Researchers have positively identified the remains of a 15-year-old boy who died at the Dozier School for Boys in Marianna, Florida.

The remains of Robert Stephens were identified with the help of a DNA sample from his nephew, who shares the same name.

Stephens met with researchers in 2013 to give a sample because he thought he may be related to one of the boys who entered the shuttered reform school in the 1930s.

According to his death certificate, Robert Stephens was stabbed to death by a fellow student.

Since learning about the positive identification, Stephens has learned he was named after his uncle.

"I'm learning more about my family by the hour," said Stephens, who is married with three children. "Finding out who you are, where you come from, and the history of your family. That's what most people want to know."

It's one of the many stories to surface from Dozier, where teachers were accused of brutal beatings, sexual assaults, and even murders.

Researchers say there are plenty more bodies to identify, but they are zeroing in on three specifically. George Grissam, James or Joseph Hammond, and Robert Nelson are the three names they want the public to know.

Anthropologists want possible family members to give DNA samples so researchers can positively identify the remains.

USF is orchestrating a reburial effort to provide memorial services for the students whose bodies will never be identified. School researchers are set to issue a final report in January.

The identification of Robert Stephens' remains marks the sixth positive identification made at the school.