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In February 2019, the DNA Doe Project announced it had tentatively identified the teen. Meanwhile, the sheriff’s office was doing an independent investigation into the teen’s identity with the Rock County Medical Examiner’s Department.

The DNA Doe Project reached its findings using genetic analysis by officials at the University of North Texas, who were trying to match DNA from the 16-year-old with potential relatives.

DNA Doe Project Executive Director Margaret Press said Wednesday that the organization was waiting on results from the sheriff’s office’s investigation.

“We have heard nothing at all,” Press said.

She said the organization would “love to know” of any breakthroughs in the independent investigation.

Rock County Sheriff Troy Knudson said the process is moving slowly.

“We do not have any updates at this time,” he said. “I am hoping that we have an update within a month; however, it is largely in the hands of the medical examiner’s (office) at the moment.”

A former investigator told the Beloit Daily 69���� in 2019 that the early stages of identification “didn’t go as smoothly” as expected.

The case dates to 1993, when the body of a male, possibly 16 years old, was found along Turtle Creek outside Clinton in the town of Bradford. The teen has since been referred to as John Clinton Doe, but his real identity remains a mystery.