Body of Riley Strain found in Cumberland River Police sey

Body of Riley Strain found in Cumberland River Police sey

The two-week search for missing University of Missouri student Riley Strain is over after authorities pulled the 22-year-old’s body from the Cumberland River on Friday morning.

Strain’s body, found eight miles down river from where he was last seen, still had on the shirt he was wearing when he went missing on March 8 after getting kicked out of Luke’s 32 Bridge in Downtown Nashville, according to Metro Nashville Police Department Chief John Drake. Authorities do not suspect foul play in his disappearance nor his death, Drake said just hours after the 22-year-old was found dead.

“They noticed what appeared to be Riley Strain pop up,” Drake said, adding the Nashville Fire Department responded and pulled the body from the river. “The medical examiner’s office reviewed the body and we’ve confirmed that it is Riley Strain.”

Strain’s body was found after two weeks of extensive search by air, boat and on foot that included the Metro Nashville Police Department, Nashville Fire Department, Nashville’s Office of Emergency Management, Cheatham County Sheriff’s Office, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, United Cajun Navy and countless volunteers.

Strain’s body being found was first reported to authorities by barge operators near the river. Drake said workers were working to remove an object from the river when they spotted the body.