A Missouri college student goes missing in Nashville. Police now know what killed him

Riley Strain, a Missouri college student who went missing after leaving a downtown Nashville bar and whose body was later found in a river, died of accidental drowning and alcohol poisoning, the state announced Tuesday. police.

Strain's body was found in the Cumberland River in West Nashville on the morning of March 22, several miles from where he went missing. The 22-year-old University of Missouri student was in town for a weekend when he was kicked out of a bar two weeks earlier, authorities said.

The Nashville Metropolitan Police Department said the autopsy, released Tuesday, supports its detectives' findings about the missing persons, and the department now officially classifies Strain's death as accidental.

Police found that Strain had consumed “multiple alcoholic beverages” at various Nashville establishments, became separated from his friends and was “visibly impaired” while walking on Gay Street near the Cumberland River in the night of March 8.

Detectives concluded that Strain, unfamiliar with the terrain and walking in the dark, headed toward an overgrown area and fell down the steep embankment leading to the river and into the water. Due to recent rains, the river level was very high that night with a fast flowing current, police said.

“The MNPD continues to express its sincere condolences to the family and friends of Riley Strain,” their statement added.

CNN has requested a copy of the autopsy report and has contacted the Strain family's attorney for comment.

Strain's family requested an independent autopsy when his body was found, they previously told CNN.

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