Riley Strain’s Mom Reveals Final Text Messages Sent Before Her Son's Disappearan

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00:00 Yeah, maybe there was something in it that shouldn't have been.

00:04 Riley Strain's mom is shedding light on her last conversation with her late son.

00:10 Nearly one month after the 22-year-old's body was recovered from Nashville's Cumberland River,

00:16 Michelle Wadid is recalling the final messages she received from her son before he went missing.

00:21 She says this during an interview with NewsNation on April 16th.

00:27 He had sent me a text and said that he had ordered a, he was drinking a rum and coke and it didn't

00:33 taste good. And I said, well you probably shouldn't drink it then. He goes, well it tastes like

00:38 barbecue. And I go, well that sounds awful. And he said, well it sounds good but it's not.

00:46 When a rum and coke normally tastes the same, I mean that's not something that you really

00:50 normally taste any different. Right.

00:53 It has a very consistent taste. Yes, yes.

00:57 And that's why I'm like, you probably shouldn't drink that then.

01:00 Do you think that could have something to do with what happened?

01:04 Yeah, maybe there was something in it that shouldn't have been.

01:11 Michelle goes on to say this about Riley's Delta Chief fraternity brother's reaction

01:17 the night that the 22-year-old went missing.

01:19 The fraternity brothers had not gone to the police when they called you?

01:25 Not that I am aware of.

01:27 Were you surprised?

01:28 Yes. Because why wouldn't they?

01:31 Why wouldn't they have called the police when they got back at 3.15 in the morning

01:38 and didn't see him then? Why wouldn't they have called the police? I don't know.

01:48 So seven or eight hours had gone by from the time they got back to the hotel to when they called you

01:55 do you have any idea why they didn't call the police until then?

01:58 I don't. I don't know.

02:01 The messages are just the latest update in the case of Riley's March 8th disappearance

02:06 during a night out with friends in downtown Nashville.

02:10 After reports surfaced that a witness had come forward as the last person to speak with the

02:16 University of Missouri student that night, a spokesperson for the Nashville Police Department

02:22 tells E! News on April 12th that the unnamed person recanted their statement

02:27 after alleging that they had not seen him but someone else.

02:31 The spokesperson continues, "The case remains open and unclassified," pending the report from

02:38 the medical examiner's office, which is awaiting toxicology reports. Until now,

02:44 there is no tangible reason to believe that there was any foul play involved.

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