The cause of death for 21 year old college student Caleb Harris has been ruled undetermined by the Nueces County Medical Examiner. The examiner added that there does not appear to be any evidence of a homicide or traumatic injury.
Harris’ remains were found inside a wastewater station in June, four months after he went missing. The medical examiner’s report states that the condition of the body could have obscured subtle injuries, and that the exact cause of death remains unclear.
Toxicology reports were negative, indicating that Harris did not have drugs or alcohol in his system when he died.
If you have any information regarding the disappearance of Caleb Harris please contact the Corpus Christi Police Department at (361) 886-2840, or the University Police Department at (361) 825-4444.
The Disappearance of Caleb Harris
Caleb Harris is originally from New Braunfels, Texas. He attended New Braunfels Christian Academy.
In 2024, Harris was enrolled at Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi where he studied Environmental Science. His dream was to work outdoors as a Texas Game Warden or as an Environmental Lawyer.
Harris lived with two roommates at The Cottages at Corpus Christi, a student housing apartment complex on Ennis Joslin Road near his university campus in Corpus Christi, Texas. He was an avid fisherman.
On March 3, 2024, Caleb Harris spent the night playing video games with his two roommates and a mutual friend at their off-campus apartment on Ennis Joslin Road in Corpus Christi, Texas.
On March 4, 2024, Harris, along with one of his roommates and a mutual friend, were captured on a nearby doorbell camera playing with his roommate’s new puppy in the apartment complex parking lot around 12:56 am.
The three young men then returned to the apartment and the friend left shortly after. Around 2:20 am Harris told his roommate who was going to bed that he was going to stay up and order lunch for the next day via Uber Eats.
Up until 2:45 am Harris sent various Snapchat videos to family members, including a video to his sister depicting him walking the dog through the apartment complex parking lot. Harris seemingly returned home with the puppy just before 3:00 am.
At 3:03 am, Harris sent one last Snapchat video to a friend, showing “a small bridge over a drainage ditch” located in the 1900 block of Ennis Joslin Road, about a hundred feet away from his apartment complex.
At 3:20 am, the Uber Eats driver arrived and placed the food order outside the front door as instructed, but Caleb Harris was nowhere to be seen. The food remained there until the next morning when it was found by one of his roommates.
Caleb Harris never returned home and hasn’t been heard from since. His roommate filed a missing person’s report with the Corpus Christi Police Department.
Investigation
Caleb Harris left his keys, wallet and ID behind at home. His pickup truck was parked in front of his apartment.
He disappeared with his phone which last pinged to a nearby tower around 3:12 am before his phone either died or was turned off.
The female Uber Eats driver told police that she was driving alone that night and did not see Caleb or anyone else near the apartment complex when she delivered the food order at his front door as requested.
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