{"id":358,"date":"2026-07-10T17:12:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T17:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businessmovingservicess.com\/?p=358"},"modified":"2026-07-10T17:12:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T17:12:06","slug":"nolan-wells-family-demands-thorough-investigation-death-does-not-make-sense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businessmovingservicess.com\/?p=358","title":{"rendered":"Nolan Wells\u2019 Family Demands \u2018Thorough\u2019 Investigation: Death \u2018Does Not Make Sense\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\n\tThe family of Nolan Wells, civil rights attorney Ben Crump, and activist Rev. Al Sharpton held a press conference in New York Friday, July 10, demanding a \u201cthorough\u201d investigation into the death of the 18-year-old football player who had last been seen on Horn Island.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/businessmovingservicess.com\/?p=357\">Trump Doubles Down on Refusal to Sign Housing Affordability Bill<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cIt is clear that this situation must have the most thorough and objective investigation to<br \/>lead to justice,\u201d Sharpton said Friday. \u201cWhat we\u2019ve been told does not make sense, and being that there is lack of confidence in the local authorities, who have already, in my judgment, seemed to mishandled where it was going \u2026 When we hear that this young man was engaged in some kind of argument that was on tape. That his cell phone and keys ended up with one of the people that were there on the island and got away. He was one Black with three young white men who happened to end up with his phone, happen to end up with his keys. There\u2019s just too many questions that they should not be closing the investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tCrump added, \u201cWhy do you say we need to be retained to lead an independent investigation? It is because the family has distrust of the Mississippi law enforcement officials, giving them a fair investigation, where their Black son ended up dead after going out on a boat with three young white men. The history of Mississippi is something that they don\u2019t just read about in books, but it\u2019s a lived experience for many Black Americans.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n\tWells\u2019 story first became national news over the July 4 weekend, when he never returned home from a visit to Horn Island, a remote strip of land about eight miles off the coast of Mississippi. He had gone to the island, a popular summertime destination accessible only by private boat, with some friends to celebrate the holiday. The boat they took out, however, began to malfunction, so they decided to leave the island on another boat. According to the sheriff\u2019s department, Wells said he wanted to stay on the island and would catch another boat later in the afternoon. He was last seen around 3 p.m. on Saturday wearing blue swim trunks and sunglasses.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n\tWhen he didn\u2019t come home by about midnight on Saturday, his mother, Christine Wells-Wonsley, called the police. A search began the following morning, and numerous agencies and volunteer organizations \u2014\u00a0including the National Parks Service, the Coast Guard, and the United Cajun Navy \u2014\u00a0began an exhaustive search. However it wasn\u2019t until Monday morning, July 6<strong>,<\/strong> around 8:45 a.m. ET that his body was found.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe Jackson County Sheriff\u2019s Department has said that the investigation into what happened is still ongoing. However, in the wake of Wells\u2019 death\u00a0\u2014 after numerous conspiracy theories began circulating on social media \u2014\u00a0his family hired civil rights attorney Crump, who is also conducting his own investigation into the teen\u2019s death, including an independent autopsy. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/businessmovingservicess.com\/?p=355\">Trump Is Turning D.C. Into a Theme Park for the American Century<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tCrump said on <em>Good Morning America<\/em> Friday morning that civil rights activist and former football player Colin Kaepernick helped fund the independent autopsy; the results of that autopsy, which was conducted by a coroner in Washington, D.C., were not available when the press conference occurred.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cNolan Wells was a beloved son, teammate and friend who went out to celebrate the Fourth of July and never came home,\u201d Crump said in a statement shortly after taking the case. \u201cHis family deserves answers. They deserve the truth. We will not rest until every fact about what happened to Nolan on Horn Island is brought into the light, and we call on investigators to pursue this case with the urgency and transparency this family deserves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe sheriff\u2019s department said that the friends he was with have been cooperating with the official investigation. Judge Ashlee Cole, whose son was one of the friends with Wells that day, posted on Facebook in support of Wells\u2019 loved ones. \u201cI graduated high school with Christine Wells-Wonsley,\u201d she wrote. \u201cWe are from the same community. I have the utmost respect for her and all of the Wells family. We mourn the loss of Nolan with them. Our prayers have been and will continue to be with them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tOn Friday morning, Wells\u2019 parents gave their first interview to <em>Good Morning America<\/em>. \u201cNolan was this bright light,\u201d his mom Christine Wonsley said. \u201cWe just want answers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/businessmovingservicess.com\/?p=353\">Why Is the DEA Targeting Kratom, an Opioid Replacement Drug?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<em>This is a developing story\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The family of Nolan Wells, lawyer Ben Crump, and Rev. 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