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Riley Strain‘s mysterious death in Nashville is anything but cut and dry … and the autopsy and video surveillance only add to the puzzle.
TMZ Studios has a new series, “Strange & Suspicious,” now airing on a dozen FOX stations, where we explore unexplained and straight-up weird stories, and now we’re looking into the circumstances surrounding Riley’s death.
A college student visiting Nashville with his frat brothers, Riley left his friends behind at the bar and drunkenly stumbled through the streets before vanishing … until his body was found floating in a river, without his shoes, pants or wallet.
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Riley’s clothes weren’t found in the water or on the river bed … and his friends didn’t chase after him when he got booted from a watering hole, and they’ve since lawyered up … so they’re not talking.
What’s more, video shows Riley struggling to walk … he’s clearly inebriated, and at one point he falls to the ground.
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3/8/24
The toxicology report says Riley had a .228 blood alcohol content, plus THC in his system … but that doesn’t explain how he ended up in the Cumberland River.
Authorities ruled Riley’s death accidental, but it seems like there’s more to the story here.
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NewsNation
Where was Riley running to in the video??? Was he going to meet a friend, or just drunk and lost in an unfamiliar city???
Cops even talked to Riley during his bender, but in a short interaction he seemed to be fine. Was that just adrenaline, or proof something nefarious happened to him later that night?!?
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4/16/24
NewsNation
We explore all the theories and conundrums at play in Riley’s death on “Strange & Suspicious” … and there’s a lot to unpack.
Click here to see when and where the show airs.