Riley Strain's death appears accidental as per autopsy: Nashville police

Riley Strain's story took a lot of media attention in the United States. 

Riley Strain was a University of Missouri student who went missing for two weeks before being found dead in the Cumberland River. 

Police authorities, who have been investigating the circumstances surrounding his disappearance, revealed that initial findings from the autopsy suggest his death was accidental. 

The report finds no signs of foul play around his death, the Nashville police said. The 22-year-old's cause of death remains undetermined as toxicology results are still yet to come. 

Riley's disappearance sparked a massive search effort after he was last seen leaving a Nashville bar. On March 17, police authorities said they found Riley’s bank card on the embankment between Gay Street and the Cumberland River.

Authorities are now trying to determine the exact circumstances surrounding his death. They are trying to ascertain the events that caused him to lose his life.

Initial reports suggest that Strain's death appears to be accidental, with no signs of foul play-related trauma noted during the autopsy. However, authorities are awaiting the results of the toxicology report before drawing any definitive conclusions. 

Riley Strain was last seen on the night of March 8, when he was reportedly kicked out of a downtown Nashville bar. Despite efforts by friends and authorities to locate him, Strain could not be traced until his lifeless body was discovered in the Cumberland River in West Nashville.