Nolan Wells, an 18-year-old Black teenager's death on a Mississippi barrier island has ended without criminal charges after a grand jury unanimously declined to indict anyone, even as the medical cause and manner of Wells' death remain officially undetermined.
The Jackson County grand jury reviewed the case after Wells disappeared during a Fourth of July trip to Horn Island with friends. His body was found two days later near the island. The case attracted national attention after Wells' family, civil rights advocates and attorney Ben Crump raised questions about the circumstances of his disappearance and the transparency of the investigation.
