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Riley Strain’s first autopsy findings not unusual, expert says [Video]

An expert who has looked at bodies pulled from the Mississippi River for decades weighs in on the preliminary autopsy findings.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A second, private autopsy was conducted on Riley Strain’s body after his family wasn’t satisfied with the preliminary findings of the first autopsy conducted by the Nashville medical examiner.

Chris Dingman, who said he is a friend of Strain’s family, told a host on NewsNation’s “Elizabeth Vargas Reports” on Wednesday that the family was confused by details of the first autopsy, including the lack of water in the body’s lungs and what Strain was wearing when his body was found.

“The only thing that was found with him, as the police stated in the report, was the watch and the shirt,” Dingman told NewsNation host Brian Entin.

The details of the first report, however, don’t seem unusual to experts 5 On Your Side spoke with.

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