Published November 19, 2010

An unidentified body found in Milton this week could be that of a 16-year-old boy who went missing in North Carolina.

Police had asked the public’s help identifying the body, which was described as that of a black male in his mid-teens. The body was mutilated, and police said one clue was a note found on the body that looks like a hall pass.

The name that appears on that hall pass matches the name of the missing North Carolina boy: Delvonte Tisdale.

The boy’s father told WBTV in Charlotte, N.C., that his son was dead.

WBUR’s Rachel Rohr found the Facebook page of Erica Holloway, who appears to be Tisdale’s older sister. On her page, Holloway writes that Tisdale “ran away from his fathers in North Carolina house Sunday& his body was found”.

In a phone conversation with Rachel, Milton Deputy Police Chief Charles Paris said detectives are en route to North Carolina. Paris was adamant that there is no confirmation of the Milton victim’s identity. For example, someone else could have had Tisdale’s note in his pocket.