Body Of College Student Who Disappeared On Frat Trip Is Found In River

Authorities in Tennessee announced Friday that the body of a missing University of Missouri student was found in a Nashville river, weeks after he disappeared.

The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department said the body of Riley Strain, 22, was located about 8 miles away from the downtown area in the Cumberland River, adding that there were no signs of “foul play-related trauma.”

Speaking at a press conference, police Chief John Drake said the body was found in the clothes that Strain had worn the night he disappeared.

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A cousin of Strain’s told local news outlet WKRN that the student’s mother last heard from him around 7:30 p.m. that night, when he told her that he was “having a good time.”

Surveillance footage