Riley Strain: Missouri family searches for missing Mizzou student | Morning in America

[@GreatGuyNoah]

“What is your gut check on what happened to your son?” that’s kinda messed up to ask that question don’t you think?

[@kattaakecustomjewelry2213]

Reporter. Have a heart. ;(

[@kristenmaddux7046]

Immediately I saw red!!!!

[@nameinuse22]

Yes!! That’s exactly what I thought.🤯 Glad to see it wasn’t just me thinking that.

[@mariansadowski2878]

Reporters ask painful intrusive questions.

[@lisastork81]

The mom has consistently been so distressed, there is no way she is of sound mind to consent to be on TV. Like, if a woman was behaving this way at a bar, would you think it was ok to have sex with her? No. She's not crazy, she's in a state of acute trauma, and NewsNation is exploiting that

[@katrinabrown9613]

If this man is 6'7" everyone saw him. Don't let them lie

[@courtneyderouen]

💯💯

[@shirl974]

💯

[@ogeanhall1516]

How can the Bartender prevent his friend from leaving with him after deciding that he had too much to drink? That doesnt add up.

[@heytam7162]

Yeah, I thought the same, why would they prevent the friend from going with him- from the bartender to the bouncers they all need to be looked at.

[@ogeanhall1516]

@@heytam7162 Absolutely!!

[@kn3765]

Probably way off here, but I wonder if the friend feels bad he didn't leave with Riley, and is making it up that the bartender wouldn't let him go.

[@Diametricallyopposed00]

@@kn3765definitely seems more plausible

[@JenniferDaniels909]

Maybe the friend was held back to pay their tabs. Otherwise, I don’t understand either.

[@jlynn468]

These bars have to quit kicking people out alone. If they’ve been overserved, then they need help. They need somebody with them. This happens way too much.

[@stargater2892]

I can't imagine that being routine. It is ridiculous.

[@lorib604]

Sounds like his “friend” is saying he was basically detained inside and could not leave with him. If that’s true, then there’s some liability on the bar. Then again, a true friend would just leave and take care of him, not stay, so sounds off to me.

[@LivingLife972]

These kids.need to stop.getting drunk. Where's the accountability to these kids?

[@KarenPatrol123]

@@LivingLife972 That’s a GROWN MAN not a kid. . . And so what. He can’t drink? We don’t know if that’s the cause of his disappearance. Go to church with that nonsense.

[@LivingLife972]

​@@KarenPatrol123exactly, a GROWN man. If it was a female, it's likely that it's an abduction. BUT when it's a GROWN man missing, 99% if these cases ends up in a behavior thats ALCHOHOL influenced. You don't go missing when you're a 22 yr. GROWN man, unless you are drunk and make foolish mistakes. Do some research sweetie. When someone kills someone when they are driving drunk, we get angered. But when a 22 year old gets drunk out of his mind with his frat friends and goes missing, we don't hold him accountable? Please explain. We can Be BOTH empathetic and accountable in this situation.

[@eligualtieri1612]

Every time a guy his age goes missing from a bar or concert, their corpse always seems to end up in or near a body of water of some sort. It happens an incredible amount & there’s a river right down the block from the bar.

[@kate7478]

Dude is huge. Where’s the cameras? I hope someone has him on their door cam.

[@gloriaarmstrong999]

I agree. They shouldn't have sent him out on his own....shameful... Unbelievable....terrible..

[@carriew662]

This is heartbreaking. 😢 My heart aches for his mom. Sending this family so much love and hoping for a positive outcome.

[@queenofscots839]

My God please bring back this young man safe, Lord please 🙏🏻 ❤

[@annaechevarria3804]

I am so sorry 😞 praying he will be found soon 🙏🏽

[@michellesmith7559]

My heart goes out to the family. People please don’t go to bars and get wasted this is what can happen! Is it really worth it?

[@PsychicMara]

You should be ashamed of yourself 😢no one deserves to die because they partied with friends at a bar

[@kristenmaddux7046]

These are college students having a good time. Nashville is honestly a horrible area and it’s all around sad. Unfortunately I think they are not going to get positive answers.

[@NonYa-l9t]

I wish people would stop running around like this world is a safe place

[@aprilvilliar7907]

That bar should be sued for not allowing the friend to go out to be with him. My heart breaks for that family

[@gingermcgarvey7773]

You can leave a bar whenever you want. That makes no sense to me. 🫤

[@aprilvilliar7907]

@@gingermcgarvey7773 maybe they needed to pay the tab but security should’ve waited with him until the friend came out.

[@ReadMachiavelli-gi3wk]

Agreed. That part needs to be explained…please Nville, assign a good journalist, not a talking head.

[@ReadMachiavelli-gi3wk]

@@MazesSA-eu2yg Hate crime, possibly? The idea that his friend was reportedly kept from leaving says two possibil: He & friend were targeted while in the bar and intentionally separated, or the two were confronting each-other & bar security(?) didn’t want the problem taken outside.

[@annmarie2964]

It sounds untrue

[@cheryl5994]

DID I HEAR CORRECTLY THAT THE SECURITY WHO THREW HIM OUT OF THE BAR WOULDN'T LET HIS FRIEND LEAVE WITH HIM???

[@annmarie2964]

You actually believe that?

[@Michelle-bo1md]

​@@annmarie2964exactly

[@heatheroneil4450]

@@annmarie2964 Yep, sounds like friends are trying to save face and avoid getting into trouble.

[@deedeewinfrey3181]

I refuse to leave any of my friends anywhere, especially when they are vulnerable. There's too many predators out there. I hope they find him soon.

[@65tjomo]

they wouldn’t let his friend go out with him??? seems odd

[@ZeCahli]

I don’t believe that happened at all…

[@suselleaciego5790]

May he return home , can't even imagine the pain his mom is going through 😭

[@SheliaRPierre]

Parents worse nightmare....the children are missing or loses their lives. It's heartbreaking when reading about the missing family members. You began to think about your own children and family. Hope he is found and reunites with family.

[@Ablank2011]

Prayers Riley is found safe and soon ❤🙏

[@LonelyGhost333]

Prayers To The Family👏🏼

[@sland6428]

My heart breaks seeing his mom. I hope he went on a wild binge and will show up safe.

[@NonYa-l9t]

He was in a strange town alone and he looked to be drugged.

[@terrykoren9228]

Someone saw him leaving intoxicated and try to rob him and they ended up hurting him !God Bless him and I hope he wasn’t done away with and comes home safe.Sounds like he is a great kid.God Bless him and his family!❤

[@Truelib99Hobbes]

These tourist bars in the "party" districts are like a candy store for criminals. Often times bar staff are involved with drugging victims or simply overserving someone they think is an easy mark.

[@arizonaarmadillo5829]

That tactic goes back to the ancient Greeks.@@Truelib99Hobbes

[@gdiup9241]

Sounds possible.

[@gdiup9241]

@@Truelib99Hobbes sounds possible that there was some setup involved.

[@NonYa-l9t]

💯

[@sarita5572]

Praying for this young man and praying for the family. His momma's heartache is hard to hear. Breaks my heart to pieces. I tell my adult kids to stay away from bars and alcohol. You are not in your right mind once you put alcohol into the system and go overboard.

[@cheryl5994]

BUT WITHOUT SOUNDING HEARTLESS, THERE IS NO NEED TO TRY & SHOW YR CRYING WHEN YR REALLY NOT, WE WILL STILL FEEL EMPATHY FOR HER WITHOUT ANY TEARS. BUT THAT'S JUST MY OPINION. I HOPE THEY FIND THEIR SON SOON & WELL.

[@sarita5572]

@@cheryl5994 I did shed a tear

[@sarita5572]

@@cheryl5994 and you do sound heartless

[@NonYa-l9t]

People under 25 are not mature enough to drink. They are kids and I think society at large truly knows this and it's why kids around this age are so often victimized. They live in a world that tells them that they are adults just because they are 18 and are adult size but they are not mentally mature nor are their brains fully mature

[@tmartinez1948]

I pray he is ok!!

[@ReadMachiavelli-gi3wk]

Hoping for a safe outcome. Nashville will do their best.

[@nameinuse22]

If that bar truly threw Riley out, telling his friend he isn’t allowed to leave with him, then they have some explaining to do. I have never heard of that, short of a person being under arrest, how can they detain a person, trying to leave with someone kicked out. This is every parent’s nightmare.💔

[@Michelle-bo1md]

You don't know that.these kids could be lying

[@laurasutcliffe723]

I hope he is found very soon. Prayers for his safe return, and for a good outcome.

[@timlinenberg2769]

PRAYERS TO THE FAMILY BRING RILEY HOME my hearts aches for this family

[@loloca]

Prayers 🙏🏻

[@audreydaleski1067]

The bar despicable overserved him. They should, by law, have to call a cab.

[@NonYa-l9t]

Yes. And let him wait inside the bar or outside with friends and/or bouncer

[@laurainfinity1390]

This is so heartbreaking I really hope he is found safe sending prayers

[@Rccolatonite]

Prayers for Riley Strain!

[@carriesmith1606]

Prayers he is found safe

[@TammyVance50]

Pull all outside cameras around the bar area from every Angel view!!!

[@lawrencole1964]

How does someone 6'7 go missing in Nashville? Wtf. Been there drinking plenty of times but always had a friend watching over me. This makes no sense. At first I thought it was probably a g*y predator but to be 6'7 makes me think not. Makes me think he'd had some drugs slipped in hie drink. You'd be amazed how sketchy some of these bars are - I'm a young female and had one refuse to serve me again after I'd had only one drink while I was talking quietly with a friend. The male bartender gave me the creepiest look when he said it too. Never ever leave without your friends. If they're wanting to leave with you and the bar won't let them f*ck the bar, keep your cool and call the cops. Better trespassed then dead.

[@BillCoppar]

I think he was targeted and probably kidnapped, that bar should be under investigation. He would of been listed as a John doe in the local hospitals Unless he was battling mental health issues and killed himself, but why was he running In the camera footage??? Falling over and barely walking is one thing but why was he running.

[@heavenleeangeltalk8471]

🙏 for his mama's poor heart. 🙏 for him and his whole family 🙏

[@8ballhemeloid]

Look at the people who cross the road once the boy is almost out of the picture....wonder if they have something to do with it??

[@notnow7973]

Yes. They seem to be waiting to cross so as not to appear to be following him.

[@8ballhemeloid]

@notnow7973 but look at the guy in the long sleeve white sweater...he watches Riley the whole time...maybe because he's stumbling but either way he seems to watch him closely...right when the video ends he finally crosses the street and heads Rileys way...maybe he didn't want to follow him to close...he got to the corner right before Riley...and let Riley go on by....it just seems like he watched him the whole time...go to one of the videos that show the whole street scene..not just the sidewalk scene.

[@notnow7973]

@@8ballhemeloid I agree. There is someone with that guy in the white sweatshirt. They sw to not want to follow him too closely and be seen on video. They should have kept running the tape d as o we could see what they did.

[@melindaescamilla4128]

My prayers for your son may God protect him and guide him home safe to his family and friends Amen. ❤😢

[@downpeppertreelane387]

There was a series of crimes of young college men being picked up in a van after late night drinking. Victims were usually alone. A Happy Face clue was left behind in some cases. The men were usually found in water. Mysterious case, never solved i believe...

[@bobbysumler7114]

Ok , time to put this phone down , and go into Prayer, for a Safe Return Home to his Family.

[@judyharper1742]

Just a thought, how can reporter ask that, family is scared. Kind thoughts and hopes for a safer return.

[@Emiley.15]

I studied this case for 20 years . The bartender is involved, the bouncer and they use young girls to lure the young men. There is always an Uber car waiting in front to take the young man to the hotel room but they never do. The bartender slips them a drug that is not detectable unless you are looking for it. Unfortunately this young man is held raped and then found floating in a river . They say he was drunk and fell in . This is a gang that has been operating for over 20 years. We need to stop them.

[@shards0fwords]

your “story” came from a video about men found dead in Austin Texas’s Lady Bird Lake.

[@ZeCahli]

The drug is usually GHB

[@cindyholloway7441]

Something isn’t setting right with the bar or the bartender that served him. 1. If the tender over served him. Why kick him out? Tender was the one controlling the alcohol. Why over serve him if you’re going to kick him out? Seems like a set up as far as that goes. There is no account of Riley being obnoxious or rude. So, why was he removed? 2. If the statement that the security wouldn’t allow Riley’s friend to leave with him is true. Check out what’s going on in that bar. Something nefarious took place. Bartenders get him obliterated, kick him out, and won’t allow his friend to leave with him? Maybe Riley fit the look of what a local trafficker needed? I trust no one and money talks volumes in today’s world. LE needed to question and request ion the bartenders and security guard.

[@cynthiawilliamson5905]

Praying!!😢❤❤❤

[@Emox991]

My heart goes for him and his family .... I hope and pray you are safe Riley, please come home now 🙏

[@suselleaciego5790]

Mom keep searching for your son , don't give up! Receive strength in the Lord to the family 🙏🏻 May he return home soon!

[@TheIslandGirl63]

I’m so sorry. Praying for his safe return home ❤😢❤😢❤😢❤

[@carolevargas5843]

Poor sweet young man. A shame. A real shame. God bless and help the family. Amen

[@PalmBeachDog]

Now that Nashville is the new Las Vegas…..

[@tmartinez1948]

I guess

[@NonYa-l9t]

Nowhere is safe

[@suzanbeverlyhills2310]

Sending prayers

[@MsGaloreNails]

I'd hate to think this young man fell in a ditch or somewhere by water by accident and has been in all this time

[@lisashelton5468]

Oh no. Horrible oh, I pray that they find him somehow someway he’s OK. Nashville is getting very rough. I got robbed there a year and a half ago before Covid it was one of my favorite places to go. The scene severely changed rapidly.

[@BVA-k7u]

Sounds impulsive. Prayers

[@tmartinez1948]

Omg!! When is all this going to STOP!!! 6’7??? That’s a tall kid

[@NonYa-l9t]

It's going to get worse. Tell people. Warn them if you can.

[@barkburton1]

With all of the surveillance cameras, pretty much in every city at this point, The police obviously have more details than they are letting on. The possibility of him being found alive at this point, doesn’t seem likely. I have a son his age I can’t even imagine 🙏

[@alisonfowler8193]

Prayer's from one neighbor in Kansas ❤ This is sad. Something is wrong here... How scary.

[@joeannfrancis9017]

Praying God watch over him 😞

[@Emiley.15]

This is the smiley face killers. And the bartender is involved. We have to stop them all our kids are at risk.

[@ZeCahli]

Sounds like it 😞

[@notnow7973]

Yep. It is smiley face killers.

[@Michelle-bo1md]

You don't know that

[@Ipetam]

There's no evidence that the smiley face killer even exists. It's more likely he was robbed, fell into human traffiking or fell into a body of water. Teach your kids responsible drinking and about the dangers of real predators instead of making up a mystical serial killer.

[@ginajust-me2445]

Im so so sad for mama and family. I know what its like to lose a son, not saying he is gone but to always talk to your mama and nothing after that. Something is definitely not good..i hope they find him quickly no matter what quickly ..

[@chrismellon127]

6'7" and ppl don't notice him? This doesn't sound good. very sad.

[@annmarie2964]

Maybe most people were drunk at the time?

[@NonYa-l9t]

He was noticed all right

[@LuluBeLulu]

Nah, he was noticed. Impossible to not notice a 6'7 man, trust me

[@chrismellon127]

@@LuluBeLulu he was def seen. It’s sad but they just need to find his body at this point. Such a sad event

[@JJ-kf4kc]

Unfortunately there's been a ton of this, these kids go hog wild go to bars drink and never make it home

[@deniseeugene1852]

They know that he is probably in harms way….

[@shirl974]

Oh his mom 😢😢😢😢

[@gloriaarmstrong999]

Lord help him, please..

[@VAULT865]

Well there is a trend in a Texas bar district of men being set up to be robbed,(suspects apprehended)praying this isn't the scenario.

[@leigh1266]

I was just thinking about the Austin TX murders where young men are found dead in Ladybird lake!! Too many young men's bodies are showing up in Ladybird lake and it just can't be a coincidence!! I think it's a serial killer!! I was thinking please God don't let that start happening here in Nashville!! I pray they find Sebastian & Riley safe!! Praying for a miracle that they will be found safe!! I find it very suspicious that the person at the bar wouldn't allow Riley's friend to go with him knowing the condition he was in!! Big red flags to me!!!

[@annmarie2964]

Why are we to believe that no one was allowed to leave with him? I don’t believe that story.

[@europeanbrows]

6’7” 😮😮😮🫨🫨🫨 whaaaaaaaat the hell. Nobody knows where he is…. Lock the frat up until someone talks Bartender over served … Kicked him out…. Defenseless and incoherent …. Ughhhhh this is so frustrating

[@michellelovely8859]

One friend tells the other friend he called Riley and Riley tells him he’s walking to hotel his keycard was found left behind at the hotel meaning he actually did return to the room at some point that night what happens afterwards remains the mystery,

[@notnow7973]

Hotels usually give two keycards per room. Who had the other key card?

[@fire12731]

This is awful. Look at them. The anguish 😰😰😰🙏🙏😣😣😣

[@Ellias.55]

What is going on in Tennessee? To many missing boys/men

[@NonYa-l9t]

Human trafficking everywhere

[@dreamglitch]

Sue tf out of that bar

[@Michelle-bo1md]

No.this kid was already drunk.

[@debraburr4469]

Why would they not let his friend go with him? That makes no sense to me!

[@sassiecat98]

Luke Bryan anyone?!? It is making me so upset that Luke hasn’t helped and this young man was last at Luke B’s bar!

[@AnnaD25]

👍Why no reward? Smh

[@johnbrowneyes7534]

He looked a bit confused in the surveillance video. He was intoxicated, alone in a strange environment and he’s young. Bad combination. Hopefully the friends are being honest.

[@melindah7466]

Omg this is heartbreaking. 🙏

[@arizonaarmadillo5829]

Nashville is the new Vegas East, but minus the gambling and a little darker somehow.

[@theresa1305]

God bless.

[@michelekutner4229]

Heartbreaking 😢

[@charlenelockhart9537]

Prayers. Dear God keep him safe. Please bring him to his family. When he got kicked out, why didn’t they let others out? Also, when they finally let friends out, he was gone. I wish he had called the police. To be arrested, or to get a ride to the hotel. No place is safe anymore by yourself. People become angry at people that are different. 6’7”. Matthew Shepherd. God bless him. Over served? There are bars responsible for this. Should’ve helped him get back to hotel, throw him out? You have broken his parents heart. This town is nowhere to walk around and drink. Get a lawyer immediately. May he be well. The lawyer now will help. Then it is time to take people to court. My son died April 7th. Adam prayers upon prayers for this son!

[@NonYa-l9t]

I am so sorry for your loss. May God Bring you Peace

[@oceancat0450]

My ex was 6’7. Parking garages were an issue. You could spot him easily in a crowd.

[@bekayezme]

Where are the cameras?

[@Lil.black.dress84]

Precious kid. This is murder by proxy and Luke Bryan needs to be sued. Unreal.

[@ZeCahli]

Keep those questions classy… smh 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@ReginaldCarterII]

he could still be found alive, there was a dude who came from aussie to next city over from where i live in WA state , the dude was knocked in the head for some days and was just in this area where not alot of ppl worked

[@terrykoren9228]

It sounds possible that something nefarious did happen.He looks like a very responsible and easy going non violent person.Some one deliberately did something.He is a good guy.Please let him come home.

[@redwoodtrail]

There’s lot of unsolved cases of missing young drunk men. Typically put together, educated, etc. Scares me that the bar is near the river. Hopefully he didn’t stumble in or get robbed and pushed in.

[@VeeAmericanEagle]

So he went back to the hotel! Ping his watch and check the hotel cameras ffs!

[@corym8358]

Why exactly was he forced to leave the bar? Could he have gotten into a fight and then someone followed him? I don't go to bars, so I don't know why someone would be told to leave other than for getting into fights.

[@Lottieloves287]

Hope this is a false alarm and the boy shows up. 🙏🏼 May God bless him.

[@coffeenut3808]

This is so sad. It’s like the wild wild West now you can’t go anywhere!

[@audreydaleski1067]

The bar asked him and his friends to leave... and they just behaved in a way that would have been acceptable and common.

[@gdiup9241]

Not Nashville 😢😢😢

[@biggy_fishy]

It's there any water nearby

[@rrosen7370]

What Is Going On!

[@shirl974]

Awful 😢

[@catherineharris27]

Never allow ur friends to leave alone while they are out having a fun time. A bar can not focus you to stay at a bar! That's a BS state imp! Somebody knows exactly where he is and what happened to him after the bar that night! Police need to talk to his friends! They know something! @ Luke Bryan this doesn't look good! He went missing after leaving ur bar! You need to help find this missing teen! This family is heart broken and scared for their son! Please help this family. Show that u care about ur paying customers. Your reputation as a business owner depends on it! Show ur support and contact this family.

[@WesleyKarl]

🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@teresab126]

Why didn’t his friends follow him out?? 🤷🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️ Suspicious! Not sure I believe these frat boys. Prayers for a safe return 🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻❤️

[@nanettecostanza537]

Not sure I believe the bartender!... not letting the friend go out also? Was he being set up going out alone?

[@Volstitans8]

The area where his phone last pinged is a bad area of homelessness. The riverbank along side Gay street is basically a homeless camp

[@AnnaD25]

Any underground camps there?

[@JJ-kf4kc]

He looks oddly quite similar to Barron Trump

[@AnnaD25]

Show video in bar leading up to him being thrown out