A Missouri man who vanished in Tennesee this month reportedly sent an unclear text before his disappearance.
On Monday, family friend Chris Dingman told NewsNation that Riley Strain, 22, last texted a girl he recently started seeing. The girl reportedly asked Strain if he was having fun — to which Strain allegedly responded, “Good lops.”
“She said she even had to Google it. She didn’t understand what that slang was,” Dingman stated, claiming that Strain sent that message 10 minutes before going missing.
However, Strain’s mother claimed she was unsure who her son last corresponded with before vanishing on March 8.
No evidence of foul play has surfaced as work continues to locate Riley Strain. On Sunday evening, Riley’s parents met with some of the detective team and received a full briefing on the work being done. They were also shown available video.
— Metro Nashville PD (@MNPDNashville) March 18, 2024
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 find no sign of Strain.
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.
This past weekend, his bank card was reportedly discovered his bank card on an embankment at the Cumberland River. However, Strain remains unaccounted for.
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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