Preliminary findings show the Mississippi teen’s cause and manner of death are undetermined and require further investigation, according to a report by Roger Mitchell, the president of the National ...

Wells’ family decided to pursue their own autopsy after being faced with several unanswered questions following the discovery of their son’s body a few days after he went on a trip with friends to an ...

OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. — The family of Nolan Xavier Wells is still searching for answers about what exactly led to the 18-year-old athlete’s death during a July 4 boat trip with friends off ...

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Preliminary findings from an independent autopsy of Nolan Xavier Wells found the 18-year-old died of undetermined causes, his family's attorney announced July 22. The autopsy, which was conducted by ...

An independent autopsy could not "rule out foul play" in the mysterious death of Nolan Xavier Wells, an 18-year-old who disappeared after a Fourth of July boating trip with friends before his body was ...

This morning, attorney Ben Crump and the NAACP held a press conference to share the findings of the independent autopsy performed on 18-year-old Nolan Xavier Wells, who was found dead on July 6th ...

An attorney representing the family of Nolan Wells said on Wednesday that an independent autopsy failed to identify a clear cause of death in a case that has drawn national attention. "These findings ...

At the NAACP national conference in Chicago on Wednesday, attorney Ben Crump announced the preliminary independent results from a private autopsy of 18-year-old Nolan Wells. Crump said the initial ...

Independent exam of Black teen found cause and manner of death ‘undetermined’ as family questions timeline Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email Nolan Wells’s cause of death and manner of ...

Attorney Ben Crump announced preliminary findings from an independent autopsy in the death of 18-year-old Nolan Wells during a Wednesday morning news conference in Chicago. The announcement comes as ...

CHICAGO (WLOX) — Attorney Ben Crump said Nolan Wells’ cause and manner of death are undetermined “pending investigation,” according to the preliminary independent autopsy report ordered by his team.