Why Nolan Wells' Phone Still Isn't In A Lab
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The episode discusses the delays in examining Nolan Wells' phone and the surrounding controversies involving media and legal representatives.
Six weeks. That's how long Nolan Wells' phone has sat with his family, untouched by a single forensic examiner, while two of the loudest voices in this case kept talking instead of waiting for evidence. The family agreed with the Jackson County DA back on July 15 to a joint exam at a community college lab — their experts, the DA's experts, maybe the FBI. Nobody locked in a date. Then the friends' attorney went on national radio and accused the family of refusing to cooperate. The DA's office answered with a 44-hour deadline to hand the phone over to her office instead, timed while Nolan's parents were out of state. The family called it bad faith and countered with any day between August 18 and 21. Meanwhile, Al Sharpton had already told the country this was suspicious — four days after Nolan's body was found, before the sheriff had ruled anything out, before an independent autopsy came back with no fractures, no lacerations, no deep-tissue injuries. He asked on camera if the friends were racist. He announced a six-figure reward at the funeral before cause of death was known. His attorneys now say he never accused the friends of anything. Go back and read what he actually said, in…
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