Where is Caleb Diehl? Teen’s Sinister Disappearance Reveals Disturbing Secrets

Nearly eight years after he vanished, police and loved ones believe an old family friend may have been responsible.

Verity Partington
6 min readJul 4, 2023

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It was March 2015, and Texan native Caleb Diehl had just turned 18. The high school senior was all set for graduation, and he had talked about venturing out to Colorado or California after high school came to an end.

According to his mother Tami, this was typical for a boy who had always had a big sense of adventure and of living life to the full.

“He had no fear. If one of the big kids was doing it he was going to do it too, even when he was little bitty,” she told CBS’s crime show I-Team.

Caleb disappears

March 30th 2015 seemed much like any other day. Although Caleb was living in Grapevine with one of his sisters, he was in Nocona visiting Tami and working a part-time job. The only thing out of the ordinary was that Caleb’s car had broken down, so he borrowed a truck from an old family friend.

The friend was Ricky Dale Howard, who had known the Diehls for many years. He had two boys of a similar age to Caleb, so the families would spend time together and even take vacations as a…

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Verity Partington

A writer and author of crime thrillers living in the UK. Partial to books, stationery, papercrafts and walking. You can find her books on Amazon here: https://a