how they learned that he Was wearing a belt?
Peace to the family💙 May they find answers💙
Typical cops. No foul play, no bad guy to catch. One less cold case file. Do you think they’d be saying “no foul play” if Riley was a cop’s kid?
ITs the unsolved smiley face case
FOUL PLAY TOOK PLACE! That is so obvious. He was robbed. He did not get in the water on his own.
He was very drunk. What do you have to do frequently when you are drinking? If he got to the river and had to go and lost his footing on the steep, dirt riverbank, that would explain the belt not being secure. Boots filling with water would pull you under immediately. He could have been struggling to remove Boots and pants to swim could also be a logical explanation. People are quick to point to foul play and conspiracy theories when in reality it may not be.