Riley Strain, 22, was found dead in March, two weeks after he vanished during a night out with his friends in Nashville. His parents wept as they accepted his University of Missouri diploma on Saturday.
Let s not let Riley s tragedy end in vain, says the petition. We were all young once and made choices, such as over-drinking … It is a business owner s responsibility for safety.
Riley Strain s family friend Chris Dingman spoke out to criticize said there was no physical way the University of Missouri student accidentally fell into the river where he was found.
Riley, who went missing in downtown Nashville on March 8 after a night out with his fraternity brothers, was found dead nearly two weeks after he vanished in the Cumberland River.
A forensic expert has claimed Riley Strain s pants would not have come off themselves but would have likely been removed by another person before he entered the river where he was found.