Vern Tessio (Nona scoped identity)

… “Don’t worry about me,” I said. He didn’t answer. Two or three nights later Betsy came in by herself around seven. There was one other kid there, this weird little four-eyes named Vern Tessio, who flunked out of school a couple of years before. …

The rare name and shared Castle Rock circle, including Ace Merrill and Charlie Hogan, support a likely link between The Body and Nona. The Body reports his death in 1966. Nona’s flashback has no confirmed year and describes him differently. Needful Things is already part of the verified Body identity; no additional likely connection is inferred from it.