One person claimed Strain consumed at least five drinks, including two vodka shots and three IPAs during the bus ride.
By 4:30 p.m. local time, Strain’s fraternity brothers arrived in Nashville and less than a half hour later video showed the college student consuming a margarita at one establishment.
A report from the Tennessee Alcohol Beverage Commission indicated Strain consumed five to six more drinks by 8 p.m.
By 8:30 p.m., while at another bar, his roommate “got him two waters because Riley began slurring his speech,” and after the bartender heard Strain slurring his speech, they directed the bouncer to eject the college student from the establishment.
Police reports indicate Strain was escorted from Luke 32′s Bridge after an argument with staff around 9:38 p.m.
Strain spoke with one of her fraternity brothers on the phone shortly after he left the bar, and then he disappeared.
Strain was reported missing the following afternoon. His body wasn’t found until March 22.
Three months after his disappearance officials released his official cause of death: drowning and ethanol intoxication. At the time, it was unclear how Strain’s blood alcohol level was .228 even though he hadn’t appeared to consume a large amount of alcohol before his disappearance.