A Jackson County, Mississippi, grand jury has unanimously declined to indict anyone in the death of 18-year-old Nolan Wells, finding no evidence of criminal conduct in a case that drew national attention after he vanished during a July 4 boating trip to Horn Island. The decision, announced Monday by District Attorney Angel Myers McIlrath's office, leaves the medical record where both autopsies left it: cause and manner of death undetermined.
According to court documents reported by WLOX, Mississippi's chief medical examiner and the independent forensic pathologist hired by Wells' family agreed on that classification. The documents noted that accidental drowning remains consistent with the evidence and was not ruled out.
