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Nolan Wells' family searches for answers after 18-year-old's mysterious death

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By Deena Zaru Verified, Sabina Ghebremedhin Verified, Emily Shapiro Verified
| KABC-TV (Los Angeles, CA) Verified
A week ago, 18-year-old Nolan Xavier Wells took a boat trip with friends to celebrate the Fourth of July on an island off Mississippi's Gulf Coast. He never came back. Two days later, he was found dead. What happened, Wells' parents say, is a mystery riddled with conflicting stories, implausible explanations and missing details. It is a case shadowed by the state's fraught racial history and lingering distrust in law enforcement.
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Parents of Nolan Wells call for ‘thorough investigation’ amid unanswered questions about son’s ‘suspicious’ death

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By Deena Zaru Verified, Sabina Ghebremedhin Verified, Emily Shapiro Verified
| KGFW-AM (Kearney, NE) Verified
An undated photo of 18-year-old Nolan Xavier Wells, whose body was believed to be recovered after going missing on July 4, 2026. (Courtesy of the Wells Family) (NEW YORK) — The parents of Nolan Xavier Wells, Christine and Elmore Wonsley, broke their silence on their son’s mysterious death in an interview with “Good Morning America” anchor Michael Strahan on Friday morning. “We just want honesty and transparency. We want a thorough investigation,” Christine Wonsley said.
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Parents of Nolan Wells call for 'thorough investigation' into son's mysterious death

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By Deena Zaru Verified, Sabina Ghebremedhin Verified, Emily Shapiro Verified
| MSN Verified
Deena Zaru, Sabina Ghebremedhin, Emily Shapiro The parents of Nolan Xavier Wells, Christine and Elmore Wonsley, broke their silence on their son's mysterious death in an interview with "Good Morning America" anchor Michael Strahan on Friday morning. "We just want honesty and transparency. We want a thorough investigation," Christine Wonsley said. "We want that same respect that would be given to anybody else, and that's it.
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