Nolan Wells attorney boosts wild theory teen made it back to land before dying — as pal says it’s not him in fight video
The high-profile civil rights attorney representing Nolan Wells’ family has boosted a wild theory claiming he made it back to land before he died — as a pal claimed it is not the teen in a viral video of an altercation on Horn Island. Wells, 18, was found dead in water near the uninhabited barrier island off Mississippi’s Gulf Coast two days after vanishing during a Fourth of July boating trip he took with friends there.
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The high-profile civil rights attorney representing Nolan Wells’ family has boosted a wild theory claiming he made it back to land before he died — as a pal claimed it is not the teen in a viral video of an altercation on Horn Island. Wells, 18, was found dead in water near the uninhabited barrier island off Mississippi’s Gulf Coast two days after vanishing during a Fourth of July boating trip he took with friends there. Jackson County Sheriff John Ledbetter has said nothing “yet” that points to foul play, but the youngster’s family is conducting an independent investigation amid claims the circumstances around his death “don’t add up”. Friends pictured with Wells on the day he disappeared have faced criticism after returning to the mainland without him.
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- The high-profile civil rights attorney representing Nolan Wells’ family has boosted a wild theory claiming he made it back to land before he died — as a pal claimed it is not the teen in a viral video of an altercation on Horn Island. Wells, 18, was found dead in water near the uninhabited barrier island off Mississippi’s Gulf Coast two days after vanishing during a Fourth of July boating trip he took with friends there.
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Nolan Wells attorney boosts wild theory teen made it back to land before dying — as pal says it’s not him in fight video
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