TX TX - Caleb Harris, 21, Texas A&M University student, Corpus Christi, 4 Mar 2024 #4

[SMK777]

Partly, I question why anyone would commit homicide in this case, and why go to all that trouble, when a river is right nearby.

Snipped for focus
The only thing I can think of is that the person would have knowledge about chemicals breaking down remains and use the system in the hopes that the victim could never be identified.

 

[Cedars]

Yeah, I think probably funding must play a part, but it’s not right for employee and public safety. Agreed.

IMO, they maintain the fence and believe that should be good enough. 'If you really want our sewage, go ahead and take it'.

JMO

 

[x_files]

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I'm sort of wondering if someone was under the impression that if they put Caleb (or whoever this poor person is) in the station that his body would float through the sewer system and out to the ocean or something. With as many pages as we've all spent trying to figure out how exactly these waste systems work I could see an average person thinking the station might be a better place to hide a body than the river where he might have risen to the surface or been otherwise spotted. Perhaps they thought the waste system would do the same thing as the river only with extra level of concealment.

Concealment buys them time, water washes away DNA, and conceals COD.

 

[SMK777]

IMO, they maintain the fence and believe that should be good enough. 'If you really want our sewage, go ahead and take it'.

JMO

Yeah, I guess generally they expect really no crime. Which in theory might make it a place for someone with knowledge to dump someone.

 

[x_files]

Yeah, I guess generally they expect really no crime. Which in theory might make it a place for someone with knowledge to dump someone.

EXACTLY!
Who in their right mind hangs out at a sewage plant? right... criminals looking to dump a body.
But also accidents, animals/children/teens/humans falling in.

 

[SMK777]

EXACTLY!
Who in their right mind hangs out at a sewage plant? right... criminals looking to dump a body.
But also accidents, animals/children/teens/humans falling in.

Definitely.

 

[x_files]

Definitely.

Any employee or local would know there are no cameras, it's a perfect place to lure someone and push them or dump them.

 

[Rosiebones]

I wonder why clothing remnants are not mentioned. His clothing would not disintegrate any more rapidly than the body itself, would it?

 

[SMK777]

Any employee or local would know there are no cameras, it's a perfect place to lure someone and push them or dump them.

I hope law enforcement take that into consideration, just to cover all the bases.

 

[x_files]

I hope law enforcement take that into consideration, just to cover all the bases.

I would assume so.
I'm sure they are considering foul play vs accident.
I feel bad for his friends and family.

 

[slowpoke]

Corpus Christi’s Crappy Sewage System Begins Its Cleanup​

“For years, wastewater has overwhelmed the city’s aging infrastructure. It’s spending $725 million to try to stop that.”

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This may be sorta related to the case. An interesting read, an article from 2022, humorously written at times. Look at this opening paragraph, lol:

“The tank of aerating bodily waste at the Oso Wastewater Treatment Plant in South Side Corpus Christi is strangely mesmerizing. The brown-and-tan fluid within the 181-foot-long, 25-foot-deep rectangular vat is in constant motion, its surface broken by large bubbles and foam that make the fecal brew resemble cappuccino.”

I’m posting it to say that the city is in the midst of upgrading and making improvements to its overall sewage system. Maybe better safety and security is in the works?

 

[SMK777]

Corpus Christi’s Crappy Sewage System Begins Its Cleanup​

“For years, wastewater has overwhelmed the city’s aging infrastructure. It’s spending $725 million to try to stop that.”

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This may be sorta related to the case. An interesting read, an article from 2022, humorously written at times. Look at this opening paragraph, lol:

“The tank of aerating bodily waste at the Oso Wastewater Treatment Plant in South Side Corpus Christi is strangely mesmerizing. The brown-and-tan fluid within the 181-foot-long, 25-foot-deep rectangular vat is in constant motion, its surface broken by large bubbles and foam that make the fecal brew resemble cappuccino.”

I’m posting it to say that the city is in the midst of upgrading and making improvements to its overall sewage system. Maybe better safety and security is in the works?

Great find. It’s just sad that it is too late for Caleb, if indeed he is the unidentified victim.

 

[Janitor101]

Yes, I have similar questions. I wish we had official statements and analysis from law enforcement and other officials as to:

1. If the victim was Caleb &
2. What medical examiner and law enforcement believe happened, and how.

It seems we will get these answers but apparently not without quite a lot of waitin

According to this YouTube video, officials were reporting early on that the remains revealed no evidence of a homicide. Not sure if this local TV channel in CC was jumping the gun or not, but there is some good video of the location and the manhole in question. It's worth a watch.

 

[UncaStoley]

Corpus Christi’s Crappy Sewage System Begins Its Cleanup​

“For years, wastewater has overwhelmed the city’s aging infrastructure. It’s spending $725 million to try to stop that.”

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This may be sorta related to the case. An interesting read, an article from 2022, humorously written at times. Look at this opening paragraph, lol:

“The tank of aerating bodily waste at the Oso Wastewater Treatment Plant in South Side Corpus Christi is strangely mesmerizing. The brown-and-tan fluid within the 181-foot-long, 25-foot-deep rectangular vat is in constant motion, its surface broken by large bubbles and foam that make the fecal brew resemble cappuccino.”

I’m posting it to say that the city is in the midst of upgrading and making improvements to its overall sewage system. Maybe better safety and security is in the works?

My comment to this is that if the fluid within the rectangular vat is in constant motion, then you would think the body would have surfaced a lot sooner if it had been there all along.

 

[Janitor101]

I wonder why clothing remnants are not mentioned. His clothing would not disintegrate any more rapidly than the body itself, would it?

I've been wondering this very same thing! If LE felt a homicide was a real possibility, wouldn't they have cordoned off the area with the yellow tape and do a thorough search of the pipes, wet well, etc. for evidence of clothing, cell phones and the like?

 

[SMK777]

According to this YouTube video, officials were reporting early on that the remains revealed no evidence of a homicide. Not sure if this local TV channel in CC was jumping the gun or not, but there is some good video of the location and the manhole in question. It's worth a watch.

Thanks for this.

 

[slowpoke]

My comment to this is that if the fluid within the rectangular vat is in constant motion, then you would think the body would have surfaced a lot sooner if it had been there all along.

Sorry if I’m causing confusion, but the “rectangular vat” from the quote I took from the article is referring to a Wastewater Treatment Plant, not a wet well at a Lift Station such as where the body was found.

 

[slowpoke]

Gray Hughes put out ANOTHER video on Caleb’s case, 2 hrs ago.

I don’t know…this case gets more befuddling.

 

[SMK777]

Gray Hughes put out ANOTHER video on Caleb’s case, 2 hrs ago.

I don’t know…this case gets more befuddling.

Yeah, it’s getting more confusing instead of less. What do you make of this last one?

 

[acutename]

I wonder why clothing remnants are not mentioned. His clothing would not disintegrate any more rapidly than the body itself, would it?

if he was still wearing it