MINI TRUE CRIME ROUNDUP: What happened to Nolan Wells? Plus, criminal sentences and crime rates
About this episode
The episode explores the case of Nolan Wells and discusses laws affecting violent criminals and crime statistics.
This week, we’re going to look into the case of Nolan Wells, an 18-year-old Black college athlete whose body was recovered from the waters near Horn Island days after he vanished on July 4. Was his death an accident? A racially motivated crime? There are several theories, and Scoot out of Audacy station WWL in New Orleans covered them extensively this week. To end the show, we have discussions of laws that impact violent criminals and national crime statistics. Featuring audio from: the Dana & Parks Show out of KMBZ in Kansas City, Scoot and Tommy Tucker out of WWL in New Orleans.
People in this episode
Host: DeRusha
Topics covered
- true crime
- Nolan Wells
- criminal justice
- crime rates
- racially motivated crime
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Audacy, WWL, KMBZ
Places: Horn Island
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