More than four months after he went missing, the remains of 21 year old Caleb Harris have been found, according to Corpus Christi police.
Harris, a 21 year old student at Texas A&M Corpus Christi, was last seen at his off campus apartment on Ennis Joslin Road on March 4, 2024.
On June 24, a maintenance worker found human remains inside a wastewater station near Ennis Joslin Road.
The remains were transported to the Nueces County Medical Examiner’s Office for examination, however the identity and cause of death could not be immediately determined due to decomposition.
After further DNA testing, the remains were positively identified as Caleb Harris earlier this week. The investigation into his death remains ongoing.
If you have any information regarding Harris’ case 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
21-year-old Caleb Harris was last seen in Corpus Christi, Texas on March 4, 2024. He disappeared after he took his roommate’s dog out for a walk around his off-campus apartment.
Background
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.
Disappearance
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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