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Vol. 78 No. 8
Thursday, February 18, 2016
One Section - 8 Pages
NLI unveils new hope for John ‘Clinton’ Doe cold case
CLINTON — In November, 1995 hunters found the
decomposed remains of a
young, white male 17-20
years of age alongside
Turtle Creek in Bradford
Township near Clinton,
Wis. The unidentified teen
became known affectionately as John “Clinton”
Doe or JCD to Investigators working the case, and
has been without his real
name since.
Is it possible the skeletal
remains found more than
20 years ago were that of a
teenager who was brought
up in the foster care system? That is a question now
being explored by searchers
at New Look Investigations
(NLI).
“For the past nearly three
years I have been poring
through the online databases of missing persons
in hopes of finding him
there,” says Jack Friess,
Owner and Team Leader
of Find JCD Project (findjcd.org) at NLI, a Stevens
Point,
Wisconsin-based,
non-profit private investigation agency specializing
in working on unidentified
person cold cases.
Over 170 “persons of
interest,” mostly missing teenagers from reports
available on the Internet,
have been ruled out since
the search began by Rock
County officials back in
1995.
“We think one reason we
haven’t been successful in
matching a missing person
to this unidentified teen
is that it is quite possible
a report was never filed,”
Friess speculates.
And one reason for a
report not being filed is that
the teenager may have been
living in the foster/group
home system, turned 18,
and “aged-out”-- leaving to
make his way in the world,
and wasn’t ever considered
missing by his former caregivers.
As part of a plan to try
to test this theory, NLI
JOHN “CLINTON” DOE
unveiled a new likeness of
what the young man could
have looked like when he
was 16 years old.
Back in 2014 the then
Deputy Coroner Friess of
the Rock County Coroner’s
Office, working the John
“Clinton” Doe case alongside a detective of Rock
County Sheriff’s Office,
requested and received an
approximation (a sketch)
developed by an FBI forensic artist from the teen’s
skull photos.
“That
approximation,
while extremely helpful,
looked to us more like a
20-year-old,” Friess states.
“We needed an image
we could show folks who
were foster care-givers in
the early 1990s when JCD
would have lived with
them,” explains Friess.
So, NLI commissioned the
Michigan-based photo and
age progression company,
Phojoe (www.phojoe.com),
to create the age-regressed
likeness of JCD.
“It is a pretty involved
process,” says age progression artist Jovey Hayes at
Phojoe. It took weeks of
work to produce the image,
man-ipulating the facial
features using state-of-theart forensic graphic manipulation and plain, oldschool drawing methods to
make the 20-year-old JCD
look 16.
“What we do is part art,
part science and part Intuition harnessed from the
thousands of progressions
we have done in the last
12 years,” says Emanuel
Craciunescu, owner of Phojoe.
As part of a new initiative, Friess plans to distribute this new image to
all Wisconsin social service
agencies to see if anyone
remembers and can identify
the young man. “It is a real
shame he has never been
identified in all this time
and his remains returned to
his family for proper burial
and remembrance.” Friess
says. “That is the goal: to
identify this unfortunate
young man and finally give
him his name back.”
If you think you know
who this person might be
or were a foster caregiver
in the early 1990s, please
contact:
Janesville Area Crime
Stoppers (608) 756-3636
Find JCD Project, New
Look Investigations (715)
498-1632
Rep. Loudenbeck receives Wisconsin Library Champion award
MADISON — Rep. Amy
Loudenbeck (R-Clinton) was
honored this week by the Wisconsin Libraries Association
(WLA) as one of their Library
Champions.
“Leaders often refer to public
libraries as the cornerstones of
democracy,” said Nick Dimassis, Director of the Beloit Public
Library. “Representative Loudenbeck doesn’t just believe it,
she lives it.
“From her well-known “Blue
Book Blitz” to foster civic
knowledge and encourage citizen participation, to group and
one-to-one meetings with constituents, and her active participation in early literacy programs
like Bookquest, she has made
herself accessible to those she
represents through her local public libraries.
“She clearly knows that the
health of our democracy depends
on the vital opportunities found
in our 21st Century public libraries. She is a true Library Champion.”
“We thank Representative
Loudenbeck for providing strong
support for library funding in the
most recent budget bill. She has
also volunteered valuable assistance to the WLA “Legislators
and Libraries Transform” poster
project. Thank you for being a
Library Champion,” said WLA
Executive Director Plumer
Lovelace during the 125th Wisconsin Libraries Association celebration.
The Wisconsin Library Association is a professional organization whose membership
includes nearly 1,500 librarians,
library workers, public library
trustees, friends of libraries and
business vendors supporting academic, public, school and special
libraries.
Community invited to
Candlelight Hike/Ski event
CLINTON — The 14th
annual Candlelight Hike/Ski
hosted by the Rock County
Parks Advisory Committee is a
fund-raiser benefiting the Rock
County Parks Green Fund.
Hundreds of candles will illuminate the trails for a beautiful
night hike through the woods!
This event, originally set for
Feb. 12 was rescheduled and
will take place on Friday, Feb.
19 and will run from 5:30 to 9
p.m.
Courtesy photo
Rock County Parks will offer Rep. Amy Loudenbeck (R-Clinton) was honored this week by the Wisconsin Libraries Assofree snowshoe rentals for those ciation (WLA) as one of their Library Champions.
interested in trying them for
the first time. Food and refreshments will be available, and
donations are greatly appreciated! The Green Fund was created in 2001 to raise funds for
the Rock County Park System
108 Allen Street, Clinton, WI 608-676-1149
for long-range park planning,
park land acquisition, and to
support projects that go above
and beyond the county parks
budget. Carver Roehl is located
at 4907 S. Carver Rock Road,
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Clinton ag students develop feed for chickens
CLINTON — Students in
Ms. Marlina Jackson’s animal
science class at Clinton High
School are studying the the
nutrients used in feed and the
effects different feeds have on
meat chickens.
Students were divided into
pairs and researched various
feed rations to create their own
unique poultry ration. Ingredients used included cracked
corn, wheat, oats, fishmeal, linseed meal, gluten pellets, split
peas, soybeans, and cottage
cheese.
Once the research was completed, each pair of students
mixed their own feed, trying to
formulate a mixture that would
help chickens gain weight
quickly, but would also be tasty gain.
The goal was to determine
to the chickens so that they
which type of feed would help
would eat the feed.
To test their product, students the chickens to grow quickbegan with a control group ly and in a healthy manner.
of 12 chickens that are fed a This project taught the students
grower and finisher feed that many skills. It incorporated
contains 16% protein. Tiffany research, planning, mathematiFeed donated the feed for the cal skills, teamwork, statistical
skills, and creativity.
control group.
Other feed donors includStudents then created nine
test groups with two chickens ed the DeLong Company of
each. Students were responsi- Clinton, and Complete Feed in
ble for the care and feeding of Sharon. The students are very
their pair of chickens. Each day appreciative of the support they
students recorded the amounts received from the businesses to
of feed given to their chick- help with their learning experiens, weighed their chickens to ment.
record progress, and calculated
Courtesy photos
how much feed was consumed Savannah Simons measures
to achieve the necessary weight feed for her chickens.
Jaks Teubert and DJ Waller weigh one of their chickens and
record the results.
Mary Ann Inman photos
Who is John
“Clinton” Doe?
Karen and Michael Bauman
stop to view the new artist rendition created from
the skull structure of the
remains.
(Right) Kris White of Sharon, Wis., recalled the incident and was able to give
Jack Friess some information regarding families who
were foster parents during
the early to middle 1990’s.
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JoDee Novotny and Jack Friess look at a newspaper article about John Clinton Doe. He
was age 16 to 20 years old when his body was found along side Turtle Creek. He would
be about 37 years old today if he had lived.
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OBITUARIES
Darlene G.
Freese, 92
CLINTON — Darlene Gladys Freese, 92, of Clinton, Wis.
died Saturday, Feb.
13, 2016 in
her home.
She
was
born April
15, 1923
to the late
Willie A.
and Gladys E. (Seaver) Krupke, she
was the second oldest of four
daughters raised on the farm in
Manchester Township, Boone
County, Ill.
Darlene graduated from
Northern Illinois University in
1941 and later earned a Masters
degree from UW-Whitewater.
She began teaching at the age
of 18 in a one room, 12-student school (Salt Box School)
on Hunter Road in Manchester
Township.
Darlene taught over 900 students, mostly 1st graders, during a 35-year teaching career
in both the North Boone and
Clinton School Districts.
Darlene married Russell W.
Freese on Dec. 22, 1946 in
Clinton, Wis., and they recently
celebrated their 69th wedding
anniversary. She enjoyed sewing, crafts, baking, volunteering and watching basketball.
She is survived by her husband, Russell W. Freese of
Clinton; her son Richard W.
Freese of Rochester, Minn.;
her daughter, Debra J. Hauser of Stevens Point, Wis.; her
two granddaughters, Angela
LaBounty Freese of Woodbury,
Minn. and Stephanie (Dana)
Freese of Los Angeles, Calif.;
her great granddaughter, Kennedy LaBounty; her sister,
Anna Pearson of Clinton, and
her sister-in-law, Beverly Hardt
of Beloit.
Darlene was preceded in
death by her parents; and her
sisters, Lillian Hall and Gladys
Shull.
A Private Family Graveside
Service in Clinton Cemetery
will be held at a later date.
Please direct donations to P.O.
Box 81, Clinton WI 53525.
A memorial in Darlene’s
name has been established to
benefit the Clinton High School
Athletic Department. Please
share a memory or a condolence with the Freese family on
our website.
BRIAN G. MARK
Funeral Homes
504 Milwaukee Road
Clinton, 362-2000
brianmarkfh.com
Eleanor T.
Rehberg, 71
CLINTON — Eleanor “Sue”
T. Rehberg, 71, of Clinton,
died Monday, Feb. 15, 2016,
in her home surrounded by
family. She was born on Sept.
Mary Ann Inman photos
Who is John “Clinton” Doe?
Several residents gathered at Sundown Cafe on Monday, Feb. 15 to discuss John “Clinton” Doe, a young man who was found dead near Clinton in 1995 and has never been
identified. Jack Friess, who has made solving the cold case a personal mission, interviewed Waunita Hoffstrom, and they talked about the location where the body of John
Clinton Doe was found in 1995.
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18, 1944,
the daughter
of
Frank and
Florence
Debelak.
S u e
married
H a r r y
Rehberg
in Loves
Park at Grace Lutheran Church,
on Feb. 15, 1963. Family and
friends were Sue’s passion and
delight.
She loved to always host and
help with family gatherings
of any kind. Pool parties with
Grandma and Grandpa will
never be forgotten and sorely
missed.
Filled with compassion and
the desire to help others, Sue
was a Nurse Practitioner for
women’s health and volunteered locally for many causes.
Harry and Sue also opened
their heart and home to nearly 30 foster children over the
years. Sue and her family are
active members at Emmanuel
Reformed Church in Clinton.
She served as a faithful member who truly loved the Lord.
She is survived by her husband Harry Rehberg of Clinton; her three children Sally
(Dean) Jordan of Clinton,
Steve (Jennifer) Rehberg of
Soldiers Grove and Mike (Billiejo) Rehberg of Sharon; her
six grandchildren, Matt (Stephanie) Rehberg, Tom (Liz)
Rehberg, Amelia and Audree
Rehberg, and Zach and Isaac
Jordan; two great grandsons,
Stanley and George Rehberg;
two sisters, Lois Duncan and
Mary Debelak; two sisters-inlaw Jeannette (Robert) Olson
and Chris Debelak and many
nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death
by her parents and three brothers.
Sue’s family would like to
give a special “Thank you” to
all the physicians, nurses, and
many loving friends for their
kind and compassionate care.
Sue’s Memorial Service will
be at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Feb.
27, at Emmanuel Reformed
Church, 319 East St., Clinton with Rev. Clyde Rensink
officiating. Friends will be
received from 4 to 8 p.m. on
Friday at Church and again on
Saturday at church from 10
a.m. until the time of service.
Should friends desire, contributions may be sent to Beloit
Regional Hospice. Please
share a memory or a condolence with the family on our
website
BRIAN G. MARK
Funeral Homes
504 Milwaukee Road
Clinton WI 362-2000
brianmarkfh.com
Beryl L.Williams, 91
CLINTON — Beryl Louise Williams, 91, of Clinton
died Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016
at Azura
Memory
Care
in
Clinton.
She was
born Sept.
20, 1924
to the late
Bernard
and Bertha
(Berry)
Anderson
in Rockton.
Beryl grew up in Rockton,
Ill. and graduated from Hononegah High School class of
1942. She married Ira Williams on April 7, 1946 in
Rockton. He preceded her in
death on Nov. 11, 2014.
Beryl worked at the Beloit
Corp and it was there where
she met Ira. Beryl enjoyed
traveling throughout the United States as well as abroad.
Beryl and Ira lived for many
years in Florida after his
retirement.
She enjoyed being a homemaker, golfing, knitting, crocheting, needle pointing and
baking. She will be remembered for her delicious orange
cookies and roast beef and
homemade noodles.
She is survived by her four
sons, Jerry (Peggy) Williams
of Green Bay, Robert (Linda)
Williams of Clinton, Tom
Williams of Clinton and Jay
(Donna) Williams of Beloit;
10 grandchildren, Laura, Ann,
Michael, Jonathan, Timothy,
Eli, Jake, Bethany, Crystal and
Travis; 15 great grandchildren; and her sister, Evelyn
Williams.
She was preceded in death
by her parents, her husband
of 67 years, Ira E. Williams,
her granddaughter, Harmony,
her five brothers, Guy, Earl,
Roger, Lynwood and Ray and
a brother-in-law, Don Williams.
The family would like to
thank Dr. Cheryl Miller, the
staff at Riverside Terrace AND
Azura Memory Care for the
care they gave our mother.
Per Beryl’s request, there
will be no formal services.
Cremation Rites have been
accorded. Suggested memorials to Clinton Public Library
Foundation, 214 Mill St., Clinton, WI 53525. Please share a
memory or a condolence with
the Williams family on our
website.
BRIAN G. MARK
Funeral Homes
1000 Inman Parkway
Beloit 362-2000
brianmarkfh.com
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