Nolan Wells' Family Lawyers Highlight Cellphone Data and Autopsy Report, Call for Federal Investigation
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump and the legal team representing Nolan Wells' family have released information from a forensic examination of Wells' cellphone and details from the official autopsy report. This comes just days after a Mississippi grand jury concluded there was no evidence of criminal conduct in the 18-year-old Black college student's death. The family and their lawyers are demanding transparency, calling for the public release of the grand jury investigative materials and the full official autopsy report. The cellphone analysis revealed that Wells' phone was on the boat that took him to Horn Island for a July 4 party, and it continued to receive messages after he was reportedly left behind. Forensic examiner Andrew Garrett noted that some Snapchat messages had been deleted, though he could not attribute intent. The official autopsy report, like an independent one, stated that the cause of death could not be determined, and both noted fresh bruising on Wells' head. The family questions the gr...
