Nolan Wells
Witnesses Declare He Was Ingesting Closely Earlier than Demise
Revealed
|
Up to date
Nolan Wells was consuming whereas partying with buddies on Mississippi’s Horn Island earlier than his demise, in accordance with a brand new report.
Citing preliminary data in a doc from the Mississippi Division of Marine Sources, ABC Information says witnesses informed investigators the 18-year-old was consuming closely along with his buddies on the island on the Fourth of July earlier than going lacking.
The doc accommodates an electronic mail giving a bodily description of Nolan as Marine patrols scoured the waters to attempt to find the teenager. On July 6, Nolan’s physique was discovered washed up on the northwest shoreline of Horn Island … close to the place he was final seen alive.
The Medical Examiner’s Workplace official post-mortem outcomes — which embody toxicology checks — are nonetheless pending.
Nonetheless, Nolan’s household appointed an unbiased coroner to look at Nolan’s physique, and preliminary outcomes confirmed his demise was “undetermined pending investigation.”
Mississippi authorities say they imagine Nolan drowned, however representatives of Nolan’s household — particularly civil rights lawyer Ben Crump — have implied that one thing extra nefarious may very well be at play.
Nolan’s buddies have publicly stated he was consuming with them on Horn Island … and so they say he selected to remain behind once they left the island on their boat, which was taking up water and wanted a tow.