{"id":230143,"date":"2025-09-16T01:34:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T01:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/230143\/"},"modified":"2025-09-16T01:34:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T01:34:09","slug":"investigation-underway-after-apparent-human-skull-found-outside-san-antonio-plumbing-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/230143\/","title":{"rendered":"Investigation underway after apparent human skull found outside San Antonio plumbing business"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN ANTONIO<\/strong> \u2013 An employee at a San Antonio plumbing business found what appeared to be a human skull outside the building, prompting a police investigation.<\/p>\n

Walter Stephens, an employee at Harrell Commercial Plumbing on North San Jacinto Street, said he was cutting the grass when he spotted something unusual near the building\u2019s entrance.<\/p>\n

\u201cI saw what looked like a dried cantaloupe or something,\u201d Stephens said. \u201cI picked it up, and the bottom part of the jaw stayed on the ground. When I turned it over and saw the teeth, I was like, \u2018Oh my God.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Stephens said he immediately alerted his employer, Brad Harrell, vice president of the company, who contacted San Antonio police.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t think you\u2019re going to see a human skull, ever really,\u201d Harrell said. \u201cThere was no skin or anything on it. It had been decomposed for a while.\u201d<\/p>\n

San Antonio police officers and personnel from the Bexar County Medical Examiner\u2019s Office responded to the scene and were later seen removing what appeared to be human remains. <\/p>\n

According to Harrell, detectives told him additional remains were found along a creek behind the business.<\/p>\n

Harrell and Stephens, who said they both frequently walk the property, believe the skull had not been there long. Harrell speculated that it may have been moved there by a person or animal.<\/p>\n

\u201cEither someone picked it up and dropped it off there, or some type of animal moved it,\u201d Harrell said. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t knee-high grass where you\u2019re cutting the grass and are like, \u2018Whoa, hey there it is.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

The apparent skull was reportedly found near water bowls left out for neighborhood dogs.<\/p>\n

While the discovery was unsettling, Harrell reflected on the experience as a sobering reminder.<\/p>\n

\u201cLife is short,\u201d he said. \u201cLive every day to the fullest.\u201d<\/p>\n

Authorities have not released further information about the identity of the remains. <\/p>\n

San Antonio police are continuing their investigation, and the examiner\u2019s office is working to determine how long the remains may have been at the location and who they belong to.<\/p>\n

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