The Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office has identified the owner of a skull found near a San Antonio plumbing business earlier this month.

The man’s manner of death is still unknown.

The medical examiner identified the deceased as Austin Thomas Wyrosdick, according to the San Antonio Express-News. 

The skull was found outside Harrell Commercial Plumbing by an employee at around 1:30 p.m. local time on Sept. 15. 

“I saw what looked like a dried cantaloupe or something. I 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, ‘Oh my God,’” Walter Stephens told San Antonio’s KSAT-TV.

The skull was not near the business long before it was discovered. Mr Stephens told San Antonio’s KENS-TV that the skull was not near the business earlier in the day. Mr. Stephens added that the skull was bleached white with no tissue remaining.

San Antonio Police Department officers said in a report that other small bones, including a human jawbone, were found nearby, according to the Express-News.

The owner of the business speculates that another person or an animal moved the skull and moved the other remains to a creek behind the business.

“Either someone picked it up and dropped it off there, or some type of animal moved it. It wasn’t knee-high grass where you’re cutting the grass and are like, ‘Whoa, hey there it is,’” Brad Harrell told KSAT-TV.

Authorities are still investigating the circumstances and manner of Mr. Wyrosdick’s death. The San Antonio Police Department is treating it as an “apparent sudden death,” according to the Express-News.

• Brad Matthews can be reached at bmatthews@washingtontimes.com.