It’s been almost two weeks since University of Missouri student Riley Strain disappeared. The 22-year-old was last seen on March 8 when he was kicked out of Luke Bryan’s bar in Nashville, Tennessee. Strain’s mother, Michelle, recalled his last conversation before he disappeared.
“We talked on FaceTime for a while, he wanted me to see around and he was very excited. Then we hung up and he texted me and he was like, ‘It was a little hard to hear you, but I wanted you to see what was going on,’” Michelle told PEOPLE.
“I told them, ‘Well, guys, be safe. Make good decisions. I love you guys.’ And he said, “I love you too. And that’s it, that’s the last I heard from him.”
Riley Strain’s stepfather opens up about family’s state of mind
With the two-week mark approaching and no sign of the college student in sight, the search for strain is starting to look a little bleak. The Strain family tries to remain optimistic about his return. But Strain’s stepfather, Chris Whiteid, says the family is also preparing for a less ideal outcome.
“Put yourself in our place. Your family, your brother, your sister, have been missing for almost two weeks,” she said.
Chris also added that the family is starting to have “conversations” about the possibility of him not returning home.
“Everyone knows it, everyone thinks it: those conversations are starting to happen,” he continued. “It’s not what we want. And I understand that people want to know what we feel: we feel frustrated, hurt, depressed.”
Riley’s cousin sets the record straight
According to USA Today, Strain was visiting Nashville for a fraternity trip. The image of a college fraternity member being kicked out of a bar is not a great one. But Strain’s cousin, Jake Bradley, said the situation doesn’t describe who Strain was as a person.
“Yeah, he likes to have fun with his friends and stuff,” Bradley said of his cousin.
“That’s not…if you looked at it outside of that, his love and his care and his kindness were that of a five-year-old boy who loved every toy he had, you know?”
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