Madison Meeks – Editor-in-Chief

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NASHVILLE, TN, and CORPUS CHRISTI, TX Police are on the lookout in two different states after college students disappeared. Though the two cases are not seen to have any ties to each other, police are asking for the public’s help in finding these two missing students.

Caleb Harris

Caleb Harris, a student at Texas A&M University in Corpus Christi, has mysteriously disappeared after going to pick up his Uber Eats order on March 4, as stated by his parents and the Corpus Christi police. It has been about two weeks since his disappearance, and the police do not have any evidence that might hint at what happened to Harris. 

According to Fox News, the 21-year-old was last seen outside his apartment called The Cottages, which housed students at Texas A&M. The last known time that he was seen was approximately 3 a.m. on the morning of March 4.

His parents had spoken to Fox News about their son’s disappearance. They stated that his roommate had gotten a new dog, and from 10 p.m. onward, they had gotten videos of the two playing with the dog. They stated that he had ordered his lunch for the next day from a convenience store using Uber Eats. Harris’s parents claim that he was sending them Snapchat messages up until about 2:45 a.m. when he went to take the dog for a walk. According to the parents, he took the dog back inside the apartment just before 3 a.m. but then went back outside to wait for his order from UberEats to arrive. Harris never returned to his apartment.

His parents claim that their son had his phone on him at the time, but the police are stating that the phone was turned off when he went missing. Harris’s father told Fox News that his son was preparing for many things, including school and a fishing trip that he had planned. He had also signed a new lease for the apartment, which meant that he did not have any intention of leaving. Harris’s mom has stated that the last time she saw her son was the Friday before he disappeared, when she had gone to visit him in Corpus Christi. Along with the police and the parents looking for Caleb Harris, a Facebook group called Corpus Christi Crime Stoppers is also looking. They stated in a post that the roommate was unable to find Harris after he went to pick up the delivery order. Fox News has been told by the Corpus Christi Police Department that they currently have no leads on the case.

Riley Strain 

Along with Caleb Harris, another college student has gone missing within the same week. Riley Strain, a University of Missouri student, went missing in Nashville on March 8th. The University of Missouri stated that he is a senior business and interdisciplinary studies major. According to ABC News, the 22-year-old student was last seen by his friends at 9:52 p.m. after drinking at a bar on Gay Street in Nashville’s Broadway area. Authorities have revealed that he went missing after he was kicked out of a bar that he was at with his friends. The police have confirmed with ABC News that he was kicked out of Luke Bryan’s bar, called Luke’s 32 Bridge. 

Strain’s family told the police that the friends were in town for their fraternity formal. He was a part of the University of Missouri’s Delta Chi fraternity chapter. His mom, Michelle Whiteid, told ABC News that he was sending her pictures from different bars that they had gone to and that he was having fun with his fraternity brothers. 

According to ABC News, police had swept the streets, and the Nashville police had used a helicopter to monitor the area during the search for stray The investigators released a surveillance camera video that shows Strain crossing 1st Avenue North to Gay Street at 9:47 p.m. The Nashville Police Department has released a description of Strain, stating that he is 6 feet and 5 inches tall, has brown hair, and has blue eyes. Authorities have revealed that they have found the missing student’s bank card on the embankment between the Cumberland River and Gay Street. Nashville Police have yet to find Riley Strain and will continue their search for his safe return home.

Both Riley Strain and Caleb Harris are still missing. Police are continuing to investigate and search in hopes that the two will be found alive and safe.