Shirt thought to be Riley Strain's had vomit on it: Nashville homeless advocate | Banfield

University of Missouri college senior Riley Strain vanished March 8 after reportedly being removed from a downtown Nashville bar where he had been partying with some of his fraternity brothers. Chris Salisbury, an advocate for Nashville-area homeless, joins "Banfield" with possible new details about the shirt that Strain was last seen wearing.
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[@rachael943]

I hate to even say this but I'm so glad Riley was wearing such a distinctive shirt that night

[@kamikazekid94]

The shirt can make or break this case

[@Whatnok]

It’s actually a nice shirt and it was a great outfit. Poor sweetheart🖤🤍

[@zariballard]

Why do you hate to say it?

[@ItsTheTruthLady]

I thought the same thing! It's so easy to identify! Wonder if he was getting beat up and his card fell out of his shirt pocket?

[@elizaleroux9173]

@@InLieuTube we all understand what you meant. Good response.

[@kelleythurlborn5674]

Why wasn't the shirt taken from the homeless man and had it tested for Riley's DNA?

[@white_genocide2050]

It wasent rileys shirt

[@FriedBuffaloChickenWings]

Because Riley’s shirt didn’t leave his body.

[@Snail.1]

Mistaken identity..it wasn't Rileys shirt.

[@CatLoverR01]

right!!!

[@jenstanley4921]

Or it was rileys shirt... but where and how they got the shirt is a lie.

[@jikook7457]

Praying so hard for a good outcome. THIS is why parents are so protective, even over their college-aged and grown children. It's the worst nightmare I could ever think of.

[@badabing191919]

Praying isn't going to do anything. The kid is obviously dead. Your god at work 🙌🙌🙌

[@jikook7457]

@badabing191919 because being a dick in the comments of folks who truly want a positive ending is so much more productive than prayers, right? My God didn't harm Riley. It was someone working for the other team.

[@Macgyverbrown]

@@jikook7457best reply ever!

[@walterwanderley383]

your god didn't help riley either, so what good is he?@@jikook7457

[@mynamesjudge]

Instead of being protective, parents should instill strong values. The absolute worst thing you can ever do for your safety is to use alcohol or other hard drugs.

[@Ken-615]

From the bar to the bridge is a 20 minute walk. Ten minutes from the bar video shows he tripped and fell on 3rd Avenue hitting his head. He walked to Church Street and turned on Gay Street and went towards the river. Went across the crosswalk looked confused. Three or for minutes walk and Riley is on police cam video near a Red Truck. Police said "How are you doing?" Riley responded and acts "normal". Police turns back and Riley is Gone. He probably went in the bushes near the bridge because the police made him paranoid. He dropped his credit card and stooped down to get it and tumbled down into the river. The river was 7 feet higher that night. Phone went in water. iPhone stopped pinging. iPhone are not waterproof 30min or 19feet in water. He fell in and floated downstream. No crime, only a horrible accident. If he was robbed his phone would ping elsewhere. Internet Sleuths do not like simple accidents it is not good Clickbait.

[@ke6264]

I agree

[@bewell6019]

Or Riley was "confused" and cop who regulars around Gay Street is just saying he responded "normal" but took advantage and killed the young lad after doing something. Do we have an alibi and known whereabouts of the officer during this timeframe?

[@valeriealmaguer4747]

Where would his body most likely be if it floated downstream? Also, would the body be above or below water?

[@ke6264]

You sound crazy, folks like you have made this whole thing a joke@@bewell6019

[@coolchoicebro]

​@bewell6019 Dude I had the same exact thoughts and didn't want to get attacked for saying it.

[@user-ov4wr5yu4r]

Vomit could be a sign of a head injury, as well as alcohol or drugs. Remember the pole he bashed into?

[@GregLakatosChradm]

Stop. When he is seen on the police bodycam is looks perfectly fine.

[@archieolmstead6688]

Yes..true.

[@WildflowerAnn]

He feel down and hit his head early on.

[@Ken-615]

10 minutes before seeing the cop he falls down and hits his head on 3rd Avenue. 3 minutes before he is at the crosswalk at Church street so drunk he spins in a circle. @@GregLakatosChradm Totally Drunk Frat Boy.

[@Ken-615]

Exactly that was 10 minutes before he saw the cop. @@WildflowerAnn

[@CristoEsRey7]

We desperately need you now Lord. I don’t know Riley but he’s been on my mind night and day. We need divine intervention. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@holyfook1238]

Lol

[@beccagee5905]

Amen

[@MsRedHolly]

What kind of person would laugh at this comment? I am in agreement with this person, Riley along with Sebastian Rogers & Caleb Harris have been on my mind & in my prayers for days now. We need Gods intervention desperately🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@georgethomas9343]

HASHEM,PLEASE BRING RILEY HOME.AMEN🙏

[@georgethomas9343]

@@holyfook1238 sicko🕵️

[@_TheDarkHalf]

Dude I am so tired of hearing about this guy having Riley’s shirt and coddling to the homeless people. Wtf? How is it that this guy had this missing kids shirt and no one is hunting him down. All the info is “Oh I’ll ask him”, “Oh he says this”. WTF

[@milagrosmogro49]

Yeup

[@masterlitigator247etc.4]

No probable cause

[@firehorse6332]

Agree 100% I'd be going off if I was family. Where TF is this Ross?

[@white_genocide2050]

It was just a rumor

[@larsonfamilyhouse]

No evidence of violence or anything bad having happened to Riley. No evidence of a crime.

[@missjody5803]

This is just heartbreaking, I’m praying he is found safe!

[@ItsTheTruthLady]

After all this time, I doubt it.

[@SirJoey420]

Not happening

[@amandalidey329]

​@@ItsTheTruthLadyI truly doubt as well. Unfortunately. He would have made contact with someone & there's been no activity on his phone since that time.

[@keviningold9520]

First, my voice is my opinion. As ex military, I support LEO. This hits me personally because my 21 year old son Lawson is same height 6-7 and weight, red hair and this reminds me of my son. I have not seen him in 3 years do to his mom turning him against me. Sad. This investigation has been SLOPPY!!!! IT PISSES ME OFF ! A lady reported this shirt 1 day after he disappeared when she was at tent city helping homeless. She called and left a message. I posted my opinion on the woke mayor on his FB and DM. Not a replied. I feel so sorry for his parents. The police seem to not even care. This will hurt Nashville, I will never re visit this city.

[@jaydenp4975]

Security camera from a building after he was the LEO on the body cam shows 3 men around the point he would have been after Riley walked past the LEO.

[@socialbutterfly4146]

So so heartbreaking 💔

[@Adam-pv1tx]

you definitely seem like you shouldn’t have kids lol. Glad your wife took the proper responsibility to take them away from you! Conservatives stay mad.

[@Lauren-vd4qe]

why did your x wife turn against you? doesnt your son have his own phone? doesnt he have your phone number? u dont have his cell number? cant show up and locate or meet him n talk with him?

[@Magazinelady]

I back the blue. Having said that, they seem slow on taking action. I am in Boston and have been following the story closely. I am wondering if there is some kind of cover up? The family spokesperson, Chris D. is on top of things. He has been a family friend for 40 years. He is in Missouri. He has done a great job keeping Riley's story in the news and on social media. I hope you and your son can reconcile.

[@aph4778]

Nothing after 10 days is a good sign. That’s reality and I hate it. It’s not something you will ever get used to

[@22lyric]

​@@InLieuTube those are so rare. It's why NO ONE ELSE BROUGHT IT UP.

[@Sarita-ci9wc]

Especially since this is not like Riley huh?

[@Rio0444]

They need to put a reward out and maybe homeless people will talk

[@AmyC37217]

There is one and the homeless people don't usually collect because tennessee requires a physical address to collect

[@ashleyshayia8087]

@ 1984AMCinNC Good to know thank you 🤎

[@F__Cq77]

@@AmyC37217 not true

[@M1N1Girl007]

I am from the South. Homeless people are throughout the Nashville area. Its not like it was in Nashville 20 years ago or 50 years ago. It is super uncomfortable to walk anywhere at night there.

[@chartmann43]

No reward has been mentioned! Period!

[@anitagendler3812]

I wonder if law enforcement has considered that Riley had a concussion from his fall and that it caused him to be more confused, along with the alcohol consumption. The combination of alcohol and a possible concussion is a possibility and could have caused him to vomit! 😢

[@SirJoey420]

Right before he tried to wash up in the water and drowned. Explains the cell quit pinging too.

[@mynamesjudge]

@@SirJoey420 That is a pretty solid theory assuming the homeless guy with his shirt story is true: He took his shirt off to wash it in the river, toppled over like he did on the street except, instead of a telephone pole the catch him, the river did.

[@Redeemed.of.YHVH.thru.Christ]

@@mynamesjudge, she said it was impossible for the homeless man to have gotten the shirt from where he claims, because it’s too far away from where Riley was according to the cctv footage they’ve been tracking his movement with. So, the homeless man is not being honest. It seems like the police need to bring him in and question him. If it was a regular person instead of a homeless person, they would have been brought in as soon as it was confirmed by witnesses that they had Riley’s shirt in their possession, so why the double standard when it comes to the homeless?

[@tamahtaylor348]

Right

[@mynamesjudge]

@@Redeemed.of.YHVH.thru.Christ They found the body of the drunk kid. "Ross" must have found the body before them and put the shirt back on him.

[@whatwouldgordonramsaydo]

why is no one asking what he was running from and what he was looking back at when he crossed the street

[@YouTube4me]

Exactly, random running for no reason when drunk is rare. Why no one has questioned this is odd.

[@Bdubs007]

Dude is blacked out drunk, your body is on auto pilot at that point. Yes, drunk people run and fall every night.

[@TraceyWales-nl4dm]

I watched an interview with Nancy Grace. She had on a close friend of Riley’s family. He said Riley was running because there was a fire truck coming down the street and he was trying to get out of the way and looking back to see where the truck was going.

[@Bdubs007]

Trust meeee, I am a victim of getting black out drunk and body being on auto pilot!! I use to party HARD. I have woken up with road rash all over from falling down after running. I have woken up in a random bush or ditch or random corner spot I felt eas comfortable at the time. THAT DUDE WAS THE SAME WAY THAT NIGHT!

[@kimmartinez9680]

Never be alone. Never. Not these days anymore.

[@shaban6151]

Never get so drunk or drugged and you will avoid these things

[@kimmartinez9680]

@@shaban6151 they are investigating if drugs were put into his drink/drinks that night. They had visited previous bars also. And then there is alcohol poisoning also. So it may not have been his doing or intentional. Maybe he didn’t know his limit also. Plus being a very thin stature.

[@shirleyhancock1017]

Right,and what kind of friends are they,not to leave with him?😢😢😢😢

[@red2thebone]

Yep isolated is the key to staying alive with plenty of heat and my pitbull these days! Sad but true! The partying days or going anywhere have been over for me! If you come in my place of dwelling that's going to be a problem for who does!

[@Jaeger2086]

​@@shaban6151It's very easy to get drugged without you knowing

[@amyhartman6786]

Homeless or not wiping puke of some random "thin short sleeve shirt" you picked up and just start wearing without even a washing is out right foul. I could understand if it was freezing weather and it was a coat or warm weather clothing and you had NOTHING else to use and no other way to keep warm. That man's story of how he found Riley's shirt and what he did with it does not make sense.

[@ItsTheTruthLady]

Yah a homeless person is going to wash it in their washing machine. 😂

[@lokimarie1520]

If he’s a crackhead it makes perfect sense

[@amyhartman6786]

@@ItsTheTruthLadyHow did people wash clothes before washing machines existed?

[@katherinebrown3371]

Who wears a shirt with vomit on it even if they wiped it off it's gross

[@Morgan_Layfay]

​@@amyhartman6786the same way they do in many parts of the world still. In bodies of water, rivers, or lakes with decaying "matter" in them.. Not that you're incorrect, but if you're going to be a smart A, might as well go all the way ✌️

[@marilynrigsby6874]

Cops made a HUGE mistake by NOT getting that shirt A WEEK AGO.. DNA IMPORTANCE ..NO EXCUSE FOR THAT😡😡That NAVY guy said for social media to stay out, HE'S TAKING OVER😢😢😢PUBLIC FOUND THE SHIRT N C-CARD

[@jnnlis]

The cops are bungling the case and it’s embarrassing.

[@Ken-615]

@marilynrigsby6875.. The shirt was found on Riley's body not on a homeless person.

[@dawn2wells]

So, Riley was wearing his own shirt? ​@@Ken-615

[@bikeracerdude]

This guy talking is all over the place with too many extraneous details- making it hard to follow.

[@archieolmstead6688]

I agree.

[@CharlesWhitford]

What do you call a person with an extra anus? Extraneous.

[@alicia89]

Yes definitely.

[@suselleaciego5790]

He got me all confused 😕

[@suselleaciego5790]

He got me all confused 😕

[@None979]

This is a 5 hour video of live taken at various bars in Nashville the evening of Friday 3/8/2024. Not sure if anyone is interested in looking through the video to see if they see Riley. The video ends with the guy taking videos walking to a parking garage that is by where Riley walked. I was curious if Riley’s family might want to look through it as it was taken at several different bars and they may know if he went to any of them. Here’s the link- kzbin.infodjVSHyDIU20?si=oP_Ml8ix3iLv_0bq

[@larsonfamilyhouse]

Grizzley True Crime or Christina Randell might be interested or actually maybe Gray Hughes investigates would do it maybe, he’s following this

[@ItsTheTruthLady]

Thanks for the link! Pascal show and mob crew would definitely be interested. Please I hope you share it in their comments. Same with JLR investigates. They take the time for stuff like that.

[@ItsTheTruthLady]

​@@larsonfamilyhouseI forgot about grizzly. I used to watch her during the Gabby case but, she's so boring! Thorough but extremely boring.

[@helpis0ntheway]

@@ItsTheTruthLady Lol, same here. Her videos are too long, rambling on...😪. It's just funny bc I think you're the only other person who also feels this way. ✌💜

[@DrSpoculus]

Best video is at :52 pm when the officer gets him on body cam. At :53 his phone went off, which happens in water. He was walking towards a bridge with a low, 3 foot guard rail. He probably fell in and the homeless guy found his body and took the shirt. I DOUBT the homeless man killed him 50 feet from an officer within 45 seconds. He already fell and hit his head, so he probably fell over the railing and knocked himself out, drowining.

[@popsugar0993]

Too bad not everyone missing gets this news coverage. Riley deserves the coverage as does every single missing person out there. 😢

[@ma53jg]

I had the same thought many times.

[@Sweetness44]

You are absolutely correct! I think it's because it's a celebrity's bar. So sad. I hope this young man can be found.

[@dawn2wells]

Tons of missing children, teens, adults. I'm a helicopter mom for a reason and I don't apologize for it

[@popsugar0993]

@dawn2wells idk what a helicopter mom is...lol I raised my son to self-sufficient. When he got a pt job and needed a car, he had to pay half for it and paid for his gas, plates, and insurance on his own. He also had to pay for some of his college finances as well. He paid his own cell phone bill as well as his clothes, personal items, etc. If I had to do it over again, I would raise him the same way. HOWEVER, I taught my son to always be careful and to be aware of his surroundings at ALL TIMES. Especially when in a place he was not familiar with. And never go anywhere with anybody he did not know. NEVER should ANYONE go to bar alone when drinking. It's too dangerous. There should always be at least two sober dd's present in a larger circle. Just in case one has to be escorted home, one can go with, while second one can stay in the bar with the others. All in all, it's just sad that things like this happen. My condolences to every parent out there who has lost a child/children in any and every situation. 🙏

[@dawn2wells]

Basically I meant I get and got into my daughter's business knowing who they're associating with, just being what some moms called me, helicopter mom. Sounds like we raised ours basically the same to be responsible, independent.

[@Hasblock]

So this guy watches a podcast interviewing someone named Sabrina where she says a homeless man had the shirt, so then he goes down to see if he spots the shirt which he does not, and he gets news interview? for what reason? why wouldn't they just interview Sabrina instead of this guy who didn't even see the shirt?

[@dw7922]

This news host interviewed Sabrina twice before the man that is being interviewed now. You can find the interviews of Sabrina on this channel.

[@Alexandria.Washington]

Horrible journalism. She must be desperate for a news story.

[@HuffyGal78]

Because Chris helps the homeless at tent city, he supplies them with tents, sleeping bags, water, food, clothes etc he does a lot for the homeless and many others! The homeless trust Chris as he is someone they the homeless can turn to when needing help! Chris turned his life around and hasn't stopped helping those in need!

[@Ken-615]

Exactly why not interview the girl who saw the shirt. Why interview from a second hand source.

[@alicia89]

Right

[@ElanaMccullum]

DO NOT GO TO BARS WITHOUT THE BUDDY SYSTEM...I KNILOW IT SEEMS DUMB BECAUSE YOU ARE ADULTS BUT THIS WORLD IS FULL OF CRAZY PEOPLE..I WOULD NEVER LET A FRIEND LEAVE A BAR BY THEMSELVES INTOXICATED WITHOUT MAKING SURE THEY ARE SAFE AND OR HAVE SOMEONE THEY KNOW LOOKING AFTER THEM ONCE THEY LEAVE..BY YOURSELF YOU ARE ALWAYS A TARGET FOR ANY AND EVERYTHING.

[@annarcher5198]

I agree, and as a retired bartender I would call a sober cab for him.

[@vickispeed588]

How about NOT going to bars in the first place. And I mean "bars plural" he told his Mother that he had already been to two other bars, Miranda Lamberts and Garth Brooks and one could assume he had more that the one drink in Luke's bar. A complete recipe for disaster. Intoxicated, alone and in an unfamiliar city. Sad and tragic!

[@Kay_Watermelon]

Sooooo.... if someone has his shirt how the hell would he have accidentally fallen into a river. Surely if you accidentally fall into something you hardly have the time to undress.

[@sapphirerain70]

Maybe he vomited and took it off and went to the water to wash himself, and just slipped in.

[@SirJoey420]

@@sapphirerain70I couldn’t agree more. Exactly the scenario I was thinking.

[@Kay_Watermelon]

@@sapphirerain70 You genuinely think a young, drunk boy is concerned about washing his dirty shirt after he leaves a nightclub? I doubt anything like that has ever happened, ever.

[@rainedyani8505]

He might’ve gone into the wooded embankment to pee, not realizing the terrain and high swift current and fallen in.

[@Kay_Watermelon]

@@rainedyani8505 That makes so much more sense than 'washing his shirt'. But it still doesn't explain the shirt on someone else. He's not 4, so I'm sure he's managed to learn to pee without having to remove his shirt.

[@Hasblock]

Apparently hearing secondhand rumors gets you national media attention these days

[@SirJoey420]

The media is a joke. Has been for years. It’s just a circus to keep the low iq entertained

[@alicia89]

Right this is crazy

[@maricarmenyoulookpaleandth9575]

They robbed him and then what? Homeless sometimes can be dangerous and much more when they can tell somebody is vulnerable!

[@igitha..._]

So can normal housed people who happen to be nutty.

[@Ace-ke7fq]

Most homeless help others

[@RebeccaGillan-wm1si]

Ok his body found in river no pants. No boots. Ehat the hell? How bout cking out that homeless camp??

[@jazzycat312]

Why would the bartender, friends or ANYONE let Riley walk the streets that way? 22, drunk, alone and in a strange town.

[@jazzycat312]

@Melondays874 So, everyone who seen Riley that night was drunk?

[@jazzycat312]

@Melondays874 Who said anyone should 'tell' him what to do? Offering an Uber or trying to contact his family would be constructive. What you want someone to do if it was YOUR son?

[@heavenleeangeltalk8471]

Thank you so very much Ashley!! These people need you ❤

[@ItsTheTruthLady]

I agree! She's doing an AWESOME job covering this case!! It's my go to source.

[@kepler240]

Finding the bank card usually means foul play.

[@hedykarim3614]

The area was searched before I think and then the card shows up .l

[@LittleIggy2010]

No it doesn’t.. if someone hurt him they would have surely taken his bank card too..

[@fredalwatkins4506]

​@@LittleIggy2010 And maybe after they disposed of the bank card because the story is too hot

[@Ken-615]

They would take his phone too and it would ping elsewhere. The card could have fell out when he tumbled down the bank into the river. @@LittleIggy2010

[@mewho8714]

Quite the opposite. The bank card going missing and then used usually means foul play.

[@MN-br5nb]

I hope they find him for his mom’s sake she was so desperate. It would be terrible for a young life to be lost this way. Drinking isn’t the fun ppl make it out to be. Stay sober and go home to your loved ones. The fraternity group let him down.

[@stevemathews81]

She said it is impossible the shirt could have been found at Fort Nashborough, but she is wrong. Fort Nashborough is on First Street between Broadway and Church St. It is not a single building as she described, it is a collection of log buildings that runs on the river side of first between the street and the river. There are frequently many homeless people in that area. This is very believable.

[@2rific_2]

You mean, " the shirt with vomit that Ross found", how many times does she have to mention " the shirt with vomit"?

[@TN4theWIN]

right...not "impossible"...she's making an assumption that he kept going north...i doubt he would have kept waking up there. he was lost so eventually he likely would have headed back toward the lights and sounds of Broadway in hopes of finding a familiar landmark (also downhill and easier to walk)

[@sandierads4223]

Has anyone said he could have possibly been drugged? He also bashed his head so hard he could have had a brain bleed. That poor kid and his family. His “friends” will regret their actions forever and I hope this opens eyes as to why you never let anyone leave a bar by themselves especially when they are not acting like themselves. It’s heartbreaking and I’m praying for a miracle. It does remind me of all the missing/murdered men in New England that left bars alone, never hear about that anymore even though it seems like a serial killer. I hope he turns up in a hospital somewhere as a John Doe. His family deserves a miracle.

[@SirJoey420]

His friends are off to the next party and don’t want to be disturbed with this bs.

[@FD-qd7zy]

He is an adult. Not a kid

[@Chaoticpixie69]

@@FD-qd7zy22 is young and naive regardless

[@FD-qd7zy]

@@Chaoticpixie69 Then they shouldn't be drinking or unsupervised. Give us a break with the coddling up grown ups. That's why no one has any accountability.

[@andrearadomski3710]

I think he was drugged. The manner in which he was walking is more than a drunk walk. He had a real loss of equilibrium. So sad.

[@gloriaarmstrong999]

When authorities said wasn't considered a crime, so they would stop looking. WHAT ??? NO WAY! Unbelievable.

[@truvirgo4241]

They haven’t stopped looking.. this isn’t the only case they have, also using resources to “just look” is not productive. They are working the tips that are coming in.

[@ma53jg]

@@truvirgo4241 Exactly. I am tired of people criticizing law enforcement.

[@truvirgo4241]

@@ma53jg same, its like they have all these bright ideas and know how to do it, but where are they? Are they out there looking and doing what LE supposedly can’t. Do they wear a badge all day? Keyboard officers need to take a breath

[@rachelleemon5680]

I live in Nashville, know this area, walked it myself. Sadly, I do think there is no foul play, he fell into the river and is long gone. They searched Cheatham Dam today(flows over 40 miles away from Cumberland river), basically opening and closing it to see if can find any remains. Regardless, I hope he’s found for the sake of his family.

[@roblockhart8410]

These new stations need to quit stirring up all this drama. The kids dead. He’s in the river. Quit putting the families thru all this bs. We’ve had people go into the river and not be found for months. Some never get found. In way smaller rivers than this.

[@PurpleHaze_11]

And stop blaming the bar FFS, the dude was 22. Gah damn everyone wanting to blame blame blame. Sad deal but the bars are not gah damn adult daycares. Then you question the homeless aspect and people are "We cannot bash the homeless!!!!"

[@Alexandria.Washington]

@@PurpleHaze_11These people are blaming everyone except the young adult man Riley. They are even blaming the cop for not asking Riley if he was lost and needed help, as if Riley couldn’t open his own mouth and ask for assistance. They’re blaming the bar for not calling Uber. The bar is not an Uber switchboard service and Uber drivers do NOT want drunks in their vehicles. I am pretty sure Uber does NOT want the responsibility of making sure intoxicated passengers arrive home safe and sound.

[@babsie1952]

Caleb Harris in Texas is missing in Texas also a college student. Massive searches still happening.

[@O.k.lie2me444]

Nd that is really strange, disappeared in front of his home

[@joep6035]

Unfortunately I know a similar situation to this. Kid walked out of the bar trashed. Hailed a Taxi but didnt have cash. The driver said go to the ATM up the block. Kid walked that way and never came back to the taxi . Point is, there were 50 to 100 sightings of the kid in the next 10 days. None was him. His remains were found in the water 2 months later. This was alot of years ago.

[@flower656]

I wonder if he called an Uber and he was trying to get to him

[@LubieBatUrine]

Oh JoeP... It almost sounds like you planned it out perfectly. Did your guys tell them where the body was or did the Cops have to find it on their own?

[@O.k.lie2me444]

Nuts

[@joep6035]

@@flower656 When the kid I knew went missing there were no Ubers.

[@joep6035]

@@LubieBatUrine You've got some deep issues there lady. Or is it just your time of the month?

[@TruecrimeAndcommentary]

When an intoxicated person goes missing near a body of water it’s always the same answer. I’m so sad for him and his parents, it’s really unfortunate that a few moments and one bad decision is all it takes for it to be over. I hope for a miracle but with the way he crashed and fell in the middle of the street on that video and an expanse of water nearby, I don’t see this having a happy ending.

[@vickispeed588]

After two weeks it absolutely won't have a happy ending. And it will take some time given the current at that location on the Cumberland for his body to be located. Likely when it surfaces some boaters will be the ones who discover it. What preventable tragic loss of life.

[@TruecrimeAndcommentary]

@@vickispeed588 I agree, it could be weeks before he is found. He seems like a sweet boy, it’s such a shame, my heart aches for his mother.

[@vegardtverli5770]

To me, putting on a strangers shirt with vomit on sounds strange to me. Even if I was a homeless person, I think the smell of others vomit would be repulsive. Nothing is a surprise in this world we live in. One case tops the other.

[@n.c.467]

My thoughts exactly...why would anyone take and wear a shirt with vomit on it. I don't know what the temperature was outside that night, but who would walk around shirtless? Doesn't make sense at all...

[@meccasimone2153]

If you’ve never been homeless, you never know. Homelessness has a stigma and stereo type attached to it. Just know a lot of homeless who have been homeless for years end up not being mentally and physically stable due to lack of care. I just feel it’s a bit late in this search to come up with these findings. I feel bad for the family and am upset the fraternity wasn’t the first group of people out there looking for Riley. 200 fraternity bros in town and none went to look for him within the first few days?!

[@beccagee5905]

​@@meccasimone2153It should have been the police looking for him, they have all the resources, and can access video footage. It sounds like if your a tourist you won't get help from the Nashville police.

[@ninjagirl226]

I don’t want to sound rude. But it was someone homeless. It’s possible they are just someone down on their luck. But more likely than not it’s someone with severe drug addiction and mental illness. In that case, you can’t use basic logic. Like where I used to live they’d jump into the road and try and beat up cars with passengers in it when waiting at the stop light. They need help but they don’t want it.

[@SarahPitcher]

Something has to be done with this… I feel like Riley could be in some serious danger, but hopefully he’s found safe and can be back to his family soon🙏🏻🙏🏻 That is sus😒 Continued prayers for Riley’s family!

[@louskunt2641]

I think he's long gone. He'll eventually wash up on shore or float to the surface..at least family will get closure

[@ladonnacollins-coleman6289]

Good luck. Right now the way things are, it seems like criminals have all of the rights and you can't even say anything bad about them or our president apologizes to them.

[@Jay-is2jy]

​@@ladonnacollins-coleman6289 No it doesn't... lay off the Reich wing media it's making you look foolish.. especially considering the failed president that Americans fired is constantly talking about pardoning traitors and has more charges than you can count...

[@22lyric]

​@@louskunt2641 Resolution. Never closure.

[@annemoretti3173]

He's not safe. This long

[@Mary10538]

Why didn't they take the shirt and have it tested? Why?

[@romktch17]

Hate to say it, but at this point he is most likely somewhere in the river :(. La Crosse, WI has the Mississippi very close to the downtown area where all the bars are. There's been 24 drownings since the 70s and in 9 years from 97 to 06, 8 people drowned. UW Lax started a thing called Riverwatch where volunteers will walk the river, and it has stopped since. And sadly, here in Milwaukee we also have problems with alcohol and drownings in the river downtown.

[@Maria-g2i1k]

I'd say Riley took his shirt off cuz of his vomit, makes sense!

[@mm-yt8sf]

what was the temp that night? here a couple states away it's still in the 30s during the day...though i guess he was walking on the street with just a shirt so it couldn't have been that bad. and i guess alcohol makes one feel warm too..

[@ItsTheTruthLady]

Makes no sense at all.

[@lachannajones]

I have a 19 year old son in college & this is VERY scary. Hope Riley is found safe... 🙏🙏🙏

[@Le0Nocapri0]

It’s pretty wild they can find his shirt…..but they can’t find him.

[@mynamesjudge]

No one has found his shirt. Some guy heard some guys say that they saw some guy with the same shirt.

[@KITCHENCREWABCDC]

It’s a start

[@gladyshernandez8647]

My impression is that his "fraternity brothers " spiked his drink, with obviously bad intentions! I would ask police to interrogate every one of them much harder in order to get the truth !

[@marcusroele]

He is seen on Gay street and First heading north on Gay street. Gay and First intersect about 30 yards north of the fort. So Riley is walking north away from the fort and still has his shirt. He is then seen on policeman's body cam further north one light pole north of the statue of Timothy Demonbreun. If you check the angles and the buildings and limb of tree on google street view you can find where he was in body cam footage. He still has his shirt. A bit north is where he lost bank card and phone stopped working at least from info I have seen. So if it IS his shirt then he or someone else went back south and left the shirt there. 419 Gay Street looks like it has a camera up on its corner midway. And across the street from that and north a few yards is a red sign that says under 24 hour surveillance. If a camera is working in either of these cases it might show something or if nothing then we can narrow some things down at least. Holding out hope that he fell and got amnesia and maybe leg hurt and some mentally ahhh... odd... but kind homeless person took him under his/her wing to care for him. But if it is Riley's shirt then he or someone else backtracked from James Robertson Bridge area.

[@realamarica]

This Ross guy supposedly picked up a shirt with puke on it and brushed it off and put it on. Am I the only one to think this is a messed up story and it does not ring true. Even a homeless person would not be likely to put a shirt with puke on it on without washing out the puke. OMG

[@alikat1169]

Agree

[@Magazinelady]

Ashleigh Banfield, thank you for keeping this story in front of the public. I am in Boston and I have been following the story since Riley went missing. It is a heartbreaking and frustrating story. Prayers for all involved in the search; prayers for Riley, his mother and family. Someone out there knows something!

[@JenG33379]

*LOOK AT THE VIDEO AGAIN* 3:39 Theres a guy “pulling a wagon” walking south on 1st avenue through the gay st intersection at the exact same time Riley did *PLEASE LOOK AGAIN* A volunteer from Tent City said she saw a man pulling a wagon had Riley’s shirt on. *PLEASE LOOK AGAIN* 3:39

[@dolliecain8475]

Sounds like someone is dropping the ball on this!

[@MsAdventure531]

12 days…and nothing

[@ItsTheTruthLady]

The police haven't wanted to solve this case right from the beginning. I'd be going to the governer with the unprofessional, shoddy, incompetent work they've been doing! It's outrageous!!

[@Tityretupatulae]

Congrats to this guy’s friends and to the whole security of the bar. Way to go! And to think that I put others’ before me all the time, following my mother’s example who’s done the same all her life, we must be stupid or something

[@MsRedHolly]

I agree, I cannot understand how his so called friends could’ve let him walk away from this bar alone with the condition he was in. Shame on them!! They will at now the rest of their life with the guilt I’m sure. It’s very sad.

[@heavenologistshow]

Before ppl assume he drank to much don't forget the pills out there could had been slipped and did not take effect even after coo spoke to him nen be wise don't leave drinks unattended as well

[@Kimberly-lp4nh]

What is this woman talking about at the end? Looking at Google maps the Fort Nashborough building is right around where Riley was seen. It's on 1rst Street between Church and Broadway. Riley was seen on video at 3rd Ave and Church Street. The route he walked seems to be parallel to 1st street between Church and Broadway. The homeless guy says he found it near Fort Nashborough, "Between Gay Street and Broadway", is just a bigger range of area but Fort Nashborough shows up in on the waterfront between the middle of those two and so does Church Street. Riley was on the waterfront for awhile. He also was seen spinning around, disorientated, etc. and could have doubled back at some point. So, it's not impossible at all. It's more likely the person reporting where they found it was off in his recollection. If they want to prove the shirt could not be found in the area reported, they would do better to cite the video of him still wearing a short farther along his walk.

[@merrybates2832]

That's my thought tooo

[@cheezypeezy54]

Has anyone looked for the 3 cars passing Riley at the bridge

[@_Kittensworth]

I feel so sorry for this kid, he was just out having fun with his friends like a million other young people on any given night.

[@mynamesjudge]

That's the problem: Binge drinking culture that millions of young people engage in on any given night.

[@phexi419]

@@mynamesjudgeAgreed

[@FD-qd7zy]

He's an adult

[@vickispeed588]

And that is a major problem. Getting falling down drunk in a unfamiliar city is not FUN! It really should not be considered "fun" at any time. Young people can have fun if they want to without alcohol or drugs but this has become deemed a "good time" and not hurting anyone. Unfortunately that night of "fun" cost this bright young college student his life. Just a total tragic waste!

[@Ruizfamilia140]

SOMEONE Did something 😢 it will come to light I feel like they will find him soon 😢 🙏🏽❤️‍🩹

[@jess85]

I am from Boston and this case sounds like the ones we have had up here that for some reason the police are ignoring. We have had SEVERAL men leaving bars, walking towards the charles river and they find them dead in the river. It is also not that they are all falling in either. Also no one knows why the men left the area they where in and walked towards the water but they all did.

[@mollystafford1999]

Sounds like someone may have intentionally drugged him. He was walking sideways.. definitely more than drunk I think

[@roguelegend4945]

they say' that is always someone you know, that want harm to come your way, and riley did have people who knew him near by, the guy with the top white black bottom shirt running away from the scene at the time the phone stopped working 10pm..

[@williammorris6769]

He could have possibly stolen the phone and watch and shut them off

[@zariballard]

He was in a strange town, knew no one but the guys he came with who abandoned him at the bar.

[@roguelegend4945]

that might have been his bar friend no need to steal is phone or credit card'..@@williammorris6769

[@blingmomangie]

Where is the homeless guy, Ross now?

[@SirJoey420]

Hiding the body!

[@paisleykix]

Ashley’s assumption is incorrect regarding the impossibility of Riley discarding the shirt where Ross claims to have found it. It’s possible he accepted a ride from a stranger who dropped him at that location or possibly discarded the shirt out of the vehicle because of the vomit odor. The driver may have done something to Riley and Riley is miles away from the last known location. Riley could have suffered a concussion from the head injury and may have been disoriented, resulting in a mugging or worse, due to his vulnerable state. They bank card was not used because of it’s easy detection at any ATM. If he was the victim of foul play, he was most likely rolled for cash, phone, shoes and anything else of value. They need to search the area where his shirt was found.

[@TheSouthIsHot]

Someone said someone else said a homeless man said he found Riley's shirt. Yeah, right.🙄 Funny how no one seems to exist who actually SAW Riley's shirt with their very own eyes...

[@deltatango6793]

People who watch the police body cam footage say they hear a car door open and close after he spoke to the police officer… Is it possible that someone offered to give him a ride toward his hotel?

[@constancelindsey3946]

But then how did his credit card get down to the river?

[@ancient_connection.]

The possibility of police involvement is questionable because the video is edited as you tubers are saying......if that is the police they are questionable

[@deltatango6793]

@@ancient_connection. I don’t disagree

[@sjfanning7711]

Praying for Riley and his family here in Southwest Missouri. 😢😢😢

[@robertpresha9504]

Well he would not be drunk now and he has not come home.So it does not sound good. They will probably find him in the water.

[@mmarie1131]

Shame on his so called friends for letting him leave alone in that condition. No words

[@JenG33379]

I think Ashley is thinking about “Ft Negley” Ft Nashborough is right there on the corner of 1st & Church.

[@stephanielloyd4053]

A couple of years ago in my city in the UK a young man (a fresher) he'd been at the uni for A WEEK! Went missing, they had camera footage of him leaving a club and walking towards the bridge to cross the river to the uni and the residential areas. His mum and dad came and they searched for 3 weeks! They found him a mile down the river. They said he'd gone to cross the river and possibly stopped for a wee, being a bit unsteady he fell in the dark and ended up in the river. It was such a shame. They have installed a lot more cameras since.

[@judithdone6489]

Homeless ppl know sumthing

[@jodydamon436]

Godspeed to all helping find Riley and prayers to the family

[@rmalus10297]

Unfortunately, guys walking trashed along river fronts never ends up good. It's an actual phenomenon.

[@PurpleHaze_11]

It's like the river just......reaches out in a way.....

[@O.k.lie2me444]

Water trys to pull you in

[@dre5rebel1]

KUDOS! and SUPER THANKS and LOVE to CHRIS SALISBURY - ADVOCATE for NASHVILLE'S HOMELESS & TENT DWELLERS POPULATION. Chris, you see a population of people who main-stream America have forgotten. Thank You for your service. Sending prayers, peace, and love to Riley's family, loved ones and friends!

[@g.w.hampton5525]

So where is the shirt now???

[@flower656]

They should request the people who were kind in contact with him to come forward . Also the people who were in the scoters to come forward maybe they saw something suspicious or anything !

[@Nicklus-xg2ot]

What's really going on?

[@MakaylaBennett-p5l]

THIS GUY DOES KNOW HIS NAME IF THEY LOOKED HIM UP STOP PROTECTING THE DAMN HOMELESS

[@deborahvalentine2180]

Please Lord help them find Riley and please let him be okay and bring him home!! In your name Jesus....Amen

[@md37567]

Riley was remarkably naive and sheltered to think he could just wander around drunk in a strange city near a river in the dark. RIP kiddo.

[@violatrujillo]

I have doubts of what Ashley Banfield says bc she jumps on any bandwagon like she did with the "doctored" Princess photo...she just piles on. This isn't journalism it's click bait.

[@pooh4025]

We now know that was a lie about the shirt because they just found him in the river wearing his shirt ..my condolences to his family 🙏

[@LordBeezleDwarf]

It sounds to me like he was piss drunk, was near the river, threw up on himself, said damn i gotta clean off this is disgusting, gets an idea to wash in the river. Falls in the river walking to it since he was falling everywhere

[@ITSONLYMEWATCHING]

Where are you kid? Where are you?? We are praying for Riley and his family and friends.

[@kat4animals004]

Riley took off his shirt after he vomited on it and walked down to the river bank to rinse it off.

[@Alexandria.Washington]

Yeah right. I guess you believe in UFO.

[@fabiolaflores8919]

But it’s such a steep incline and full of brush. I know drunks don’t have much sense to their actions but the water is a ways down a steep incline. But in his state of mind there are so many possibilities and your theory is one of them.

[@canefan17]

Why is she saying it’s impossible for shirt to be found where it was? Nothing is impossible at this point.

[@Alexandria.Washington]

Yes some things are impossible if you use basic logic and common sense.

[@canefan17]

@@Alexandria.Washington Hopefully the investigators leave those possibilities open until further evidence is discovered. Basic logic and common sense tend to go out the window when dealing with a highly intoxicated individual roaming the city for hours.

[@iahelcathartesaura3887]

Well done Ashleigh, thank you for giving Chris time and place to speak!!

[@garypiatt4666]

So, “there are really good people;e down there, who really like to help.” But, NOT ONE of them dialed 911 and reported that “Ross” had the shirt of the missing fellow!!!!! Sounds like they really are “good people” “who w]like to help.” And, the officer was able to bring “Ross” “right up on his computer!” Means “Ross” has a criminal record- “really good people.”

[@kennymwalker]

so if he shed his shirt then his t shirt would of been white and someone in a white shirt run by the camera on the other side oif the bridge,they said it wasnt rilety because the shirt was white but if he shed his shirt then a t shirt would be white,maybe looking further down would also help the search,no telling how far down he went on camera ifd he had on a t shirt instead of the yellow black shirt everyone was targeted on

[@zariballard]

Yes!!! You are right bout the white t shirt!

[@cae2024]

So if Riley had his shirt on right before the bridge that we could see in the officers body cam footage than the homeless man is lying on where he got it. It has been said that another homeless person that lives under that bridge heard a scuffle and yelled up with someone saying things are fine he is just drunk. What if Riley at that time was jumped by this homeless man that has been seen wearing his shirt or someone else at the bridge and after puked on his shirt at that time? In the body cam footage two cars drove by real slow at the same time Riley was walking by. What if someone jumped out of one of those cars ruffed him up and he puked so they took his shirt off and through it on the ground and took off with him? Which means they are searching in all of the wrong areas right now. Whoever it was turned his phone and watch off and that is why his phone has not pinged anywhere else. Saying that the left behind shirt maybe had his debit card in the shirt pocket and the homeless man found it there and took it down to the water to wash the puke off and at that time the debit card fell out of the pocket without the homeless guy knowing because it was dark at that time. These investigators and the police force have to think outside the box for all possibilities. Riley was not seen on any other cameras after that bridge and body cam footage. Just a thought. Let’s bring Riley home safe to his family and friends! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@queenbee2073]

Lets pray for him - hppe he comes home here on earth

[@gwynnguiliano8859]

Some are saying that his shirt was found at a place before he was seen on camera with his shirt on. They are saying this is impossible that the homeless found it there. What if Riley doubled back??

[@OrionLady777]

Either the Nashville Police is too busy with other crimes or they are downplaying this incident of missing Riley to protect the reputation of their city .

[@PurpleHaze_11]

Maybe they're following up with the other two cadavers they found eh?

[@becky6568]

Yep . They keep saying no sign of a crime ! Wtf this is sick and evil. If it was one of their kids I bet the fbi would have been there immediately.

[@SirJoey420]

Quiet Karen.

[@JennBX1]

I dont understand why his friends didnt get an Uber or taxi for him. Or better yet, walk him to the hotel?? WTH? Yes, the hotel was nearby, but, he was obviously very intoxicated. The poor family. 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@hollykane4000]

Friends should have never left him. Never leave a friend behind and more so since they were in dif areas.

[@elhuddleston17]

Back around 12 years ago an Amish family lost a young boy in his teens to drowning in their pond here in Missouri. Even tho they had it dug it when the boy drowned no matter how many times they tried finding him but couldn't. So they stopped an just let the body float up a while later. Sorry for your pain your going through.

[@meowmirrr]

why would you wear a vomit covered shirt?? that makes no sense!!!

[@Bdubs007]

I've seen the homeless wear pants with shit all over it, they wear ANYTHING they can grab

[@QueenRoseFlower]

EVERYONE SAY A PRAYER, FOR RILEY RIGHT NOW! STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND SAY A PRAYER FOR RILEY'S SAFE RETURN ALIVE !!!!!! IMMEDIATLEY !!!!!! THANK-YOU !

[@cruisingal2]

Has the ground been searched where he puked (for puke)? Well I guess a couple said they seen him puking, but matching where the shirt was supposedly found and where the puke was might contribute to a timeline?

[@Crafting_Through_Life]

Tragically we now know that shirt was NOT Riley's and Riley still had on his original shirt, apple watch, etc and was found in the river approximately 8 miles up the river from where he had his last ping. Police say there's no signs of foul play and they suspect he fell into the water and was to intoxicated to help himself or IMO, I believe from that last police video by the river, he was walking/talking fairly normal for someone who was supposedly intoxicated and faceplanted prior, and it was most likely he had an unknown internal brain/severe concussion from the fall, he sat down by the water, lost consciousness and rolled into the water. My question is, if he was so intoxicated and stumbling and falling why didn't that metro officer stop him and at least get him an uber home or take him in to sleep it off in the drunk tank for public intoxication? I also believe the bar, celebrity owned or not should very much be held responsible for not allowing Riley's friend to leave with him. Security officers need to stop acting like an intoxicated man could never be a rape/kidnapped/robbed/go missing/etc simply because they are a MAN. If you're a human, IT CAN HAPPEN TO YOU!!!!!

[@just_peachy77]

Ross needs to turn himself in and start talking.

[@karengriffey2575]

Riley isn’t in the river. The psychic mediums have been saying that he got sick and vomited. The mediums also say that Riley was kicked and beaten. Then his body was dumped in a scrap yard across town. So it is possible that the homeless man randomly found the shirt looking for copper. The cops don’t care as people go missing in Nashville often. Why didn’t the family who saw Riley vomiting help him?! No it’s not impossible that the man found his shirt far away because Riley was taken away in a blue car and his body is in a scrap yard on the other side of town say the psychic mediums. Maybe now the family will start listening to what the psychic mediums are saying and go across town to the scrap yard. Homeless folks roam the streets so it’s possible he found Rileys vomit shirt exactly where he said he did. The psychic mediums know, they know. Don’t insist people think that Riley’s body is still in that general vicinity of the river bank when it’s not. The mediums were right all along. The hillbillies running this investigation are ignorant and the family has suffered because of their negligence. Meanwhile Riley’s body is decaying in a freakin scrap yard across town. Listen to the psychic mediums and stop the madness. Help this mother who’s grieving. The world is watching this Nashville chit show on KZbin. Your psychic medium friends tried to help but no one will listen. RIP Riley. GBNF 🩵🤍🪬☮️

[@ladonnastafford3914]

The guy with the shirt ….. if it is light…, should be coming forward on his own !!!! If he doesn’t then he is not telling the truth.

[@ItsTheTruthLady]

He was trying to. He tried contacting the police. Weren't you listening?

[@ladonnastafford3914]

@@ItsTheTruthLady sorry. I must have missed that part! I’m glad he was it is!!