CCTV pictures of the last known movements of a 19-year-old man who went missing during last year’s Royal Welsh Show were played at an inquest in Welshpool on Friday.
The body of James Corfield, 19, from Montgomery, was recovered by emergency services shortly after the show on July 30 last year.
He had been missing for six days after heading into Builth Wells for a night out on July 24.
The footage showed Mr Corfield, a member of Montgomery Young Farmers Club, walking across a car park after leaving a pub in the town.
He was seen heading in the direction of the rugby field in Builth Wells which has a path alongside the river.
Inspector Andrew Pitt from Dyfed-Powys Police, who led the search effort, told the hearing that it was his supposition that Mr Corfield had gone into the River Wye in an attempt to reach a young people’s village in Llanelwedd where he had been staying during the show.
Mr Corfield had been due to meet his family at the showground the next day, July 25. His mother, Louise, reported him missing after he failed to show up.
The inquest heard that a large-scale search was launched in which boats and dive teams searched the river and a police helicopter, mountain rescue crews, the fire service and dog handlers scoured the local landscape. Volunteers from among the public were also involved.
Mr Corfield’s mother told a police family liaison officer her son "would not have gone into the river voluntarily" as he didn’t like water.
Another police officer told the hearing there was no evidence of any third party involvement in Mr Corfield’s death.
The coroner, Andrew Barkley, gave a verdict of accidental death.