edie3
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Post by edie3 on Mar 22, 2024 15:31:53 GMT
his body has been found in the Cumberland River. Such a sad ending and my heart bleeds for his parents. link
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Post by Bridget in MD on Mar 22, 2024 15:58:25 GMT
I had a feeling he would be found in the river when they found his credit card on the banks of the river. I am glad his parents know where he is. I do not understand why he was the only one kicked out - was he misbehaving? I can't imagine he was the only one drunk... And I hope his frat bros learned a lesson in always having someone with you
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bethany102399
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Post by bethany102399 on Mar 22, 2024 16:00:21 GMT
I too assumed he had gone into the river. I'm glad his family has closure, but as a mom to a soon to be college student this one hits too close to home. Prayers for his family and friends who are going to be broken by this news.
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Post by iamkristinl16 on Mar 22, 2024 16:04:27 GMT
I had a feeling he would be found in the river when they found his credit card on the banks of the river. I am glad his parents know where he is. I do not understand why he was the only one kicked out - was he misbehaving? I can't imagine he was the only one drunk... And I hope his frat bros learned a lesson in always having someone with you People can get kicked out for a variety of reasons. We were talking about this the other day and my 21 year old said that his friend got kicked out of a bar because he was standing in a hallway talking to someone and someone told him to move (he didn't know it was an employee) and he said no so they kicked him out. He walked around downtown for awhile then got let back in, but my son and the other friends didn't know he was even kicked out. I think females are more likely to have a plan and not leave friends alone, but males should also talk more about this with their friends.
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iowgirl
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Jun 25, 2014 22:52:46 GMT
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Post by iowgirl on Mar 22, 2024 16:25:45 GMT
This news is not unexpected, but so sad to hear. As a parent, you would hold so much hope that the outcome would be different.
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Post by Zee on Mar 22, 2024 16:44:49 GMT
They always find these young men in a river. So sad, but totally expected imo. I bet his friends feel terrible.
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scrappinmama
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Jun 26, 2014 12:54:09 GMT
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Post by scrappinmama on Mar 22, 2024 17:00:13 GMT
I had a feeling he would be found in the river when they found his credit card on the banks of the river. I am glad his parents know where he is. I do not understand why he was the only one kicked out - was he misbehaving? I can't imagine he was the only one drunk... And I hope his frat bros learned a lesson in always having someone with you I think they tried to follow him out, but the bouncers took him through a back door that the public can't access and they weren't allowed to follow. By the time they made it to the other side of that door, he was gone. But I do hope that they learned the dangers of drinking too much. Such a sad ending. I hope his family finds some comfort in recovering his body.
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Post by dnkmmw on Mar 22, 2024 17:17:49 GMT
I think they tried to follow him out, but the bouncers took him through a back door that the public can't access and they weren't allowed to follow. By the time they made it to the other side of that door, he was gone. But I do hope that they learned the dangers of drinking too much. Such a sad ending. I hope his family finds some comfort in recovering his body. I don't think that's what actually happened. His stepfather said his friends weren't allowed to leave, but it seems as though at least one other person was with him after he was asked to leave and as he began his departure, but that person decided to stay. From People...the statement continued, “He was followed down the stairs with one member of his party. The individual with Riley did not exit and returned upstairs.”
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Post by Zee on Mar 22, 2024 17:38:10 GMT
I had a feeling he would be found in the river when they found his credit card on the banks of the river. I am glad his parents know where he is. I do not understand why he was the only one kicked out - was he misbehaving? I can't imagine he was the only one drunk... And I hope his frat bros learned a lesson in always having someone with you I think they tried to follow him out, but the bouncers took him through a back door that the public can't access and they weren't allowed to follow. By the time they made it to the other side of that door, he was gone. But I do hope that they learned the dangers of drinking too much. Such a sad ending. I hope his family finds some comfort in recovering his body. It's been said repeatedly that he left via the front door and a friend accompanied him down the stairs, but decided to stay at the bar as Riley said he was going back to the hotel (about 5 blocks away). Video shows him stumbling down the street and clearly messed up. But he ended up at the river, like so often happens. This was featured in an episode of Grimm where they made Sirens in the water the culprit, which I thought was a pretty fascinating plot since it seems to happen to young men so often. Very sad 😢
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Post by workingclassdog on Mar 22, 2024 18:15:38 GMT
I had a feeling that is where he was at. He probably fell in and couldn't get out. My guess. He went to the same college as most of my family members and friends have gone to. Mizzou. I feel for the parents. I can't even imagine.
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Rhondito
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Post by Rhondito on Mar 22, 2024 19:14:46 GMT
This whole incident makes me furious. Someone should've gone with him. The bouncers shouldn't have let him leave alone in that condition. I don't care that it happens all the time, somebody should've stepped up and made sure he got back to the hotel. I told my friends, for the cost of an Uber a life would've been saved.
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Post by rymeswithpurple on Mar 22, 2024 19:22:43 GMT
What a terrible tragedy. My mom and I were discussing it the other day. Even though my brother and I are no longer college-age and have both moved out of the house, I know she'll never not worry about us/what we're doing.
My late MIL was a consummate worrier. Even when things happened hundreds or even thousands of miles away from where we and my SIL live, Sandy thought we were impacted. We always joked that if we lived closer to where they did and she drove by on a random Tuesday at 2:13 PM and didn't see our car in the driveway, she'd worry (like we'd be anywhere but work at that time).
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Post by Darcy Collins on Mar 22, 2024 19:25:45 GMT
Oh damn, I hadn't seen this case as I was traveling when he disappeared, but I was at the Hilton literally a block away from the bar that night. As a mother of young adults, my heart just aches for his family. I wish I'd seen him - I wish someone had helped him. What a tragedy.
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oh yvonne
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Jun 26, 2014 0:45:23 GMT
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Post by oh yvonne on Mar 22, 2024 19:26:18 GMT
His poor parents and family, such a sad story, I hope bars learn something from how they handled this, it was so wrong what they did.
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Post by refugeepea on Mar 22, 2024 19:42:31 GMT
So sad. I was afraid this would be the outcome.
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scrappinmama
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Post by scrappinmama on Mar 22, 2024 21:15:54 GMT
The binge drinking culture is so problematic in this country. You don't need to drink to this point. I know I'm naive, but I wish there would be more discussion about this with young people. And frankly, some grown adults need this discussion. I'm looking at you, Travis Kelce! It was such a preventable tragedy.
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Post by Zee on Mar 22, 2024 21:27:14 GMT
His poor parents and family, such a sad story, I hope bars learn something from how they handled this, it was so wrong what they did. We don't know why he was kicked out, maybe he peed in the corner. You act up in a bar, you get escorted out. I'm not blaming the bar. His friends could have made sure he got back safely though. I'm sure they feel awful.
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Post by disneypal on Mar 23, 2024 9:51:39 GMT
I had a feeling he would be found in the river when they found his credit card on the banks of the river. I am glad his parents know where he is. I do not understand why he was the only one kicked out - was he misbehaving? I can't imagine he was the only one drunk... And I hope his frat bros learned a lesson in always having someone with you I also had a feeling when they found his card there, that he would be found in the river. At least his parents know now, how tragic. Yes, I read that he was kicked out because he was misbehaving & not conducting himself properly. i wondered why one of his friends didn’t stay with him, but they were probably drunk and didn’t want to leave the bat Such an avoidable tragedy
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Post by crazy4scraps on Mar 23, 2024 14:01:09 GMT
His poor parents and family, such a sad story, I hope bars learn something from how they handled this, it was so wrong what they did. We don't know why he was kicked out, maybe he peed in the corner. You act up in a bar, you get escorted out. I'm not blaming the bar. His friends could have made sure he got back safely though. I'm sure they feel awful. 100% this, plus what about the cop that stopped him and could see that he was clearly impaired? The cop could have intervened too and escorted him to the hotel. I’m already telling my kid that whenever you’re out with friends it’s really important to have a buddy system and to watch each other’s backs. Never, ever leave a friend somewhere alone no matter what. So many of these tragedies could be avoided if everyone held that as a standard.
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bethany102399
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Post by bethany102399 on Mar 23, 2024 15:24:05 GMT
I’m already telling my kid that whenever you’re out with friends it’s really important to have a buddy system and to watch each other’s backs. Never, ever leave a friend somewhere alone no matter what. So many of these tragedies could be avoided if everyone held that as a standard. I was thinking last night of the friend who walked down the stairs with him but chose to stay. That person is going to live with that choice for the rest of their lives.
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huskergal
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Post by huskergal on Mar 23, 2024 16:20:21 GMT
So very sad. A parent's worse nightmare. Preventable tragedies are just horrible to comprehend.
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Gennifer
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Post by Gennifer on Mar 23, 2024 19:26:21 GMT
I swear I’ve read things in the past about how common it is for young men to fall into a body of water and drown after drinking. Such a weird phenomenon.
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Post by katlady on Mar 23, 2024 19:56:49 GMT
I swear I’ve read things in the past about how common it is for young men to fall into a body of water and drown after drinking. Such a weird phenomenon. Maybe the attraction to water is just innate in humans. Little kids are always attracted to water, which is why we need to watch them so closely when they are near bodies of water. And maybe when you are drunk, you just become that little kid again. I don’t know just my little theory. It is sad for this young man. I hope his family finds peace. It is strange his credit cards were on the ground.
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Post by putabuttononit on Mar 23, 2024 21:06:07 GMT
So heartbreaking and preventable. I ache for the man who let him walk away alone. How haunting. 💔. His poor family as well of course. Ugh this one hurts - this pattern is awful
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teddyw
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Post by teddyw on Mar 23, 2024 22:39:55 GMT
He must have been over served Unless they partied before he got to that bar.
I feel so bad for his family.
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Post by epeanymous on Mar 23, 2024 22:56:19 GMT
He must have been over served Unless they partied before he got to that bar. I feel so bad for his family. At that age I think it is really common to pregame, barhop, pound a lot of alcohol, and not have it really hit you for an hour or more. The time in high school I passed out in a field, I had been drinking at a friend’s house and kept drinking because I couldn’t feel anything. It hit me all at once a considerable amount of time after I left that house. I completely see how this happened and it can be both an awful situation and one where no particular person is at fault. I feel terrible for his family.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Mar 23, 2024 22:58:00 GMT
He must have been over served Unless they partied before he got to that bar. I feel so bad for his family. The problem is that when a group is out partying together it’s so easy for that to happen. It’s possible that different people from the group are individually going up to the bar to buy a round so it might not be obvious to the bartender who is drinking what. I wish that friends cared enough about each other to not encourage stupid behavior like that.
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Post by Zee on Mar 24, 2024 0:06:44 GMT
I swear I’ve read things in the past about how common it is for young men to fall into a body of water and drown after drinking. Such a weird phenomenon. And it's so true, for some reason. Sirens (mermaids) were blamed in an episode of Grimm. I thought that was an interesting fictional take on a real phenomenon.
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Post by Legacy Girl on Mar 24, 2024 3:02:39 GMT
DD and her roommate are at an impasse because the roommate was passed out on the bathroom floor several weeks ago and DD called a mutual friend to ask her to come over for support. According to the roommate, that was totally out of line. I tried to reassure DD that she did the right thing, asking, "But who would be the first person to be blamed if something tragic had happened to your roommate?" I honestly don't care if they ever speak again. Roommate has been merciless with DD, who is heartbroken.
I feel for so many of those involved in Riley Strain's situation. It's never the wrong thing to do to look out for your less-than-sober friends.
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Post by monicad on Mar 24, 2024 4:12:43 GMT
This is such a sad ending and I feel so heartbroken for his family. 😢
Have his friends said why they waited so long (I heard 16 hours) to call the authorities? I assume he was probably sharing a room and can’t figure out why they didn’t notice he hadn’t made it back.
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