Riley Strain updates: New witnesses come forward in search for missing Missouri student

 

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style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #222222; font-family: "Indy Serif", "Indy Serif Fallback", serif; font-size: 19px;">Riley Strain, who has not been seen for almost two weeks.

The 22-year-old was partying with his fraternity brothers in Nashville on the night of 8 March when he was kicked out of a bar. He has not been seen or heard from since.

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style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #222222; font-family: "Indy Serif", "Indy Serif Fallback", serif; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.44em; margin: 16px 0px;">Chris Dingman, a family friend, told NewsNation that a couple had reached out to the family and revealed that they encountered the 22-year-old on the night he went missing.

“The mother reached out, she saw Riley and made a comment, like, ‘You’re not driving tonight?’ and he goes, ‘No ma’am,’” he said.

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style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #222222; font-family: "Indy Serif", "Indy Serif Fallback", serif; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.44em; margin: 16px 0px;">It is not clear if this was before or after the student interacted with a police officer and was captured on surveillance footage in the downtown area.

Mr Strain sent a final text message reading “good lops” to a woman he was seeing, sparking intense speculation as to what the phrase means.

Now, search efforts are focusing on the Cheatham Lock and Dam near Ashland City, with operations temporarily suspended amid the probe.

Mystery over Riley Strain’s last text as family friend pours cold water on ‘good lops’ theory

The mystery surrounding Riley Strain’s last text message continues after a family friend poured cold water on online theories about its meaning.

University of Missouri student Mr Strain went missing shortly before 10 pm on 8 March after he was kicked out of a bar in Nashville and became separated from his friends.

Search efforts have so far fallen flat with no trace of the missing 22-year-old other than the discovery of his bank card, which was found near the Cumberland River in Nashville over one week after he was last seen.

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