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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sophie Bates

Nolan Wells had no water in lungs despite drowning finding, lawyer says

Civil rights attorney Ben Crump has released new details from a forensic examination of Nolan Wells’ cellphone and the official autopsy, days after a Mississippi grand jury found no evidence of criminal conduct in the 18-year-old college student’s death.

Wells, who was Black, was found dead two days after traveling with a group of mostly white friends to Horn Island for a July 4 party.

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