{"id":297797,"date":"2024-04-12T10:38:40","date_gmt":"2024-04-12T15:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/last-person-to-speak-to-riley-strain-gives-statement-huge-development"},"modified":"2024-04-12T10:38:55","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T15:38:55","slug":"last-person-to-speak-to-riley-strain-gives-statement-huge-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/last-person-to-speak-to-riley-strain-gives-statement-huge-development","title":{"rendered":"Final Individual to Converse to Riley Pressure Provides Assertion, &#039;Big&#039; Improvement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div readability=\"42.6032540676\">\n<section id=\"cb-25fbb77c4486157a082f65b5992a1dd0\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20240412_e7246c02c37d42c59463e5c1e482fc7e\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:ee98b209-9a24-47c9-af33-763bbad27aba\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/e7\/4by3\/2024\/04\/12\/e7246c02c37d42c59463e5c1e482fc7e_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Riley Strain Main_\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-25fbb77c4486157a082f65b5992a1dd0--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-2980b53d72bd9f300e3ca568a4041383\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"28\">\n<p>The last person known to have spoken to <strong>Riley Strain<\/strong> before he disappeared has finally given a statement to the cops &#8230; and his family is hailing it as a &#8220;huge&#8221; development.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-2980b53d72bd9f300e3ca568a4041383--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-3fc072b7667d1cd195368b5f12e8c619\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-7c234bbf-0a68-4e0b-bedb-9834b9369ba5-1400358875-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-7c234bbf-0a68-4e0b-bedb-9834b9369ba5-1400358875-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/6e\/16by9\/2024\/04\/12\/6e519d80d1d748c7b4d711720aceca5f_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">NewsNation<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-3fc072b7667d1cd195368b5f12e8c619--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-eb967a422739875fef5bdfebef8356d5\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"28.9402390438\">\n<p><strong>Chris Dingman<\/strong>, a spokesperson for Riley&#8217;s devastated family, told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsnationnow.com\/vargasreports\/riley-strain-witness-gives-statement\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>NewsNation<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong>the new witness spoke with the family first, and then &#8220;told the detective his account of the story of what happened to Riley\u201d &#8212; all this 3 weeks after they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2024\/03\/22\/riley-strain-body-found-missing-nashville-two-weeks-river\/\"><strong>found his body<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-eb967a422739875fef5bdfebef8356d5--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-b8e9b7862826636ac4eff7041907467a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-a694f76c-c69d-463c-a714-ff4779561751-183922543-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-a694f76c-c69d-463c-a714-ff4779561751-183922543-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/ab\/16by9\/2024\/03\/14\/ab263aada08c45af85fdd6197161b73b_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                      <span class=\"media-video-swipe video-block__media-video-swipe\">3\/8\/24<\/span>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-b8e9b7862826636ac4eff7041907467a--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-bbd97a3cf87cc1386a737ac555a6bba7\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"28\">\n<p>Dingman didn&#8217;t say who the witness was or share the specific details they provided about what happened to Riley &#8230; before he disappeared and was later found dead.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-bbd97a3cf87cc1386a737ac555a6bba7--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-ffc7f24e262513d53e00e7617d9ccafe\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-33560b72-a2cf-4be9-8f2c-300c4886cf94-753368849-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-33560b72-a2cf-4be9-8f2c-300c4886cf94-753368849-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/b3\/16by9\/2024\/03\/22\/b3f448b1f3b64188a8fb733d678249c7_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                      <span class=\"media-video-swipe video-block__media-video-swipe\">3\/22\/24<\/span>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-ffc7f24e262513d53e00e7617d9ccafe--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-4ef5a8632cd8e126d20a175270fad663\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"26.026119403\">\n<p>As you know, questions have arisen over the nature of Riley&#8217;s death because he didn&#8217;t have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2024\/03\/28\/riley-strain-family-second-autopsy\/\"><strong>his cowboy boots, pants or wallet<\/strong><\/a> on him when his body was pulled from the Cumberland River &#8212; which was 2 weeks after he vanished from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/luke-bryan\/\"><strong>Luke Bryan<\/strong><\/a>&#8216;s bar in Nashville on March 8.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-4ef5a8632cd8e126d20a175270fad663--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-714b606f41c88f5bb3eaaf2838bd65e4\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-ac6bcb41-3210-4059-912a-77f0dd475c97-1363647075-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-ac6bcb41-3210-4059-912a-77f0dd475c97-1363647075-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/8f\/16by9\/2024\/03\/18\/8f6bcf84a92c4d6b819af0403950d01f_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                      <span class=\"media-video-swipe video-block__media-video-swipe\">3\/18\/24<\/span>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">Fox17<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-714b606f41c88f5bb3eaaf2838bd65e4--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-6e16c6e7327aa03503a81b69282fc728\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"28\">\n<p>Dingman says Riley was definitely wearing all those items the night he disappeared &#8230; which has the family thinking his death wasn\u2019t just an accident.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-6e16c6e7327aa03503a81b69282fc728--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-4e01b8ba94e454a78961107775b7c8cd\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20240319_e7d442d7fd4f46e880bd0d78d2ac98fc\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:ee98b209-9a24-47c9-af33-763bbad27aba\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/e7\/4by3\/2024\/03\/19\/e7d442d7fd4f46e880bd0d78d2ac98fc_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Metro Nashville PD search for Riley Strain\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-4e01b8ba94e454a78961107775b7c8cd--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-804094c7df83ff365aaee78c65f4b7d3\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"26.7990654206\">\n<p>On top of that, the preliminary report confirmed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2024\/03\/24\/riley-strain-death-ruled-accidental-local-police-no-foul-play\/\"><strong>absence of water in his lungs<\/strong><\/a> &#8230; raising further concern he might&#8217;ve already been dead before hitting the water, and casting doubt on the assumption he drowned.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-804094c7df83ff365aaee78c65f4b7d3--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-5330efe8171dc442cc3a8bd154fa4736\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-441c4a91-6355-4fa5-9f8d-d5714b6ecb1f-480619222-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-441c4a91-6355-4fa5-9f8d-d5714b6ecb1f-480619222-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/43\/16by9\/2024\/03\/14\/433e540aa7a7409286c113a5200daf59_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                      <span class=\"media-video-swipe video-block__media-video-swipe\">3\/8\/24<\/span>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-5330efe8171dc442cc3a8bd154fa4736--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-032515fb52b4ac749a9ee818db2486b7\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"26.1894273128\">\n<p>Riley&#8217;s family went ahead and ordered a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2024\/03\/28\/riley-strain-family-second-autopsy\/\"><strong>second private autopsy<\/strong><\/a> from an independent company to try to clear up all those lingering questions about his death &#8212; but it sounds like this new witness will also aid the investigation.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-032515fb52b4ac749a9ee818db2486b7--><\/p><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2024\/04\/12\/riley-strain-death-nashville-last-person-come-forward-cops-disappeared\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The last person known to have spoken to Riley Strain before he disappeared has finally given a statement to the cops &#8230; and his family [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1075,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-297797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1075"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=297797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297797\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}