Attorney Ben Crump Calls for Continued Investigation into Nolan Wells' Death After Grand Jury Decision
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump and the legal team representing the family of 18-year-old Nolan Wells are urging Jackson County District Attorney Angel McIlrath to keep the investigation into Wells’ death open and to release the investigative file. This call comes after a grand jury returned a 'no true bill,' resulting in no criminal indictments in the case. Wells disappeared on July 4 during a boat trip to Horn Island and was found dead two days later. Both the Mississippi State Medical Examiner and an independent autopsy conducted by forensic pathologist Dr. Roger A. Mitchell ruled Wells’ cause and manner of death as undetermined. Crump's team released additional autopsy results from Dr. Mitchell, which indicate blunt force trauma to Wells’ head occurred within approximately four hours of his death, based on the presence of red blood cells but not white blood cells at the injury site.