A Boone County judge has dismissed one of six counts in the wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of former University of Missouri student Riley Strain.

Judge Joshua Devine filed the order Thursday, more than two weeks after the first hearing in the wrongful death lawsuit .

Strain was found dead in the Cumberland River in Nashville, Tennessee, on March 22, 2024 — 14 days after he went missing on a trip with his fraternity, Delta Chi.

His death has been ruled an accidental drowning . Medical examiners found Strain's blood alcohol level was nearly three times the legal driving limit in Tennessee at the time of his death.

Strain was 22 and a senior at MU when he died.

The wrongful lawsuit was filed in Boone County on March 21, 2025, by Strain's parents and step-parents, tot

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