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Grand jury does not indict in death of Mississippi teen Nolan Wells

Posted on 9/22/26 at 7:20 am
Posted by Major Dutch Schaefer
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Posted on 9/22/26 at 7:20 am
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A Mississippi Coast grand jury unanimously refused to issue an indictment in the death of Ocean Springs teen Nolan Wells, citing lacking evidence of a crime, Jackson County District Attorney Angel Myers McIlrath announced Monday evening.

In a grand jury report released to the public Monday, jurors said they found “no credible evidence” to support the public allegations that anyone who was with Wells when he disappeared while celebrating the Fourth of July on Horn Island engaged in criminal conduct related to his death. The state also released the autopsy of the 18-year-old high school football star, ruling Wells’ death undetermined and inconclusive.


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The grand jury, which was sworn in on April 20, is made up of 25 jurors from Jackson County, ranging in age from 27 to 68. Twelve jurors are White, five are Black, one is Asian, two are Hispanic, two are Native American and another identified as “other,” according to the report.

Jurors issued 132 subpoenas and heard from 43 witnesses as part of their investigation. Seven individuals were called to testify before the grand jury.

The jury also had full access to the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office investigation into Wells’ death, including witness testimony, cell phone records, and videos and recordings. The grand jury heard testimony from the forensic pathologist Wells’ family retained to conduct an independent autopsy and requested all additional evidence gathered by the family’s legal team, according to the report.


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The grand jury found that Wells chose to stay on Horn Island as his friends left by boat, and that the condition of his body and location where it was discovered are consistent with drowning.
Posted by boosiebadazz
Member since Feb 2008
86645 posts
Posted on 9/22/26 at 7:22 am to
Ben Crump will be on to the next one by next week.
Posted by udtiger
Over your left shoulder
Member since Nov 2006
117901 posts
Posted on 9/22/26 at 7:41 am to
so... a bunch of cracker-arse cracker racists on the GJ?
Posted by uggabugga
Maryland
Member since Aug 2024
6087 posts
Posted on 9/22/26 at 7:43 am to
This won't stop them howling for blood, I predict.
Posted by Fencepimp
Brusly
Member since Jun 2022
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Posted on 9/22/26 at 7:47 am to
Looking for that pay day
Posted by hogcard1964
Alabama
Member since Jan 2017
22132 posts
Posted on 9/22/26 at 7:53 am to
What or who were they going to indict? His parents for not teaching him to properly swim?
Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
Member since Jan 2004
483155 posts
Posted on 9/22/26 at 7:57 am to
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Ben Crump will be on to the next one by next week.

He left this one for the next one in the middle of this one
Posted by Clames
Member since Oct 2010
20105 posts
Posted on 9/22/26 at 7:57 am to
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What or who were they going to indict?



That water be racist!
Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
Member since Jan 2004
483155 posts
Posted on 9/22/26 at 7:58 am to
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This won't stop them howling for blood, I predict.

Naw. The DA's report is going to eviscerate him. Her PC already did this

OT thread
Posted by hogcard1964
Alabama
Member since Jan 2017
22132 posts
Posted on 9/22/26 at 7:59 am to
Booze, cocaine and poor swimming skills.

Posted by idlewatcher
Planet Arium
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Posted on 9/22/26 at 8:04 am to
The only reasonable explanation for the lack of evidence of a crime is due to racist water.

Sorry Ben, you'll have to fleece someone else meow.
Posted by doubleb
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2006
43222 posts
Posted on 9/22/26 at 8:19 am to
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Apparently addressing rumors spreading online about potential drug use the day Wells went missing, the grand jury also determined the teen did not have cocaine in his system at the time of his death and found no evidence that he had ever used the drug.
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Booze, cocaine and poor swimming skills.



The autopsy said no cocaine.
This post was edited on 9/22/26 at 8:48 am
Posted by hogcard1964
Alabama
Member since Jan 2017
22132 posts
Posted on 9/22/26 at 8:24 am to
Where's this autopsy report?
Posted by Bestbank Tiger
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Posted on 9/22/26 at 8:26 am to
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so... a bunch of cracker-arse cracker racists on the GJ?


And cornballs.
Posted by TrueTiger
Chicken's most valuable
Member since Sep 2004
84097 posts
Posted on 9/22/26 at 8:28 am to
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Ben Crump will be on to the next one by next week


He might stick around for the civil suit.
Posted by el Gaucho
He/They
Member since Dec 2010
60612 posts
Posted on 9/22/26 at 8:28 am to
Did the Muslim judge rule on this one?
Posted by boosiebadazz
Member since Feb 2008
86645 posts
Posted on 9/22/26 at 8:33 am to
Against who?
Posted by Tiger Prawn
Member since Dec 2016
26589 posts
Posted on 9/22/26 at 8:41 am to
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e might stick around for the civil suit.


Against who? The DA's statement said that they had evidence that Nolan bought his own alcohol earlier that day and he willingly stayed behind on the island with others when the boat with his original party was leaving. Who is Crump going to sue now?

Unless you meant a defamation suit filed by the falsely accused boys where Crump is named as a defendant
Posted by Lutcher Lad
South of the Mason-Dixon Line
Member since Sep 2009
7932 posts
Posted on 9/22/26 at 8:48 am to
It frickin' amazes me how Mississippi gets all the heat from legacy networks about their racial history and claims that it still exists there. They attempt to create false narratives, like the claim that blacks are being hung from trees by racist white people and murdered by their white friends on a Gulf coast island.
And there are some, sadly, who fall for this bullshite...like the grieving family of Nolan Wells, who were willingly manipulated by the high-profile attorney & part-time activist, Ben Crump.
Newsflash! The latest black person hung from a tree was put there by another black person. Not my opinion- it's a fact! And the case of Nolan Wells being murdered by his white friends on a Gulf Coast island is another lie that has been proven to be false. Not my opinion-it's a fact!
So, my advice to any black resident who strongly believes that their peers are being murdered by racists white folks left and right is: Pack your things, get in your car, and get the hell out of Mississippi!
But don't re-locate to a big city where your chances of being killed by another black person increases substantially.
Good Day!
Posted by ljhog
Lake Jackson, Tx.
Member since Apr 2009
20865 posts
Posted on 9/22/26 at 8:57 am to
Ooooh dey gon be some folks madder dan a MF.
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