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A body has been found during the search for missing Missouri college student Riley Strain.
It is not confirmed if the body is that of Strain, who was last seen on March 8 after being kicked out of Luke’s 32 Bridge Food + Drink in Nashville.
The Delta Chi fraternity member was in Tennessee traveling for their annual spring ceremony when he was kicked out of the bar just after 9:30 p.m.
Earlier this week his bank card was found near the Cumberland River and rescue teams were also seen searching a dam miles from where he was last spotted.
Strain had told his friends he would meet them at their hotel.but he was nowhere to be found when the group returned from their evening.
The Delta Chi fraternity member was in Tennessee traveling for their annual spring ceremony when he was kicked out of the bar just after 9:30 p.m.
His friends tried to contact him, but received no response and reported Strain missing as they were unable to locate him via his Snapchat location.
Surveillance footage collected by police from the Downtown Smoke & Vape Shop on Church Street showed Strain near the intersection of 2nd Avenue and Church Street.
The apparently drunk student was wearing a two-tone black and brown shirt and blue jeans and fell, then quickly got up and continued down the street.
Another camera caught him near the intersection of Gay Street and 1st Avenue North just before 10 p.m., taking long steps with his head down as he stumbled through the streets.
The student reportedly FaceTimed his mother Michelle Whiteid that evening, and she said nothing seemed out of the ordinary.
His mother and stepfather Chris Whiteid have been in the city since the search began, with Chris telling reporters earlier this week that the family had started preparing for the worst.
Whiteid said: “Put yourself in our shoes. Everybody knows it. Everyone thinks so. These conversations are starting to happen. This is not what we want.
“And I understand that people want to know how we feel. We feel frustrated, hurt, depressed. No one knows what happened to Riley.
Michelle Strain Whiteid, left, and her husband, Chris Whiteid, speak to the media at a press conference earlier this week.
Strain, 22, was last seen March 8 at Luke’s 32 Bridge Food + Drink on Broadway, according to Nashville Metropolitan Police.
Surveillance footage released by Nashville police shows him staggering and appearing confused as he crossed a closed road near the water.
Her parents previously said cops bungled the investigation into her disappearance because more clues appeared to come from the public than from police.
Parents’ criticism of cops comes after TikTokers found a crucial piece of evidence that investigators failed to uncover more than a week after Strain disappeared.
Anna Clemdening and Brandy Baenen were rummaging through trash along the river when they found Strain’s bank card.
“My stomach dropped,” Clendening said, describing the moment she flipped the card over to reveal Strain’s name. “My innate reaction was to say, ‘Let’s keep looking. »
Officers have since defended their search efforts. “When we start a missing person investigation, we are looking for a person. We’re not looking for small pieces of evidence,” the sergeant said. » declared Robert Nielsen during a press conference.
“Could we be missing something?” Of course. But our main goal is to find Mr. Strain and bring him home safely.
Police previously shared footage on X showing Strain walking along the sidewalk in front of a police officer, who appeared to be inspecting a car with a broken window.