Student went missing on a fraternity trip; body recovered from a river two weeks later
AI-generated · every claim is source-linkedOn the night of March 8, 2024, University of Missouri senior Riley Strain, 22, was on a Delta Chi fraternity spring formal trip in Nashville when he was asked to leave Luke Bryan's bar Luke's 32 Bridge and last seen stumbling near the Cumberland River. MU was alerted on March 11, 2024 by his fraternity and family and issued a HEOA missing-student notification. After a two-week multi-state search, his body was recovered from the Cumberland River near 61st Avenue in West Nashville on March 22, 2024.
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Mourning a Tiger. I write to you with a heavy heart with the news that the search for MU student Riley Strain has ended tragically. After an exhaustive search by authorities and volunteers, Riley's body was recovered in Nashville, Tennessee, where he had traveled to attend his fraternity's spring formal. We are providing counseling for students processing the loss of their classmate through the MU Counseling Center, and counseling resources are also available for staff and faculty through the Employee Assistance Program. Our hearts are with Riley's family.
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Campus Alert Archive. "University of Missouri: Student went missing on a fraternity trip; body recovered from a river two weeks later." Incident of March 8, 2024. Added May 2026; last updated July 2026. https://campusalertarchive.com/case/university-of-missouri-riley-strain-missing-student-2024-03-08/
Alert text quoted on this page remains the work of the issuing institution; the archive is a secondary source.