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Riley Strain was reported missing on Saturday, March 9th, following an incident where he was kicked out of Luke Bryan’s bar, Luke’s 32 Bridge, the previous night. Despite indicating he would return to the hotel, he never made it there, and there has been no contact with him since.
Surveillance footage from Downtown Smoke & Vape Shop on Church Street captured Strain stumbling and falling in a parking lot at 3rd Avenue and Church Street around 9:45 p.m. Shortly after, at 9:47 p.m., he was seen crossing 1st Avenue North to Gay Street.
Strain’s last phone ping was recorded near James Robertson Parkway and Gay Street between 9:55 p.m. and 10 p.m. Detectives noted that Strain’s final phone conversation with one of his friends also occurred during that same time frame.
However, the ping covered about a two-mile radius and did not provide a direction of travel or further details about Strain’s whereabouts.
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“Riley did not appear distressed,” the department revealed.
“We appreciate more than you’ll ever know the outpouring that we’ve received from the community, from the press, and everyone else involved,” Strain’s stepfather, Chris Whiteid, said. “Our goal is still to bring Riley home. We feel that is still a very pliable goal.”
The Cheatham County Sheriff’s Office arrived at the dam around noon and initiated a “basic shutdown” at the facility where the Cumberland River converges with Cheatham Lake.
Debris surfacing from beneath the dam provided crews with an opportunity to comb through it for any potentially relevant items associated with Strain.
Unfortunately, the search for Strain at the Cheatham Dam concluded for the day without any findings, as reported by the Cheatham County Sheriff’s Office.
Crews had been intermittently closing and opening the dam gates during the search efforts. The CCSO informed WSMV4 that the search had concluded Wednesday afternoon, with no plans for further searches in the area at this time.
Despite the focused efforts around the dam, nothing connected to Riley was discovered.
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