Human remains identified as missing Texas student Caleb Harris

(NewsNation) — The quality remains discovered in a wastewater postulation constituent past period adjacent the flat of a missing Texas assemblage student were determined to beryllium those of 21-year-old Caleb Harris, according to forensic analysts with the University of North Texas Center for Human Identification.

The 21-year-old's parent posted a connection to Facebook successful effect to the quality of her son's death.

"We each person dense hearts this evening arsenic we learned of the affirmative recognition of our saccharine Caleb. We volition grieve our son, but we are astatine bid knowing helium is with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ," Becky Wright Harris wrote.

Harris, a Texas A&M Corpus Christi student, was past seen March 4. Texts and societal media messages showed him walking a puppy successful the aboriginal greeting adjacent his apartment.

City h2o employees were doing attraction successful the country June 24 erstwhile they discovered the quality remains successful a wastewater postulation well, the Corpus Christi Police Department said. The remains were excessively decomposed to identify, according to the Nueces County Medical Examiner’s Office.

Authorities accidental they can’t accidental however the remains ended up successful the well, raising the possibility that they were flushed determination from different determination aft caller dense rains. It’s besides unclear however agelong they were successful the good earlier they were discovered.

The Nueces County Medical Examiner’s Office said the remains bore nary evident signs of foul play oregon homicide.

What happened to Caleb Harris?

Harris spent the evening of his disappearance playing video games with his roommates, and doorbell footage showed Harris and a fewer different radical playing with a puppy soon aft midnight.

Harris told 1 of his roommates, who was heading to bed, that helium planned to bid snacks from Uber Eats astatine 2:20 a.m. March 4. Texts and societal media messages showed him walking the puppy successful the country adjacent his apartment.

At 3:20 a.m., Uber Eats delivered his snack order, leaving it extracurricular the flat door.

Harris was reported missing astatine 11 a.m. aft his roommates noticed the bid inactive extracurricular the doorway and his motortruck inactive successful the parking lot. Harris’ cellphone was missing, but his wallet and keys were successful the apartment.

A preliminary hunt of the flat analyzable and the contiguous country surrounding it revealed nary signs of a conflict oregon unit oregon immoderate denotation of a hit-and-run connected the adjacent roads.

According to a CCPD statement, firearms and sportfishing gear, including waders, that belonged to Caleb were recovered successful the apartment. A laptop belonging to Caleb was collected and turned implicit to constabulary for introspection and analysis.

While the quality remains were identified arsenic Harris, an probe into the 21-year-old's disappearance and decease remains open.

Investigators promote anyone with accusation to interaction the Corpus Christi Police Department Criminal Investigation Division astatine 361-826-2840 oregon taxable an anonymous extremity to Crime Stoppers 888-TIPS (888-8477).