By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2025-04-01 16:06:16 | Updated at 2025-04-02 21:32:27
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Police have identified another body part belonging to the student who was found dead in a well last year, as the mystery surrounding his death deepens.
Texas A&M sophomore Caleb Harris, 21, went missing in March 2024 without his shoes, wallet or keys, and some of his remains were previously found in a 40-foot well close to his college apartment in Corpus Christi.
On Friday, medical examiners also identified a human rib uncovered at a nearby recycling plant in December as Harris' - but cops aren't any closer to finding out what happened.
In the early hours of March 4 last year, Harris stepped downstairs to collect an Uber Eats delivery at his apartment on the 1900 block of Ennis Joslin Road - but he never returned.
His roommate found the order outside the door of the apartment the next day. He was reported missing by 11 am.
Harris had spent the evening playing with a dog that had just been bought by one of his two roommates and had been sending Snapchats to his sister until moments before he vanished.
His Snapchat app pinged his last location in front of the entrance area of The Cottages, an off-campus student housing in Corpus Christi.
Uber said the order was delivered to the doorstep of the apartment block in Ennis Joslin Road and there was no sign of Harris, whose phone went dead seconds earlier.
Police have identified another body part belonging to Caleb Harris (pictured), the student who was found dead in a well last year, as the mystery surrounding his death deepens
Pictured: Harris with his family, who are still no closer to getting answers about what happened
'He kind of vanished,' his father Randy Harris said following the disappearance, 'There's no evidence of wrongdoing, but there's no evidence at all.'
In the latest update, the Nueces County Medical Examiner's Office identified a human rib as Harris' on Friday.
The rib was found at the Greenwood Water Recycling Plant by a horrified city employee on December 2, 2024.
It came months after other body parts belonging to Harris were found by another city employee doing routine maintenance work on a 40-foot deep well at the Perry Point waste water collection point in June 2024, Corpus Christi Police said.
There were reportedly 'no obvious signs' of homicide, and detectives are still baffled about what happened to Harris.
Pictured: the desperate search for Texas A&M student Caleb Harris, 21, in Corpus Christi
Texas A&M sophomore Caleb Harris, 21, disappeared in March 2024 without his shoes, wallet or keys, and some of his remains were previously found in a well close to his apartment
Harris had spent the evening playing with a dog that had just been bought by one of his two roommates and had been sending Snapchats to his sister until moments before he vanished
Police said it was possible that Harris was 'harmed and then was put' in the sewer system, he might also have taken a tumble into the manhole by mistake.
The rib may have been accidentally transported to the recycling plant amid maintenance works.
Harris' autopsy report stated that his remains were already in an 'advanced state of decomposition and skeletonization' when they were uncovered, making it difficult to ascertain what happened to the student.
'While no significant traumatic injuries are identified, the condition of the remains could have obscured subtle injuries and/or additional significant natural disease,' the medical examiners continued, noting that his toxicology analysis came back negative.
The medical examiner said the 'exact details' on his cause of death remained unclear.
'The cause and manner of death are classified as undetermined at this time,' they wrote. 'If additional information becomes available in the future, the cause of and manner of death can be amended, if needed.'
