Yeah, maybe there was something in it that shouldn't have been Riley Strain's
mom is shedding light on her last conversation with her late son. Nearly
one month after the 22 year old's body was recovered from Nashville's
Cumberland River. Michelle Wade is recalling the final messages she
received from her son before he went missing. She says this during an
interview with News Nation on April 16th, he had sent me a text and said,
um that he had or ordered a, he was drinking a rum and coat and it didn't
taste good. And I said, well, you probably shouldn't drink it. Then he
goes, well, it tastes like barbecue and I go, well, that sounds awful. And he
said, well, it sounds good but it's not a rum and Coke normally tastes the same.
I mean, that's not something that you really normally taste any different. It
has a very consistent taste. Yes. Yes. And that's why like you probably
shouldn't drink that. Do you think that could have something to do with what
happened?
Yeah, maybe there was something in it that shouldn't have been. Michelle goes
on to say this about Riley's Delta G fraternity brothers reaction the night
that the 22 year old went missing, the fraternity brothers had not gone to the
police
when they called you. Not that I am aware of. Were you surprised? Yes. Mhm.
Because why wouldn't they,
why wouldn't they have called the police when they got back at 315 in the
morning
and didn't see him? Then?
Why wouldn't they have called the police?
I don't know. So seven or eight hours had gone by from the time they got back
to the hotel to when they called you. Do you have any idea why they didn't
call the police until then? I don't, I don't know. The messages are just the
latest update in the case of Riley's March 8th disappearance during a night
out with friends in downtown Nashville after reports surfaced that a witness
had come forward as the last person to speak with the University of Missouri
student that night, a spokesperson for the Nashville Police Department tells e
news on April 12th that the unnamed person recanted their statement after
alleging that they had not seen him but someone else, the spokesperson
continues the case remains open and unclassified pending the report from
the medical examiner's office which is awaiting toxicology reports. Until now.
There is no tangible reason to believe that there was any foul play involved