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Famed civil rights attorney >>>>> Ben Crump Crump also claimed that Wells’ body was found face down and fully clothed, despite photos from the day showing him wearing swimming trunks. Nolan Wells’ preliminary independent autopsy findings have been released after the teenager vanished following a Fourth of July boating trip in Mississippi. Wells, 18, had red discoloration to the back of his head, according to the autopsy performed by Dr. Roger Mitchell, President of the National Medical Association. However, his cause and manner of death were given as undetermined pending investigation, with the date of death also unknown.

Nolan Wells demanded “Give me my freaking phone” in an argument filmed shortly before he went missing, his family’s lawyer Ben Crump claims. The 18-year-old college football player vanished during a Fourth of July boat trip with friends to Horn Island, Mississippi. His body was recovered Monday and positively identified as his remains the following day using dental records.

OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (WLOX) — The body of 18-year-old Nolan Xavier Wells was found in the water just off the northwestern tip of Horn Island Monday morning, according to Jackson County Sheriff John Ledbetter. Tuesday, Jackson County Coroner Bruce Lynd confirmed to WLOX News that the body found was Wells, according to dental records. The cause and manner of death haven’t been released. Investigators told ABC News they suspect that Wells drowned, but they are continuing the investigation. An autopsy was performed Tuesday by the state medical examiner, but officials say it could take “a couple weeks” to receive results,...