TX TX - Galveston, Unknown, UP133307, skeletal, found in residential closet “caster,” Mar’94

[lightofmine99]

Galveston Closet Doe (1994)
a.k.a "Caster Doe 1994”
UP133307 (NU)
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Circumstances:
Skeletal remains recovered in a small caster from the closet of a resident of Galveston. (per NamUs).

Spoiler: INFORMATION

Case Numbers:

• NamUs: UP133307
• Doe Network: N/A
• ME/C: ML-1994-155
• NCMEC: N/A

Overview:

• Location: Galveston, Texas. (Galveston Co.)
• Date Body Found: March 6, 1994.
• NamUs Created: November 15, 2024.
• Tribal Land: N/A
• PMI: N/A
• State of Remains: Not recognizable - Near complete or complete skeleton.
• Cause of Death: UNKNOWN

Physical:

• Sex: UNKNOWN
• Race/Ethnicity: UNKNOWN
• Age: CANNOT ESTIMATE
• Height: CANNOT ESTIMATE
• Weight: CANNOT ESTIMATE
• Hair: UNKNOWN
• Eye: MISSING EYES

Identifiers:

• Dentals: UNKNOWN
• DNA: UNKNOWN
• Prints: UNKNOWN
• Marks / Features: N/A

Personal Effects:

• Clothing: NONE
• Jewelry: NONE
• Add'l Items: NONE

Links:
NamUs: UP133307 (ARCHIVE)
Doe Network: N/A
NCMEC: N/A

**This case is being investigated by the Galveston Police Department.**​

 

[victoriarobinson642]

What do they mean by 'caster' here?

 

[cenazoic]

It’s interesting- a caster is normally just a wheel attached to the bottom of something ( shopping carts, appliances, etc), and in this case sounds like some sort of rolling wardrobe (‘caster closet’).

I haven’t found any other uses of the word ‘caster’, but the way they describe the remains being found in a closet IN a ‘small caster’ makes me wonder if they meant something else- ‘casket’, perhaps?