Riley
Strain’s
Body
Is
Found

At
7:28
a.m.
on
March
22,
a
local
worker

called
police
to
report
seeing
a
body
in
the
Cumberland
River
in
Western
Nashville,
Metropolitan
Nashville
Police
Chief

John
Drake said
at
a
press
conference
later
that
day.

The
Davidson
County
Medical
Examiner’s
Office
positively
identified
Riley,
but
his
black
and
white
shirt
and
other
identifiable
objects
on
the
body,
including
a
watch,
also
indicated
it
was
him,
according
to
the
chief.

“I
want
to
say
to
the
family,
my
heart
and
prayers
go
out
to
you
all
for
this
very
unfortunate
and
tragic
incident,”
the
chief
said. “I
also
want
to
say
thank
you
to
the
Nashville
community
and
the
outpouring
of
support
from
the
community
in
trying
to
help
us
locate
Mr.
Strain.”

Factoring
in
his
height
and
weight,
investigators
had
estimated
when
and
where
Riley’s
body
might
surface
if
he’d
gone
into
the
river. “This
is
the
14th
day,”
the
chief
explained, “so
we
were
really
expecting
anytime
soon
to
find
him. So
we
were
in
the
right
spot.
It’s
just
unfortunate.”

He
said
there
was “no
other
evidence
to
suggest
anything
other
than”
that
Riley
fell
into
the
river.

Riley’s
dad,
mom
and
stepfather
all
wore
green,
his
favorite
color,
to
police
headquarters
that
afternoon,
according
to

WKRN. 

Speaking
to
reporters,
Michelle
said, “I
just
ask
that
you
mommas
out
there,
hug
your
babies
tight
tonight
please.
Please,
for
me,
just
hug
your
babies
tight
tonight.
And
again,
thank
you,
thank
you
for
sharing
our
story.”