Family of missing student kicked out of Luke Bryan's bar open up about unreleased footage from night he disappeared
Gerrard Kaonga
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The family of missing student Riley Strain have spoken out about new CCTV footage police have not released to the public.
The search for the missing 22-year-old continues and the family have spoken out about footage they were recently shown by police.
The University of Missouri student went missing on March 8 while on a trip with his college friends to Nashville.
During the vacation, the group visited the famous 32 Bridge bar - owned by American Idol judge Luke Bryan - with Riley going on to be asked to leave the bar.
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He's said to have left the bar around 9.35pm and almost two weeks on from his disappearance, there's still no sign of the him.
His family have admitted to being prepared to address some of the difficult possibilities at this stage in the investigation into his disappearance.
However, Riley's family have also said the latest footage they have seen has shortened the window of his last known position.
Speaking on NewsNation on March 21, Riley’s stepfather, Chris Whiteid and family friend Chris Dingman have given an insight into how the family is feeling right now.
Whiteid said: “The video was shown to us Sunday after they found the debit card, after the debit card was found.
"We met with police and they showed us the video.
“It was the last known video of Riley, basically from where the body camera footage was with the officer to just right before the James Robinson bridge.
“We got to see him walking, we got to see him kind of at a fast-paced walk, almost a jog and it just shortened the last known window, anyway.”
The pair also explained that they are still hopeful that Riley will be found alive and well, despite the lack of information at the moment.
NewsNation reports that police are not sharing the new footage publicly because it's very poor quality and doesn't add any new information to the investigation.
Riley left Luke's 32 Bridge bar at around 9.35pm after being escorted out by security.
Nashville police have released a video showing Riley crossing Gay Street at around 9.47pm after leaving the bar.
This is about a 16 minute walk from Luke’s 32 Bridge.
Officer Reginald Young was on Gay Street and his body camera captured Riley walking on the sidewalk. He did not appear distressed and even had a short greeting with the officer.
Police have said they have not discovered any video footage showing Riley away from Gay Street after this time.