While the Metro Nashville Police Department has been adamant there is no suspected foul play surrounding the death of Riley Strain, it appears that others, including those close to the family, aren’t so sure. During a March 27 interview with NewsNation, family friend Chris Dingman noted that Strain was recovered wearing only a shirt and his watch. His pants, boots, and wallet were not on him. But that’s not all. “One thing that threw the family for a loop was, you know, the coroner going on the record with a newsperson in Nashville stating about the lack of water in his lungs. I’m not a crime drama person by no means, but usually, water in the lungs means, you know, they were alive when they went into the water,” he revealed. Dingman went on to say that he hoped that the ball hadn’t been dropped and that he strongly believed that “there’s somebody out there that knows what actually happened that night.”
Strain’s funeral is scheduled for March 29 at 2 p.m. in his native town of Springfield, Missouri, and will be followed by a private burial. In his obituary, the family requested that funeral attendees wear green in honor of one of Strain’s frequent sayings: “Green makes you look good.”
