Parents of Missing Missouri College Student in Nashville Pleading for Answers as Cajun Navy Steps In

In brief but tearful comments, the parents of missing University of Missouri student Riley Strain, who went missing after a night out in Downtown Nashville, Tennessee, on March 8, pleaded with the public for help in finding their 22-year-old son. On the banks of the Cumberland River near where Mr. Strain was last seen on surveillance video released by the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department, the parents were joined by representatives from MNPD and the United Cajun Navy (UC Navy) to provide an update and announce the organization of a search party. “With the boys, they’re heartbroken also, he’s their best friend and we love these boys like our own,” Riley’s mother, Michelle Strain Whiteid, said of the friends who were accompanying him on the night out....