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Remains found in Sinton identified Thursday

Lt. Daniel Alcala tells 3NEWS the remains were seen after officers were called to check on the truck, which had not moved for a while.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The remains found in a truck Sinton on Wednesday have been identified as Carl Arthur Hayes, said Sinton Police Department Lt. Daniel Alcala on Thursday.

The 44-year-old Corpus Christi resident was found after police were called to perform a welfare check on an abandoned vehicle that hadn't moved for weeks.

Hayes previously had lived in Sinton.

His cause of death is still unknown.

Alcala said officers received a call Wednesday reporting the truck at about 2 p.m. Wednesday.

They said they found the truck inside Sinton city limits, near Chiltipin Creek, with what looked like a man's body in the back seat.

"After getting inside the vehicle, it was confirmed that that subject was deceased," he said. 

Alcala said police have not ruled whether the death was a homicide, and that the department is unable to determine how the man died until a full autopsy is done.

"We're not gonna rule anything at this time until we've determined what exactly what it is," he said.

The department also is currently unable to determine how long the body has been dead.

"We're still investigating it," he said. "We're still early into the investigation, so we're not going to rule anything out at this time."

Alcala said he did believe the vehicle belongs to the person found inside.

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