Workers discovered human remains in a well near the apartment of a missing Texas college student on Monday, Fox News reported.
City of Corpus Christi officers found human remains near the apartment of 21-year-old Caleb Harris, who had been missing since March after reportedly going out to pick up an Uber Eats order and never returning. according to He told Fox News that workers found the body during a routine inspection of a 40-foot-deep well at a wastewater collection facility. The area had been searched before, but the body was discovered after the well was drained for further investigation.
Human remains found near apartment of missing Texas student Caleb Harris: police https://t.co/VNipVDh8yW
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According to the media report, the Corpus Christi Police Department, with the assistance of the city's fire department, recovered the body and sent it to the medical examiner's office for analysis. Due to the advanced state of decomposition, the medical examiner was unable to immediately identify the body or determine the cause or manner of death. The body is now being sent to the University of North Texas Human Identification Center for DNA analysis to determine whether it is Harris's. (Related article: Terrifying incident in which missing woman's body is found inside a python)
The development marks a breakthrough in Harris' case. According to Fox News, Harris' disappearance has baffled authorities, especially since an Uber Eats order was found outside his apartment the next day, along with his keys and wallet. A GoFundMe campaign has been launched to help. support The search effort has raised more than $71,000, and police are still investigating how the body ended up in the well.
