Tennesee police explained Tuesday why they did not discover a bank card belonging to a Missouri man who vanished earlier this month.
Reports indicated that two women who regularly post to TikTok, a social media app, found Riley Strain’s bank card on an embankment on the Cumberland River this weekend. Facing backlash, Metro Nashville police said they did not locate the bank card as they prioritized locating Riley, 22, and not his items, according to The Blast.
Police went on to explain that a “refined search” would entail looking for Strain’s items, but right now they are looking for Strain alive or his body.
Meanwhile, Strain’s family announced Tuesday that the Cajun Navy will help search the Cumberland River this week. They also plan to conduct ground searches for Strain, according to WTVF.
Reports indicated that Strain was kicked out of Luke Bryan’s bar in Nashville because staff believed he had too much to drink. The Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission is investigating whether the bar overserved him the night of his March 8 disappearance. However, the bar said they only served Strain one drink.
Strain’s friends reportedly closed their tab at the bar and left only to realize Strain was missing.
A follow-up 911 call suggests that the initial call to 911 was placed on Saturday afternoon, 16 hours after Strain was last seen. At some point, Strain’s friends tried to report him missing at a police precinct and to Davidson County police.
Strain, a University of Missouri student, was in Nashville for a fraternity conference at the time of his disappearance. His family claimed they last tracked his phone to a location less than a mile from the bar he was ousted from. Strain’s location was unavailable on Snapchat and his phone eventually went straight to voicemail.
Strain was described as being 6 feet, 5 inches tall, weighing 160 pounds, and having blue eyes and blonde hair. He was last seen wearing a brown button-up shirt with a black chest pocket, blue jeans, brown boots, and a black Apple watch.
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[Feature Photo: Nashville Metro Police Department]
