The family of A student from the University of Missouri He died during a trip to Nashville brought an unlawful death procedure against his former brotherhood and promised brothers almost a year after his death.
Riley Strain, 22, was found dead in the Cumberland River, almost two weeks after he disappeared from a night out in Nashville on 8 March 2024.
The lawsuit, submitted by the Van Strain family on March 21 in Boone County, Missouri, is against the chapter of the University of Missouri of the Delta Chi, because his family works to keep his brotherhood responsible for his death.
The Van Strain family claims that his death was an “result of the carelessness and negligence” of the brotherhood, according to the court case for the first time obtained by WZTV.
Riley Strain was last seen with friends on Broadway Street in Nashville on the evening of March 8. His body was found on March 22 in the Cumberland River. (Family Handout)
“After Riley was abandoned, but prior to his death he experienced conscious pain and suffering,” the lawsuit is. “As a direct and close result of the negligence of defendants, Riley suffered serious injury, which eventually resulted in his death on March 22, 2024.”
The lawsuit added that stam “extreme physical and emotional damage and pain and suffering prior to his death.”
Strain even initially refused to attend the annual formal journey from the Brotherhood to Nashville in 2024, according to the court case, but decided “after continuous group pressure of his brothers brothers.”
The 36 -page lawsuit contains 32 people, including Delta Chi Chapter presidents, recruitment chairs and countless brotherhood leaders and brothers.
Mizzou -student Riley Strain, 22, was missing since 8 March after he had disappeared in the center of Nashville. (The police of Metropolitan Nashville)
The family of the tribe argues that the Delta Chi -Broederschap and its members were negligent in taking the correct precautions to ensure that all members of the Brotherhood would be safe and could not intervene When the tension was visibly affected.
The submission also accuses the brotherhood of multiple negligent actions, including not having the right safety measures for the event, as a result of which excessive drinking on the charter buses that the Brotherhood have transported to Nashville, despite the policy of the Brotherhood that such behavior should have forbidden and the absence of chapers or advisers, among others, among others, among others, among others.
According to the court case, various brotherhood members noticed that tension showed unusual behavior, and noted that he had difficulty speaking, walking and communicating with others.
Strain was described as “virtually incoherent” by the time the group reached the last bar of the night and was seen “leaning against walls to stay upright, stumble up and down, and was completely unable to speak or communicate, and needed help,” according to the court case.
Riley Strain was last seen in the bar of Luke Bryan in the center of Nashville just before 10 p.m. Friday on March 8, 2024. (Google Maps/ A Voice for De Voteless)
“When a bar riley kicked it out, Riley’s brotherhood had two options: 1) Go with Riley, make sure he was safe and take care of him; or 2) keep partying. Riley’s Delta Chi Brothers chose to keep partying,” read the court case.
The lawsuit went on and stated that after the tension was kicked out of the bar, he was lost and without help and stumbled in the wrong direction to the Cumberland River, a four -minute walk from the bar where his brotherhood broods had seen him last.
“Instead of getting the support of his brothers, Riley was abandoned and alone,” the complaint explained.
The lawsuit went on and claims that the roommates saw the rack “that Riley was not in the room and did nothing.”
“There was no search, no panic, and nobody called 911 to report that Riley had made the twelve (12) minutes walk back to the hotel in more than three hours. The Brothers Brothers didn’t even thought to call Riley’s parents, they were just ready for bed and went to sleep,” read the court case.
A report released by the TABC brings Nashville bars free from misconduct after student Riley Strain had disappeared on the night of 8 March. (Getty Images, Associated Press)
The Van Strain family is looking for a jury court and requires compensation for medical, funeral and funeral costs, and compensation for his pain and suffering before his death.
About two weeks after the tribe had disappeared, on March 22, an employee reported to see a body at a company along the Cumberland River, who could later confirm the identity of the tribe.
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A medical researcher found that the alcohol content of the blood of Stam .228 was – more than twice the legal limit – when he died, and he also had Delta 9 in his system, according to the toxicological report that was previously assessed by FOX News Digital.
In addition to the high alcohol content, proof of caffeine, nicotine and marijuana was found in the blood of Stam.
The causes of death of the tribe were mentioned as drowning and ethanol intoxication, and his way of death was considered by chance.
Audrey Conklin from FOX News Digital has contributed to this report.
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