Family of college student who died in Nashville files wrongful death lawsuit against fraternity

The household of a University of Missouri pupil who died during a travel to Nashville has filed a wrongful decease suit against his erstwhile fraternity and pledge brothers astir a twelvemonth aft his death. 

Riley Strain, 22, was recovered dormant successful the Cumberland River astir 2 weeks aft helium disappeared from a nighttime retired successful Nashville connected March 8, 2024.

The lawsuit, filed by Strain's household connected March 21 successful Boone County, Missouri, is against the University of Missouri section of the Delta Chi, arsenic his household is moving to clasp his fraternity liable for his death.

Strain's household claims that his decease was a "result of the carelessness and negligence" of the fraternity, according to the suit archetypal obtained by WZTV. 

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Riley Strain was past seen retired with friends connected Broadway Street successful Nashville connected the evening of March 8. His assemblage was recovered successful the Cumberland River connected March 22. (family handout)

"After Riley was abandoned, but anterior to his death, helium experienced conscious symptom and suffering," the suit reads. "As a nonstop and proximate effect of defendants’ negligence, Riley suffered terrible injuries, yet resulting successful his decease connected March 22, 2024."

The suit added that Strain suffered "extreme carnal and affectional damage, and symptom and suffering anterior to his death."

Strain adjacent initially declined to be the fraternity’s yearly ceremonial travel to Nashville successful 2024, according to the lawsuit, but decided to be "after continued adjacent unit from his fraternity brothers."

The 36-page suit lists 32 individuals, including Delta Chi section presidents, recruitment chairs, and galore fraternity leaders and brothers.

Mizzou pupil Riley Strain, 22, had been missing since March 8 aft helium disappeared successful downtown Nashville. (The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department)

Strain's household argues that the Delta Chi fraternity and its members were negligent successful taking due precautions to guarantee each fraternity members would beryllium harmless and failed to intervene erstwhile Strain was visibly impaired.

The filing goes connected to impeach the fraternity of aggregate negligent acts, including failing to person due information measures successful spot for the event, allowing excessive drinking connected the charter buses that transported the fraternity to Nashville, contempt fraternity policies that should person prohibited specified behaviour and the lack of chaperons oregon advisors, among different accusations.

According to the lawsuit, respective fraternity members noticed Strain was displaying antithetic behavior, noting helium struggled to speak, locomotion and interact with others. 

Strain was described arsenic "virtually incoherent" by the clip the radical reached the past barroom of the nighttime and was seen "leaning against walls to enactment upright, stumbling up and down steps, and was wholly incapable to talk oregon communicate, and needed help," according to the lawsuit. 

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Riley Strain was past seen astatine Luke Bryan's barroom successful downtown Nashville conscionable earlier 10 p.m. Friday connected March 8, 2024.  (Google Maps/ A Voice for the Voiceless)

"When a barroom kicked Riley out, Riley’s fraternity brothers had 2 options: 1) spell with Riley, marque definite helium was safe, and instrumentality attraction of him; oregon 2) proceed to party. Riley’s Delta Chi brothers chose to proceed partying," the suit read. 

The suit continued and stated that aft Strain was kicked retired of the bar, helium was mislaid and without assistance and stumbled successful the incorrect absorption towards the Cumberland River, a four-minute locomotion from the barroom his fraternity brothers had seen him past at.

"Rather than having the enactment of his brothers, Riley was abandoned and alone," the ailment stated.

The suit continued and claims that Strain's roommates saw "that Riley was not successful the country and did nothing."

"There was nary search, nary panic, and nary 1 called 911 to study that Riley had failed to marque the 12 (12) infinitesimal locomotion backmost to the edifice successful implicit 3 hours. The fraternity brothers did not adjacent deliberation to telephone Riley’s parents, they simply got acceptable for furniture and went to sleep," the suit read. 

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A study released by the TABC releases Nashville bars from wrongdoing aft assemblage pupil Riley Strain disappeared the nighttime of March 8th. (Getty Images, Associated Press)

Strain's household is seeking a assemblage proceedings arsenic good arsenic seeking damages for medical, funeral, and burial expenses, and compensation for his symptom and suffering earlier his death.

Approximately 2 weeks aft Strain disappeared, connected March 22, a idiosyncratic astatine a institution based on the Cumberland River reported seeing a assemblage to police, who were aboriginal capable to corroborate Strain's identity.

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A aesculapian examiner determined that Strain's humor intoxicant level was .228 – much than doubly the ineligible bounds – erstwhile helium died, and helium besides had Delta 9 successful his system, per the toxicology study antecedently reviewed by Fox News Digital.

In summation to the precocious intoxicant content, grounds of caffeine, nicotine and marijuana was recovered successful Strain's blood. 

Strain's causes of decease were listed arsenic drowning and ethanol intoxication, and his mode of decease was deemed accidental.

Fox News Digital's Audrey Conklin contributed to this report.

Stepheny Price is simply a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business. She covers topics including missing persons, homicides, nationalist transgression cases, amerciable immigration, and more. Story tips and ideas tin beryllium sent to [email protected]